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
- APRIL 17, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Leroy Orange, exonerated from Illinois' death row,...
Leroy Orange, exonerated from Illinois' death row, intervened at the UN Commission on Human Rights on behalf of the Transational Radical Party
- APRIL 16, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A briefing organised by Hands Off Cain for a moratorium...
A briefing organised by Hands Off Cain for a moratorium on capital executions took place at the UN buildings in Geneva
- APRIL 15, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Has been launched in Greece, holders of the EU Presidency,...
Has been launched in Greece, holders of the EU Presidency, the campaign "Stop the Death Penalty Through Internet"
- APRIL 10, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC supported the demonstrations, promoted by the Transnational...
HOC supported the demonstrations, promoted by the Transnational Radical Party and the Italian Radicals, to ask that funds given to Fidel Castro's regime by the European Commission be suspended
- APRIL 10, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain refutes the news that Amina Lawal has...
Hands Off Cain refutes the news that Amina Lawal has been condemned to death by the Supreme Court of her State of Katsina and that her stoning is now imminent
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The dossier says that around 4,000 people were executed...
The dossier says that around 4,000 people were executed in the Abu Ghraib prison in the first reported prison 'cleansing' campaign in 1984
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Mass executions, prisoner torture, beheadings, amputations...
Mass executions, prisoner torture, beheadings, amputations and disappearances in Iraq make up the chilling content of The death penalty and more under Saddam Hussein, a dossier compiled by Hands Off Cain released in Rome
- FEBRUARY 28, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN DOSSIER ON THE DEATH PENALTY AND MASS EXECUTIONS IN IRAQ
February 28, 2003: mass executions, prisoner torture, beheadings, amputations and disappearances in Iraq make up the chilling content of The death penalty and more under Saddam Hussein, a dossier compiled by Hands Off Cain released in Rome on Friday. The
- JANUARY 8, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
La Goccia starring famed Italian actor Remo Girone...
La Goccia starring famed Italian actor Remo Girone and directed by rookie Marco Lanzafame premiered in Bagheria, Sicily
- JANUARY 1, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy became totally abolitionist in 1994, when the...
Italy became totally abolitionist in 1994, when the death penalty was abolished from the Military Codes
- JANUARY 1, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The last execution took place on March 4, 1947, in...
The last execution took place on March 4, 1947, in Turin, where three men from Villarbasse, Giovanni D' Ignoti, Giovanni Puleo and Francesco La Barbero, were shot at a rifle range just outside the city
- JANUARY 1, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13...
Italy has signed but not yet ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances