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 25, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Lipsipo (Free Police Syndicate) invoked the death penalty...
Lipsipo (Free Police Syndicate) invoked the death penalty for those caught following the murder of an entrepeneur in Turin
- APRIL 25, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Italy was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- APRIL 23, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Regarding the decision made by the directors of three...
Regarding the decision made by the directors of three daily newspapers "il Giorno", "La Nazione" and "il Resto del Carlino" to have as their headlines "Death Penaly, yes, yes, yes" in relevance to some of the stances taken following the murder of Sara Ja
- APRIL 22, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Diego Volpe Pasini, national secretary for the Popular...
Diego Volpe Pasini, national secretary for the Popular Liberal Party in Europe with Haider, declared itself in favour of the death penalty for those who rape and kill minors stating that if his party should enter parliament they would propose a law to tha
- APRIL 22, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
"il Giorno", "La Nazione" and "il Resto del Carlino",...
"il Giorno", "La Nazione" and "il Resto del Carlino", all newspapers belonging to the Riffeser group, had as their headlines "Death Penalty, yes, yes, yes" to give relevance to some of the stances taken in relation to the murder of young girl, Sara Jay
- APRIL 21, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Franco Zeffirelli, speaking in relation to the murder...
Franco Zeffirelli, speaking in relation to the murder of a eight year old girl, Sara Jay Cusma, declared that the death penalty or exile to a far away island would be the right punishment for those who commit such crimes
- APRIL 19, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
"My name is Oliviero Toscani and I would like to talk...
"My name is Oliviero Toscani and I would like to talk about the death penalty, even though it seems ridiculous of me to talk about it in April 2001"
- MARCH 29, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In a letter, Reggio Emilia Mayor Antonella Spaggiari...
In a letter, Reggio Emilia Mayor Antonella Spaggiari threatened to dissolve the cultural exchange relationship with Fort Worth city, in Texas
- MARCH 15, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain and Nexta
Hands Off Cain and Nexta
- MARCH 6, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Senator Ersilia Salvato, vice-president of the Senate...
Senator Ersilia Salvato, vice-president of the Senate and President of the Senate Committee against the death penalty, asked the Governor of Missouri Bob Holden to pardon Antonio Richardson, a mentally impaired convict, sentenced to death for a double mur
- MARCH 5, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Speaker of the House Luciano Violante declared:...
The Speaker of the House Luciano Violante declared: "We are working in unison with the Presidents of France and Germany towards a European bill against the death penalty"
- FEBRUARY 24, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The leader of the Democratici di Sinistra (Democratic...
The leader of the Democratici di Sinistra (Democratic Left, DS) parliamentary group Fabio Mussi condemned statements by far right politicians calling for the death penalty for the perpetrators of a horrific double murder in Novi Ligure