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 4, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN PRESENTS 2011 REPORT ON THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE
the 2011 Report on the death penalty worldwide, supervised again this year by Elisabetta Zamparutti, was presented at the headquarters of Hands Off Cain. Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, Education Minister and Transitional Tunisian Government spokesperso
- AUGUST 4, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN: POSITIVE EVOLUTION TOWARDS THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
the Hands Off Cain 2011 Report, presented today, contains the most important facts regarding the practice of the death penalty in 2010 and the first six months of 2011.
- JUNE 24, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA: RADICALS SAY TUNISIA MOVING TOWARDS ABOLITION
Tunisia is moving towards the abolition of the death penalty and joining the International
- JUNE 9, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: TAREQ AZIZ'S SON- END MY FATHER'S SUFFERING
Sentenced to hang in Iraq, Saddam Hussein's ex chief of diplomacy Tareq Aziz has
MAY 6, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTYBIN LADEN: HANDS OFF CAIN- WE DO NOT SHARE OBAMA'S OPINION
“Regarding Osama Bin Laden, we know too little to say if it was an ‘extra-judicial execution’ or an act of ‘legitimate defence’,” Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio D’Elia said.
- APRIL 8, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: FINAL ASSAULT AGAINST THE MUJAHEDIN IN ASHRAF
"currently in Iraq the final assault is taking place on the anti-regime People's Mujahedin of
- MARCH 28, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NAPOLITANO TELLS UN ITALY WANTS OF END DEATH PENALTY
speaking to the UN's General Assembly, Italy's Giorgio Napolitano reiterated
- MARCH 10, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY: HANDS OFF CAIN - ABOLITION IN ILLINOIS SIGNALS A CHANGE IN ALL THE UNITED STATES
“The abolition of the death penalty in Illinois signals a change in all the United States. It shows
- JANUARY 21, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN: EXCELLENT DECISION BY HOSPIRA TO CEASE PRODUCTION OF SODIUM THIOPENTAL FOR LETHAL INJECTIONS
Hands Off Cain, the Radical Association which campaigned to prevent sodium thiopental (a drug used
- JANUARY 21, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
USA: HOSPIRA TO STOP MAKING LETHAL-INJECTION DRUG
The sole U.S. maker of a key execution drug has decided to permanently halt production of the drug, which could lead many states to face delay in carrying out the death penalty.
- JANUARY 18, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. Benedetto Cipriani, extradited from Italy, was beaten by his cellmate and is in critical condition
USA - Connecticut. Benedetto Cipriani, extradited from Italy, was beaten by his cellmate and is in critical condition
- JANUARY 8, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ILLINOIS: HANDS OFF CAIN APPEAL FOR THE SUSPENSION OF GEORGE RYAN'S SENTENCE
“We appeal to your sense of humanity and ask for a moratorium on the six and a half year sentence of ex Illinois Governor George Ryan, half of which he has already served, so that he can be at the bedside of his dying wife Lura,” the Hands Off Cain direct