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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights

ISSN 3035-5435
Artificial intelligence and big data
privacy

Biometric surveillance and democratic participation: The Privacy Guarantor’s Opinion and the Legislative Decree on AI-powered policing

© Centro diritti umani
prison conditions

Mauro Palma presents his book "Caro Parlamento", collecting the reports of the Italian Guarantor of the rights of persons deprived of liberty, 2016-2023"

Court room of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France
© Wikimedia Commons/CherryX
European Court of Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights: Ruling Against Italy on the prohibition of retroactive application of the life imprisonment without parole regime and the right to a reducible sentence (case of Asciutto and Others v. Italy)

Nature, woods, environment
© Creative Common Licences by Pedro Albuquerque
environment

Decree-Law to Reform the 1992 Hunting Law (Decree-Law No. 1552 of June 23, 2026): criticism from environmentalists and organizations ahead of the Law’s final approval

Panoramic photo of the building headquarters of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France.
© Consiglio d'Europa
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)

Rule of law report 2026
© European Commission
rule of law

European Commission: 2026 Report on the Rule of Law in Italy

GRECO's logo, The Group of States against Corruption of the Council of Europe
© Consiglio d'Europa
corruption

Group of States against Corruption (GRECO): Fifth Evaluation Round Compliance Report on Italy

A sea rescue by the Sea-Watch team
© Marcus Wiechmann/Sea-Watch.Org
migration

UN Special Rapporteurs’ Communication to Italy on immigration, international protection, and the implementation of the European Pact on Migration and Asylum (Bill No. 1869)

"Courtroom of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg"
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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

Council of Europe's Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
© Council of Europe
national minorities

Council of Europe: the sixth opinion on Italy under the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities

housing

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA): report on the housing crisis in Italy in 2025

Logo of UN Human Rights Council
Human Rights Council

Italy’s role, challenges and interests during the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council

European Union flags
© European Union
sustainability

The transposition in Italy of EU Directive (2024/1760): new developments regarding companies’ due diligence obligations for sustainability

Some European Court of Human Rights judges in session
© ©Council of Europe
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

The local Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall in the regional Australian city of Rockhampton, Queensland
© RegionalQueenslander
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