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
- DECEMBER 5, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. SENATOR APPEALS TO GOVERNMENT TO URGENTLY UNDERTAKE ACTIONS IN SUPPORT OF BULGARIANS ON DEATH ROW IN LIBYA
Tana de Zulueta, a senator for the Green Party group in Italy's senate, sent a parliamentary request to the Italian Government for urgent actions to help the Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya. De Zulueta officially asked the Government what mea
- DECEMBER 3, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC. ITALIAN ‘GOVERNORS’ PRESENT CLEMENCY APPEAL FOR STANLEY ‘TOOKIE’ WILLIAMS
the press conference for the presentation of the appeal by Italy’s ‘Governors’ to ask California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger clemency for Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams, scheduled to be put to death on December 13, was held in Rome at Hands Off Cain’s headq
- DECEMBER 3, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. TRIBUNAL RULES AGAINST EXTRADITION OF CIPRIANI TO CONNECTICUT
the Regional Administrative Tribunal (TAR) of Latina, Italy, suspended the extradition to the United States of Benedetto Cipriani, an Italian-American national charged with killing three people in the US.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC. PRESS RELEASE TO PRESENT PETITION FOR ‘TOOKIE’ WILLIAMS
there will be the presentation of the petition signed by the italian governors to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to halt the executions of Stanley “Tookie” Williams, whose execution is scheduled on december 13th.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. 53 PARLIAMENTARIANS SIGN WILLIAMS APPEAL
53 parliamentarians have so far given their support to Hands Off Cain’s appeal aimed at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to halt the scheduled execution Stanley Williams.
- DECEMBER 1, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. EIGHTEEN REGIONAL PRESIDENTS SIGN WILLIAMS APPEAL
two more of Italy’s regional ‘Governors’ added their support to the appeal aimed at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in order to halt the execution of Stanley Williams, scheduled to take place on December 13.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
1,000TH EXECUTION IN THE U.S. AND CITIES AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY, D’ELIA: LETS NOT FORGET THE SLAUGHTER IN CHINA AND THOSE CONDEMNED TO DEATH IN IRAN, VIETNAM AND NORTH KOREA
Hands Off Cain adhered to the demonstration in Rome on November 30 in front of the United States embassy to mark the 1,000th US execution since the Supreme Court reintroduced the death penalty in 1976.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. CUTULI CASE, ITALIAN EMBASSY AWAITS CONFIRMATION OF DEATH SENTENCES
it was reported that the Italian embassy in Kabul may ask for the commutation into life imprisonment of the death sentences handed down to brothers Zar Jan and Abdul Wahid for the murders of Maria Grazia Catulli and three other journalists in November 200
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. CITIES LIGHT UP MONUMENTS AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
over 380 towns around the world joined forces to condemn the death penalty, as the United States prepared to carry out its 1,000th execution since reinstating capital punishment 30 years ago.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. SIGNATURES COLLECTED IN PARLIAMENT TO SAVE STANLEY WILLIAMS
Italy’s deputies and senators are also collecting signatures to ask California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to grant clemency to Stanley Williams, scheduled to be executed on December 13.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. SIXTEEN REGIONAL PRESIDENTS SIGN WILLIAMS APPEAL
two more of Italy’s regional ‘Governors’ added their support to the appeal aimed at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in order to halt the execution of Stanley Williams, scheduled to take place on December 13.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
italy. CIAMPI, LETTA AND TUTU BACK S.EGIDIO
"The Italian government confirms its commitment on a death penalty moratorium, as per UN proposal", according to Cabinet Undersecretary Gianni Letta, in his message to the "Sant'Egidio" Catholic NGO on the eve of the 4th International Death Penalty Abolit