Ergastolo ostativo: life imprisonment without parole
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The ergastolo ostativo is the Italian life sentence which, for certain offences, shuts off day release, work outside the prison and parole when the prisoner does not cooperate with the authorities. For years it meant a sentence with no prospect of review at all. After rulings by the European Court of Human Rights and by the Italian Constitutional Court, the rules were amended in 2022.
For the association it is the Italian front of the campaign it calls death by punishment: a sentence built in such a way that it rules out any end from the start. This page collects the news on the subject.
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- APRIL 22, 2020DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
JUSTICE: HANDS OFF CAIN, RIGHT TO HEALTH IS VALID FOR ALL EVEN 41 BIS
The association Hands off Cain-Spes contra spem defends the decisions of the Surveillance Court of Milan on the granting of the postponement of the sentence for very serious health reasons in cases of prisoners under the 41 bis regime.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2020DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
TEXAS (USA): CHANGES IN A RESTRICTIVE SENSE ON THE DEATH ROW
A friend of Hands Off Cain, Daniela Fontana, informs us of changes in a restrictive sense on the death row of Texas.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2020ItalyDEATH BY PUNISHMENT
USA - Texas. Italy. Daniela Fontana informs us of changes in a restrictive sense on the death row of Texas.
USA - Texas. Italy. Daniela Fontana informs us of changes in a restrictive sense on the death row of Texas.
- DECEMBER 18, 2019DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
PRISON. HANDS OFF CAIN IN CONGRESS IN OPERA IN MILAN
The VIII Congress of Hands Off Cain will be held in the Opera prison in Milan on 20 and 21 December.
DECEMBER 18, 2019DEATH BY PUNISHMENTVIII HANDS OFF CAIN CONGRESS - PROGRAM PROPOSAL AND ORDER OF WORKS
Prison of Opera (MI), 20-21 December 2019
- OCTOBER 17, 2019DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
ELISABETTA ZAMPARUTTI: ‘GOVERNMENT’S DECISION TO NOT CONFIRM ME AT CPT CONFIRMS MY VALUE AND THAT OF THE BATTLES OF HOC’
I consider a medal to my value and to the value of the things that I have done and that I will continue to do for the abolition of life imprisonment without parole and solitary confinement, the Italian Government's decision not to confirm me in the second
- OCTOBER 9, 2019DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
LIFE IN PRISON: HANDS OFF CAIN, DECISION CEDU MILESTONE ON THE WAY TO ABOLISH THE LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT PAROLE
For the association Hands Off Cain, after years of working with the Radical Party for the abolition of “ergastolo ostativo” (life imprisonment without parole), the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, which finalized the ruling in the case of M
- JUNE 13, 2019DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
COURT OF STRASBOURG. HANDS OFF CAIN, HISTORICAL JUDGMENT OF THE ECHR ON THE VIOLA CASE vs ITALY
For the "Hands off Cain" association, which for years has been involved, with the Radical Party, in the abolition of the life sentence, the judgment of the European Court for Human Rights in the case of Marcello Viola vs Italy is a historical pronouncemen
- DECEMBER 17, 2017DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
GENERAL MOTION OF THE 7TH CONGRESS OF HANDS OFF CAIN
Approved by the Congress
- AUGUST 3, 2016DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
ANALYSIS OF THE 2016 REPORT DATA AND OBJECTIVES OF HANDS OFF CAIN
As can be seen in the 2016 Report by Hands off Cain, the worldwide trend towards de jure or de facto
- JULY 31, 2015DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
ANALYSIS OF THE 2015 REPORT DATA AND OBJECTIVES OF HANDS OFF CAIN
The slight increase in executions in 2014 as compared to 2013 is explained by increases recorded in Iran
- DECEMBER 20, 2013ItalyDEATH BY PUNISHMENT
THE FIFTH CONGRESS OF HANDS OFF CAIN. ELECTED BODIES AND GENERAL MOTION
The Fifth Congress of Hands off Cain ended today with the election of governing bodies and the approval of the general motion. The congress, held in conjunction with "Restricted Horizons" inside the “Due Palazzi Prison” in Padua in the twentieth anniversa