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
JANUARY 23, 2014ItalyDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 11 OTHERS HANGED FOR TERRORISM
Iraq hanged another 11 people convicted of terrorist offences, the Justice Ministry said, pursuing what a U.N. official has criticized as a "conveyor-belt of executions".
- JANUARY 14, 2014ItalyDEATH PENALTY
SIERRA LEONE: CONCLUDED TODAY THE HANDS OFF CAIN CONFERENCE ON ABOLITION AND MORATORIUM OF THE DEATH PENALTY
It concluded today in Freetown, Sierra Leone, the Regional Conference on the Abolition of the Death
- JANUARY 13, 2014ItalyDEATH PENALTY
UNDERWAY THE HANDS OFF CAIN CONFERENCE ON ABOLITION AND MORATORIUM IN SIERRA LEONE
Today in Freetown, Sierra Leone, started the Regional Conference on abolition of the death penalty and moratorium. The conference is sponsored by the Government of Sierra Leone and by Hands Off Cain thanks to the financial support of the Ministry of Forei
- JANUARY 1, 2014ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy became totally abolitionist in 1994, when the death penalty was abolished from the Military Codes.
Italy became totally abolitionist in 1994, when the death penalty was abolished from the Military Codes.
- DECEMBER 20, 2013ItalyDEATH BY PUNISHMENT
THE FIFTH CONGRESS OF HANDS OFF CAIN. ELECTED BODIES AND GENERAL MOTION
The Fifth Congress of Hands off Cain ended today with the election of governing bodies and the approval of the general motion. The congress, held in conjunction with "Restricted Horizons" inside the “Due Palazzi Prison” in Padua in the twentieth anniversa
- NOVEMBER 28, 2013ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: INITIATIVES TO SAVE THE ITALIAN NATIONAL ANTHONY FARINA
Today was held in Rome, at the headquarters of Hands Off Cain, a press conference to update the media on developments in the case of Anthony Farina.
OCTOBER 25, 2013ItalyDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: APPEAL TO THE MINISTER BONINO FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE 7 IRANIAN HOSTAGES HELD IN IRAQ
During a press conference held today in Rome at the headquarters of the Radical Party, members of the Radical Party Transnational and Transparty, Hands Off Cain and No Peace Without Justice have supported the appeal of the Council of Resistance of Iran fo
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2013ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TIBET: BONINO CALLS ON CHINA TO SUSPEND THE EXECUTION OF DROLMA KYAB
“I learn with sorrow the news of the death sentence of Tibetan Drolma Kyab by the Chinese People's Court of Ngaba. I have repeatedly expressed the belief that the path to full respect for human rights can have different times in different social context
- MARCH 22, 2013ItalyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Italy. Teva, a top pharmaceutical company moves to stop flow of execution drugs.
USA - Italy. Teva, a top pharmaceutical company moves to stop flow of execution drugs.
- MARCH 22, 2013ItalyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Italy. Italy could hasten Torres' return to U.S., source says.
USA - Italy. Italy could hasten Torres' return to U.S., source says.
MARCH 22, 2013ItalyDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ITALIAN MARINES WON'T GET DEATH SENTENCE
Indian External affairs minister Salman Khurshid laid a statement on Italian marines in Lok
- JANUARY 1, 2013ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy became totally abolitionist in 1994, when the death penalty was abolished from the Military Codes.
Italy became totally abolitionist in 1994, when the death penalty was abolished from the Military Codes.