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 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. 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 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. PRODI CALLS ON LAUREATES TO BACK GLOBAL MORATORIUM
Romano Prodi, the Italian Prime Minister, is hoping Nobel Peace Prize winners will
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. 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
MORATORIUM. VERNETTI: RESOLUTION PRESENTATION TO UN SEPTEMBER 25
in a message to both Parliament and the Senate Foreign
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. 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 PENALTY
ITALY: D'ALEMA AND EC VICE PRESIDENT: POLAND SENDING AN “UGLY SIGNAL”
Franco Frattini, the vice president of the European Commission...
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. PRODI, PORTUGUESE PREMIER DISCUSS MORATORIUM
Italian Premier Romano Prodi phoned Portuguese counterpart Jose' Socrates to discuss
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIAN CATHOLIC SEEKS ASYLUM IN ITALY TO ESCAPE DEATH SENTENCE
a Nigerian Catholic man who fled his native land to escape execution has appealed to the Italian government to allow him to remain there, the AKI news service reports.
- AUGUST 30, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN TO HONOUR KAGAME ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Hands Off Cain awarded the Rwandan President Paul Kagame with the "The Abolitionist of the Year 2007" Award for scrapping capital punishment from the criminal laws of the country, RNA reports. The prize was awarded through Italian Prime Minister Romano Pr
- AUGUST 30, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. KAGAME, RWANDA COSPONSOR UN MORATORIUM RESOLUTION
at the presentation of the 2007 Hands Off Cain Report on the death penalty, Paul Kagame
- AUGUST 30, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. HANDS OFF CAIN PRESENT 2007 REPORT
it is only a few weeks from the presentation of a resolution on the Universal Moratorium on Capital Punishment at the UN General Assembly by the European Union, an initiative that was inspired by Italy, Hands Off Cain has released its 2007 Report on Capit
- AUGUST 30, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: PRODI EXPRESSES HOPE FOR THE MORATORIUM AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE HOC REPORT
Prime Minister Romano Prodi attended the ceremony for the presentation of the 2007