Italy 2000
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1998
News on Italy in 2000
- DECEMBER 14, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Colosseum was illuminated to celebrate commutations...
The Colosseum was illuminated to celebrate commutations of sentences given to 105 death row prisoners in the Phillipines
- DECEMBER 14, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Colosseum was illuminated to mark the occasion...
The Colosseum was illuminated to mark the occasion in New York, when the Secretary of the UN Kofi Annan was presented with 3 million signatures, from 145 countries, in an appeal against the death penalty organised by the Community of Saint Egidio
- DECEMBER 4, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A collection of signatures against the death penalty...
A collection of signatures against the death penalty was presented to the President of Italy, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, at the end of a meeting with Archbishop Piovanelli organised by the Florentine church to mark the year of the Jubilee
- NOVEMBER 30, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In occasion of the of the Tuscan Florence festival,...
In occasion of the of the Tuscan Florence festival, held to celebrate the decision taken in 1786 by the Grand-Duke of Tuscany, to make it the first state in the world to have abolished the death penalty and the use of torture, there was held a conference
- NOVEMBER 4, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The head of the Senate Nicola Mancini declared before...
The head of the Senate Nicola Mancini declared before Pope John Paul II and the 'world parliament' assembly on occasion of the Jubilee of politicians that "the death penalty, which many States still provide for, dissappear from criminal law"
- NOVEMBER 3, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
During a ministerial conference on human rights held...
During a ministerial conference on human rights held by the Council of Europe at the Italian Foreign Ministry, it was said that following the signing of the European Convention on Human Rights, the main priorities lay in obtaining the aboltion of the deat
- OCTOBER 25, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Presenting his case in the European Parliament, Francesco...
Presenting his case in the European Parliament, Francesco Rutelli asked that a 'European day against the death penalty' be instituted, and that an international moratorium on capital executions be a priority within international politics and for the gener
- OCTOBER 20, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The local Council of Siena presented the Rocco Derek...
The local Council of Siena presented the Rocco Derek Barnabeu Foundation, which will campaign for the abolition of the death penalty around the world
- OCTOBER 11, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Commenting on the rejection of the Italian candidature...
Commenting on the rejection of the Italian candidature for one of the two non-permanent seats assigned to Eurpoe by the U
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The President of the Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi,...
The President of the Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, criticised the death penalty by declaring that it be "abolished once and for all in all countries appartaining to the Council of Europe", that is to say even those countries where the death penalty is f
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Prime Minister of Italy declared during a visit...
The Prime Minister of Italy declared during a visit to Washington, only a few days after the execution of Barnabei, that the death penalty is a problem that will grow in the conscience of the American people
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The local Council of Milan approved a motion by counsellor...
The local Council of Milan approved a motion by counsellor Emanuele Fiano to name March 15th, the anniversary of Cesare Beccaria, philosopher who inspired the Italian justice system, as 'anti-death death penalty day'
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Derek Rocco Barnabei died by lethal injection in Greensville...
Derek Rocco Barnabei died by lethal injection in Greensville prison after the Supreme Court rejected the last appeals presented by the lawyers of the Italo-American convict
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini gave a speech...
Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini gave a speech from New York, where he was attending the U
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Pontiff united his voice to "those who ask that...
The Pontiff united his voice to "those who ask that Derek Rocco Barnabei's life be spared"
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The mayor of Rome, Francesco Rutelli, Minister for...
The mayor of Rome, Francesco Rutelli, Minister for Parliamentary relations, Patrizia Toia, former European Commissioner Emma Bonino, Parliamentary vice president Alfredo Biondi and MP Fabrizio Vigni all sent messages to Governor Gilmore via a telematic po
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Colosseum was illuminated to mark the abolition...
The Colosseum was illuminated to mark the abolition of the death penalty in the Ivory Coast
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Fabrizio Vigni and Mauro Vannoni, MPs for the Democratic...
Fabrizio Vigni and Mauro Vannoni, MPs for the Democratic Left, together Parliamentary vice president Alfredo Biondi of Forza Italia, visited Rocco Barnabei in Virginia and pressured Governor Gilmore
- AUGUST 25, 2000ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Irene Pivetti, MP for the centre-left UDEUR party,...
Irene Pivetti, MP for the centre-left UDEUR party, called for a re-introduction of capital punishment in order to punish paedophiles
- 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