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
- OCTOBER 20, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The local Council of Siena presented the Rocco Derek...
The local Council of Siena presented the Rocco Derek Barnabeu Foundation, which will campaign for the abolition of the death penalty around the world
- OCTOBER 11, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Commenting on the rejection of the Italian candidature...
Commenting on the rejection of the Italian candidature for one of the two non-permanent seats assigned to Eurpoe by the U
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The President of the Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi,...
The President of the Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, criticised the death penalty by declaring that it be "abolished once and for all in all countries appartaining to the Council of Europe", that is to say even those countries where the death penalty is f
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Prime Minister of Italy declared during a visit...
The Prime Minister of Italy declared during a visit to Washington, only a few days after the execution of Barnabei, that the death penalty is a problem that will grow in the conscience of the American people
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The local Council of Milan approved a motion by counsellor...
The local Council of Milan approved a motion by counsellor Emanuele Fiano to name March 15th, the anniversary of Cesare Beccaria, philosopher who inspired the Italian justice system, as 'anti-death death penalty day'
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Derek Rocco Barnabei died by lethal injection in Greensville...
Derek Rocco Barnabei died by lethal injection in Greensville prison after the Supreme Court rejected the last appeals presented by the lawyers of the Italo-American convict
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini gave a speech...
Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini gave a speech from New York, where he was attending the U
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Pontiff united his voice to "those who ask that...
The Pontiff united his voice to "those who ask that Derek Rocco Barnabei's life be spared"
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The mayor of Rome, Francesco Rutelli, Minister for...
The mayor of Rome, Francesco Rutelli, Minister for Parliamentary relations, Patrizia Toia, former European Commissioner Emma Bonino, Parliamentary vice president Alfredo Biondi and MP Fabrizio Vigni all sent messages to Governor Gilmore via a telematic po
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Colosseum was illuminated to mark the abolition...
The Colosseum was illuminated to mark the abolition of the death penalty in the Ivory Coast
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Fabrizio Vigni and Mauro Vannoni, MPs for the Democratic...
Fabrizio Vigni and Mauro Vannoni, MPs for the Democratic Left, together Parliamentary vice president Alfredo Biondi of Forza Italia, visited Rocco Barnabei in Virginia and pressured Governor Gilmore
- AUGUST 25, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Irene Pivetti, MP for the centre-left UDEUR party,...
Irene Pivetti, MP for the centre-left UDEUR party, called for a re-introduction of capital punishment in order to punish paedophiles