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
- AUGUST 6, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. PRODI DEFENDS CRITICISM OF IRANIAN EXECUTIONS
Premier Romano Prodi defended Italy’s opposition to the death penalty after Rome's criticism of Iran’s use of capital punishment escalated into a diplomatic fight.
- AUGUST 2, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. CONCERN OVER EXECUTIONS IN IRAN
Italy voiced its "deep concern" over the recent executions in Iran and asked Tehran to suspend the death penalty handed down against two Iranian-Kurdish journalists.
- JULY 25, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. D'ALEMA, CONSENSUS BY AT LEAST THE 27 EU COUNTRIES
“The moratorium looks like being a success. I would like a united front, without
- JULY 11, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. HANDS OFF CAIN: THE EU MUST NOT YIELD TO LIBYAN BLACKMAIL
the directors of Hands Off Cain, Sergio D'Elia, secretary of the association and Rosa Nel
- JULY 10, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. D’ALEMA THANKS SOUTH AFRICA FOR SUPPORT
Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Massimo D'Alema publicly thanked his South African colleague Nkosazama Dlamini Zuma for the African country’s support for the proposed UN Moratorium against capital punishment.
- JULY 9, 2007BrazilDEATH PENALTY
MORATORIUM. D’ALEMA THANKS LULA FOR CO-SPONSORING THE RESOLUTION
'We thank the Brazilian Government of President Lula for its decision to be a co-sponsor of the resolution for the Moratorium on capital punishment that the EU intends
- JUNE 26, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. EUROPEAN COUNCIL SUPPORTS MORATORIUM
the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, meeting
- JUNE 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT DEFEATED
Marco Pannella, Sergio D'Elia, Lucio Bertè, Valter Vecellio, Claudia Sterzi, Guido Biancardi, Michele Rana, all on a indefinite hunger strike since April 16, issued the following statement. "If the news from Luxembourg on the outcome of the EU Council of
- JUNE 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MOROCCO FOR MURDER OF EU DIPLOMAT
a Moroccan appeals court upheld the death sentence of a 25 year old man convicted of murdering an Italian
- JUNE 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY HAILS EU DECISION ON DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM
Breaking the hesitations and faltering of the past, the Council of EU Foreign Ministers
- JUNE 15, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. EXTRAORDINARY PARTICIPATION FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
52 Nobel Prizes have already joined the Transnational Radical Party and Hand
- JUNE 14, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. FOREIGN AFFAIR COMMITEE URGES GOVERNMENT TO PROCEED
today the committee on Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved a resolution