Italy
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- January 1, 1948; amended several times
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law; the Constitutional Court can review certain legislative texts
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Chamber of Deputies and Senate
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court (15 judges, one third appointed by the Head of State, one third elected by Parliament, one third by the judiciary)
RELIGIONS
90% Catholics, 10% others
From the country
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. EP URGES COUNCIL TO PRESENT A RESOLUTION TO THE UN
MEPs called on the Council to present a resolution on the moratorium on the death penalty to the 62nd UN General Assembly, in order to adopt it before the end of the year.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYPOLAND. HOC AT THE ROUND TABLE ON DEATH PENALTY IN CENTRAL ASIA
Antonio Stango, member of the Board of Hands Off Cain,
SEPTEMBER 25, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY. SENATE VOTES TO ABOLISH LAST REFERENCE TO DEATH PENALTY IN COSTITUTION
The Italian Senate voted to abolish the last reference to capital punishment
SEPTEMBER 25, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY TO PUSH UN FOR WORLDWIDE MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
Italy's premier called for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty with a
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. PRODI: ITALY LEADING ON MORATORIUM
“Italy is in the lead and has moved in a very strong way to achieve the Universal Moratorium on the death penalty, in full agreement with the EU Portuguese presidency,” Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY. PRODI CALLS ON LAUREATES TO BACK GLOBAL MORATORIUM
Romano Prodi, the Italian Prime Minister, is hoping Nobel Peace Prize winners will
SEPTEMBER 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY. D'ALEMA: WE NEED EU UNITY ON MORATORIUM
according to the Italian Foreign Affairs Minister, Massimo D'Alema, the key for getting
SEPTEMBER 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYMORATORIUM. BONINO: THEY DON’T LACK NUMBERS, THEY LACK COURAGE
in Brussels, Emma Bonino, the minister for International Trade and European Affairs, expressed “deep concern” over the management of Europe's initiative at the UN against the death penalty by the current Portuguese Presidency of the EU, criticising their
SEPTEMBER 16, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYMORATORIUM. RADICALS RESTART INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE
The Transnational and Transparty Non Violent Radical Party issued a statement regarding the indefinite hunger strike of its members.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY: D'ALEMA AND EC VICE PRESIDENT: POLAND SENDING AN “UGLY SIGNAL”
Franco Frattini, the vice president of the European Commission...
SEPTEMBER 11, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYMORATORIUM. D’ELIA (RNP), NON VIOLENT CONTINUES STRUGGLE SO THAT WORDS BECOME FACTS
“It was fortunate that Parliament gathered to be informed on the status of the initiative for the UN Moratorium,” announced Sergio D’Elia, Rosa nel Pugno Radical Parliamentarian and Secretary of Hands Off Cain.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYMORATORIUM. VERNETTI: RESOLUTION PRESENTATION TO UN SEPTEMBER 25
in a message to both Parliament and the Senate Foreign