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
- MAY 30, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy's main aims as term president of the Council...
Italy's main aims as term president of the Council of Europe would be to strive for a "Europe free of the death penalty" and to promote human rights, the Italian Foreign Secretary Umberto Ranieri said
- MAY 23, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The (opposition) AN parliamentary group leader Gustavo...
The (opposition) AN parliamentary group leader Gustavo Selva invited the Italian government to take a firm stand condemning China's attitude to the death penalty
- MAY 5, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Senate Vice-President Ersilia Salvato discussed the...
Senate Vice-President Ersilia Salvato discussed the role of European parliaments in urging a moratorium on executions with representatives of the Portuguese, Austrian, Spanish and Belgian parliaments
- APRIL 29, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian reggae group Africa Unite backed a campaign...
Italian reggae group Africa Unite backed a campaign to gather signatures in favour of a global moratorium on the death penalty by the end of 2000
- APRIL 26, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy co-sponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Italy co-sponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission for Human Rights on April 26, 2000
- APRIL 26, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Commission approved a resolution...
The UN Human Rights Commission approved a resolution in favour of a worldwide moratorium on capital punishment proposed by the EU term president Portugal
- APRIL 11, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Tuscan MPs Fabrizio Vigni and Mauro Vannoni visited...
The Tuscan MPs Fabrizio Vigni and Mauro Vannoni visited death row inmate Rocco Derek Barnabei in Virginia
- APRIL 10, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Socialist International appointed the leader of...
The Socialist International appointed the leader of the Democratici di Sinistra (democratic left party, DS) Walter Veltroni, to head the campaign against the death penalty
- APRIL 5, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Government and opposition senators handed an appeal...
Government and opposition senators handed an appeal to the Iranian president Mohammed Khatami not to impose the death penalty on 13 Iranian Jews on trial on charges of spying for Israel in Teheran
- MARCH 30, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Vice-President of the Italian Senate, Ersilia Salvato,...
The Vice-President of the Italian Senate, Ersilia Salvato, discussed the abolition of the death penalty with the newly-elected president of the French National Assembly Raymond Forni
- MARCH 30, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Chamber of Deputies approved unanimously a motion...
The Chamber of Deputies approved unanimously a motion that bound the government to steer the EU to present a new resolution for the abolition of the death penalty at the Commission for Human Rights
- MARCH 17, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Senate approved a motion by its Vice-President...
The Senate approved a motion by its Vice-President Ersilia Salvato urging the government to steer the EU towards proposing a new resolution on the death penalty at the UN Commission for Human Rights