Italy
2026
STATUSAbolitionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- 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 1, 1999ItalyDEATH PENALTY
From the day of his arrest, Rocco Derek Barnabei, 32,...
From the day of his arrest, Rocco Derek Barnabei, 32, an American citizen of Italian origin condemned to death for murdering his fiancée in September 1993 in Norfolk, has maintained his innocence
- JANUARY 1, 1999ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In 1999, the Italian Parliament and Government, together...
In 1999, the Italian Parliament and Government, together with Hands off Cain, organized the international lobbying of various countries in support of a UN moratorium on executions
- JANUARY 1, 1999ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In 1999, while the EU Resolution for a moratorium on...
In 1999, while the EU Resolution for a moratorium on executions was being discussed at the UN, Hands Off Cain and former European Commissioner, the Hon
- NOVEMBER 12, 1998ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On 12 November 1998, Kurd leader Abdullah Ocalan,...
On 12 November 1998, Kurd leader Abdullah Ocalan, accompanied by Refounded Communist deputy Ramon Mantovani, landed at Fiumicino Airport in Rome on a flight from Russia