Italian Yearbook of Human Rights
ISSN 3035-5435
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prison conditions
Associazione Antigone: the XXII report "Tutto chiuso" on the alarming conditions of detention in Italy has been published
IntroductionThe XXII Report of Antigone, significantly titled "Tutto Chiuso" (“Everything Closed”), paints a picture of an Italian prison system in the throes of a crisis that is no longer merely...
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...
Italian and EU Norms
Directive (EU) 2024/1069: new European standards for combating strategic litigations against public participation (SLAPPs) and their implementation in Italy
Background and previous regulatory frameworkIn recent years, the increasing prevalence of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) has become a major threat to freedom of expression, democratic accountability and the...
Italian and EU Norms
The transposition of European human rights standards in Italy in 2026: law 36/2026
IntroductionOn 17 March 2026, Law 36/2026, entitled “Delegation of powers to the Government for the transposition of European directives and the implementation of other acts of the European Union” (European...
human rights protection
Amnesty International: The 2026 Report on the State of the World’s Human Rights Warns Italy of Severe Structural Flaws
IntroductionThe 2026 edition of Amnesty International’s annual report on the state of the world’s human rights was published in April, providing a comprehensive and critical assessment of human rights developments...
migration
Assisted voluntary returns should not be a means of ‘remigration’. A commentary on the decree-law 55/2026
1. Decree-Law No. 55/2026 of 24 April 2026, the ratification of which is the subject of this note, was submitted by the Government with the aim of amending the provision...
