Italy
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1998
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- NOVEMBER 12, 1998 · On 12 November 1998, Kurd leader Abdullah Ocalan,...
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Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Italy is classified as Abolitionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 697 news items on Italy, from 1998 to today.
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- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
"the Italian government has given up on the moratorium...
"the Italian government has given up on the moratorium resolution and faced with this cowardice, I renounce my Italian passport," HOC Board Member Oliviero Toscani stated in reaction to the Italian government's failure to present the resolution calling fo
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Chamber of Representatives approved two...
The Italian Chamber of Representatives approved two motions presented by government MPs that generically require the government to "despite the verified lack of consensus currently at a European level, continue in every forum the intensive political and d
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain Secretary-General Sergio D'Elia says...
Hands Off Cain Secretary-General Sergio D'Elia says the Italian EU presidency has passed up on what may be its last chance to score a success before the end of its term
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Pasqualina Napoletano, European elected member of the...
Pasqualina Napoletano, European elected member of the Democratici di Sinistra, expressed indignation about the fact that the Italian Presidency had renounced presenting to the UN a proposal of resolution on a moratorium on the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC has warned that the Italian government may once...
HOC has warned that the Italian government may once again attempt to weaken the text of the parliamentary motions calling for the presentation of the resolution for a worldwide moratorium on executions at the UN General Assembly currently in session in Ne
- NOVEMBER 4, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain slammed the Italian government's stance...
Hands Off Cain slammed the Italian government's stance during the debate in the Italian Chamber of Representatives on the presentation at the UN General Assembly of a resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions, accusing it of 'killing' th
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
"I call on the Chamber to ensure that the Italian government...
"I call on the Chamber to ensure that the Italian government finally declares the truth on its commitment to the moratorium resolution," HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia said, also with reference to rumours that the Italian government has already given
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Chamber of Representatives opened the debate...
The Italian Chamber of Representatives opened the debate on four motions regarding the presentation of a resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions at the ongoing UN General Assembly by the Italian EU presidency
- OCTOBER 23, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian Minister Frattini intervened with his EU counterparts...
Italian Minister Frattini intervened with his EU counterparts to press for a common EU position on the presentation by the EU of a resolution for a UN moratorium on executions
- OCTOBER 23, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian Minister Frattini intervened with his EU counterparts...
Italian Minister Frattini intervened with his EU counterparts to press for a common EU position on the presentation by the EU of a resolution for a UN moratorium on executions
- OCTOBER 23, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain welcomed the European Parliament's unanimous...
Hands Off Cain welcomed the European Parliament's unanimous approval of a resolution calling for the presentation of the moratorium resolution at the ongoing UN General Assembly currently in session in New York without delay
- OCTOBER 23, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
After the European Parliament approved a resolution...
After the European Parliament approved a resolution calling for an initiative in favour of a universal moratorium on the death penalty at the UN, Marco Pannella, MEP and Hands Off Cain President, declared: "It's time that President Frattini affirms convic
- OCTOBER 21, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In the Italian Chamber Alleanza Nazionale MP Andrea...
In the Italian Chamber Alleanza Nazionale MP Andrea Ronchi tabled a motion calling on the government to "continue its diplomatic and political action to take definitive steps towards the presentation and adoption by the ongoing General Assembly of a resol
- OCTOBER 16, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC's General-Secretary Sergio D'Elia slammed the reply...
HOC's General-Secretary Sergio D'Elia slammed the reply given by state Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Margherita Boniver in reply to the parliamentary questions tabled in the Italian Senate by Ottaviano Del Turco and in the Chamber by Enrico Buemi wi
- OCTOBER 15, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Margherita...
Italian Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Margherita Boniver, speaking on behalf of the government, replied to a parliamentary question tabled in the Italian Senate by Ottaviano Del Turco with regard to the progress of the Italian EU presidency's initia
- OCTOBER 15, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Around 50 MPs led by Enrico Buemi (SDI) tabled a motion...
Around 50 MPs led by Enrico Buemi (SDI) tabled a motion in the Italian Chamber of Deputies calling for a commitment by the Italian government to "take the final steps - at this point urgent and necessary - towards the presentation and adoption by the ongo
- OCTOBER 10, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On occasion of the "World Day Against the Death Penalty",...
On occasion of the "World Day Against the Death Penalty", Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini declared that "Italy will continue to contribute, on all levels, to the objective of the abolishment of the death penalty and to a moratorium on capital exe
- OCTOBER 10, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On the "World Day Against The Death Penalty", HOC declared:...
On the "World Day Against The Death Penalty", HOC declared: "the objectives and the message behind the "World Day Against The Death Penalty" are such as to exclude the involvement of Hands Off Cain
- OCTOBER 10, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain greets the award of the Nobel Peace...
Hands Off Cain greets the award of the Nobel Peace prize to Iranian lawyer and activist Shirin Ebadi
- OCTOBER 8, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Enrico Buemi, MP (SDI - Italian Social Democrats) and...
Enrico Buemi, MP (SDI - Italian Social Democrats) and Hands Off Cain member, deposited an urgent parliamentary question at the Chamber of Deputies, addressed to Foreign Minister Frattini and signed by 50 MPs from all sides, asking the government to inform
- OCTOBER 1, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Ottaviano del Turco, senator for the left-wing SDI...
Ottaviano del Turco, senator for the left-wing SDI (Italian Socialist Democrats) and Hands Off Cain member, tabled a parliamentary question on the presentation of a resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions to the UN General Assembly
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian EU Presidency remained committed to the...
The Italian EU Presidency remained committed to the objective of seeing adopted a worldwide moratorium on capital executions, said Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, speaking in Brussels during a meeting with a Hands Off Cain delegation which inclu
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian EU Presidency remained committed to the...
The Italian EU Presidency remained committed to the objective of seeing adopted a worldwide moratorium on capital executions, said Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, speaking in Brussels during a meeting with a Hands Off Cain delegation which inclu
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The European mission conducted by former governor of...
The European mission conducted by former governor of Illinois and current Hands Off Cain Honorary President George Ryan, together with Leroy Orange, ex death row inmate who is alive thanks to the moratorium on executions introduced by the governor in his
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On the motion approved by the Italian Senate, asking...
On the motion approved by the Italian Senate, asking the government, representing the EU, to present at the UN a resolution for a universal moratorium on executions, HOC President Marco Pannella declared: "A Senate composed of yes men from the majority al
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Maurizio Turco and Marco Cappato (both Lista Bonino...
Maurizio Turco and Marco Cappato (both Lista Bonino MEPs), together with Ottavio Marzocchi, deposited an interrogation request at the European Parliament aimed at finding out what measures the European Council and the European Commission would take regard
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Maurizio Turco and Marco Cappato (both Lista Bonino...
Maurizio Turco and Marco Cappato (both Lista Bonino MEPs), together with Ottavio Marzocchi, deposited an interrogation request at the European Parliament aimed at finding out what measures the European Council and the European Commission would take regard
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Senate approved a motion asking the government,...
The Italian Senate approved a motion asking the government, representing the EU, to present at the UN a resolution for a universal moratorium on executions
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Senate approved a motion asking the government,...
The Italian Senate approved a motion asking the government, representing the EU, to present at the UN a resolution for a universal moratorium on executions
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Former Illinois governor and HOC honorary president...
Former Illinois governor and HOC honorary president George Ryan and former death row inmate Leroy Orange visited the Spanish capital Madrid to promote the campaign for a worldwide moratorium on executions through a UN resolution