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 13, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, together with...
Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, together with Silvia Piccinini of the Italian Embassy in Lusaka, met with MP Doris Katai Mwinga, Clerk of the Zambian National Assembly
- AUGUST 12, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, HOC Secretary...
Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, HOC Secretary and Treasurer respectively, met with Kenyan Interior Minister, Moody Awori
- AUGUST 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
As part of a Hands Off Cain delegation Marco Cappato,...
As part of a Hands Off Cain delegation Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP, was in Senegal gathering consensus for a UN moratorium on capital executions
- AUGUST 5, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Hands Off Cain delegation completed its mission...
The Hands Off Cain delegation completed its mission to Uzbekistan, the second leg of the tour of Central Asian republics, in order to gain consensus for a UN moratorium resolution on capital executions
- AUGUST 3, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Hands Off Cain delegation comprised by MEP Benedetto...
The Hands Off Cain delegation comprised by MEP Benedetto Della Vedova, regional parliamentary Bruno Mellano, HOC board member Antonio Stango and Rosanna Degiovanni, finished the first part of their Central Asian mission, to gather support in favour of a U
- AUGUST 3, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP and HOC Board Member...
Marco Cappato, Lista Bonino MEP and HOC Board Member visited Mali on behalf of Hands Off Cain to discuss the death penalty and Mali's position on a possible resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions at the UN General Assembly
- AUGUST 2, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Continuing his mission in Africa, Marco Cappato went...
Continuing his mission in Africa, Marco Cappato went to Togo together with First Counsellor Basilio Toth
- AUGUST 1, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MEP Marco Cappato went to Ghana to obtain political...
MEP Marco Cappato went to Ghana to obtain political backing for the moratorium proposal on capital executions at the forthcomming UN General Assembly
- JULY 21, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Presidency's proposal regarding the presentation,...
The Italian Presidency's proposal regarding the presentation, at the forthcomming UN General Assembly in September, of a European resolution for a universal moratorium on executions, was rejected durino a summit of EU Foreign Ministers
- JULY 21, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On the EU 'no' to the UN moratotium on capital executions,...
On the EU 'no' to the UN moratotium on capital executions, Hands Off Cain Secretary Segio D'Elia declared: "We thank (Italian Foreign) Minister Franco Frattini who, as promised, brough up the issue to his EU colleagues regarding the proposal for a univers
- JULY 21, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On the EU 'no' to the UN moratotium on capital executions,...
On the EU 'no' to the UN moratotium on capital executions, Hands Off Cain Secretary Segio D'Elia declared: "We thank (Italian Foreign) Minister Franco Frattini who, as promised, brough up the issue to his EU colleagues regarding the proposal for a univers
- JULY 17, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY: NATIONAL ALLIANCE MOTION FOR A UN MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
July 17, 2003: a motion that “favourably receives and gives support to the government’s decision to present a resolution for a universal moratorium on executions at the next UN General Assembly” was on Wednesday presented in Parliament by the National All