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 17, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
It was announced that a football team from Spoleto...
It was announced that a football team from Spoleto would be sponsored by "Hands off Cain" in the forth-coming season
- JULY 26, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Parliament approved a motion against the...
The Italian Parliament approved a motion against the death penalty, which was signed by all political party leaders
- JULY 25, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul II sent a message to the Governor of...
Pope John Paul II sent a message to the Governor of Virginia in which he urged that Rocco Barnabei not be executed
- JULY 21, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Members of the Italian Senate committee against the...
Members of the Italian Senate committee against the death penalty asked the governor of Virginia to grant a stay of execution to Derek Rocco Barnabei
- JULY 18, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The mother of Rocco Barnabei met with the Minister...
The mother of Rocco Barnabei met with the Minister of Justice Fassino, and was received in his Montecitorio (parliament) study by parliamentary vice-president Alfredo Biondi
- JULY 17, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A press conference was held in Rome in which Jane Barnabei,...
A press conference was held in Rome in which Jane Barnabei, mother of death row prisoner Rocco Barnabei, together with Walter Veltroni (leader of the Democratic Left) and Fabrizio Vigni (member of Parliament who has followed the case for years) appealed a
- JULY 14, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Vice-president of the Italian Senate, Ersilia Salvato,...
Vice-president of the Italian Senate, Ersilia Salvato, wrote to French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin in hope that the historic result of the presentation of the resolution on a world-wide moratorium on capital punishment, and its subsequent approval, wou
- JULY 6, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Prime Minister, Giuliano Amato, stated...
The Italian Prime Minister, Giuliano Amato, stated to the Chinese Prime Minister, Zhu Rongji, who considers the death penalty to be a internal matter, that Italy's position is against capital punishment wherever it be applied, and regardless of what count
- JULY 4, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Members of the European Parliament of the 15 member...
Members of the European Parliament of the 15 member states met at a conference in Assisi, organised by the Senate Committee against the death penalty, and approved a document for the abolition of capital punishment Nicola Mancino, President of the Senate,
- JUNE 23, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands off Cain launched the third Annual Report on...
Hands off Cain launched the third Annual Report on the death penalty situation in the world
- JUNE 21, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The (government) DS leader Walter Veltroni sent a letter...
The (government) DS leader Walter Veltroni sent a letter to all political party leaders appealing for unanimous support to a parliamentary motion to save [Virginia death row inmate] Rocco Derek Barnabei's life
- JUNE 14, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The president of the Tuscan region, Claudio Martini,...
The president of the Tuscan region, Claudio Martini, decided to appeal to the Virginia state governor, James S