Italian Yearbook of Human Rights
ISSN 3035-5435
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prison conditions
European Court of Human Rights: judgment against Italy for violating the right to life and the prohibition against inhuman and degrading treatment, due to inadequate prison healthcare (case Federico and Raddi v. Italy)
IntroductionOn July 9, 2026, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) filed the judgment in Federico and Raddi v. Italy Case (application no. 5053/24), condemning Italy for the violation of...
gender-based violence
European Court of Human Rights: case Ubeda and Others v. Italy (application no.9993/24), violations of Articles 3 and 8 of the ECHR
The facts With application no. 9993/24, lodged on 5 April, 2024 before the European Court of Human Rights, Audrey Carmen Manuela Ubeda and her minor children, identified as A.P. and...
prison conditions
European Court of Human Rights: Cases of Albertani v. Italy (Application No. 15994/20) and Andrea Ciotta v. Italy (Application No. 368/21), violation of Articles 3 and 5 of the ECHR
Albertani v. Italy (Application No. 15994/20)On 4 June 2026, the First Section of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its judgment in Albertani v. Italy, criticising the Italian...
freedom of thought, conscience and belief
European Court of Human Rights: Italy found guilty of prolonged discrimination against Jehovah’s Witnesses (application no. 49687/16) , violation of art. 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights
IntroductionThe judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter “the Court”) of 11th June 2026 in the case of the Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v. Italy (application no....
asylum
European Court of Human Rights: Case H.D. v. Italy, violation of Articles 3, 5 and 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights
IntroductionOn the 9th April 2026 the European Court of Human rights (ECtHR) delivered a judgement on the Case H.D. v. ITALY (Application no. 41645/23) finding Italy guilty of the unlawful...
asylum
Ruling Against the Police Headquarters in Vicenza and Venice: An Analysis of Judgments No. 616 and 617 of the Regional Administrative Court of Veneto
IntroductionThrough judgments nos. 616 and 617 of 2026 of the Veneto Regional Administrative Tribunal, the tribunal ruled that administrative inefficiency is not an inevitability due to a lack of resources,...
