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,...
- News items in the archive
- 697
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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- APRIL 28, 1999ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution approved in 1948 abolished the death...
The Constitution approved in 1948 abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes
- FEBRUARY 25, 1999ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On February 25, the Italian Senate passed a motion,...
On February 25, the Italian Senate passed a motion, first signatory Ersilia Salvato, engaging the Government to expand the text of the resolution for presentation at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, by including paragraphs regarding the refusa
- JANUARY 16, 1999ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On 16 January 1999, before the Italian authorities...
On 16 January 1999, before the Italian authorities had decided to grant or deny him political asylum, Ocalan left for Russia again
- 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