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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights

ISSN 3035-5435
Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council, Geneva
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UPR

Italy and the Fourth Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR): Commitments, Concerns, and the Path Forward

Human rights approach needed for internally displaced people’s housing, land and property
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housing

Italian government response to Communication 2/2025 from the Special Rapporteurs on the right to housing, extreme poverty, disability, independence of judges and the rights of older persons in relation to forced evictions

The European Commission's Rule of Law report 2025
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rule of law

The European Commission's Rule of Law report 2025: the country chapter on Italy

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke at the inauguration of the Permanent Premises of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in The Hague, Netherlands. A view of the ICC premises.
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International Criminal Court

The Italian government presents its submissions on the Elmasry case. Brief analysis of the arguments

Manifestazione per i diritti. Rischio di repressione
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housing

The Right to Housing and the "Security Decree": A Difficult Dialogue between the Italian Government and the UN Special Rapporteurs

Ethiopian migrants arrive on the shore of Obock, Djibouti
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migration

UN Experts Raise Concerns Over Italy’s Role in Libya Migrant Return Policy

Climate Justice Peace
human rights defenders (HRDs)

Police Detention of Climate and Human Rights Defenders in Brescia: Allegations and Government Reply

President of Council of Ministers of Italy Addresses 78th Session of General Assembly Debate
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housing

Italy’s response to the SR communication on the right to housing: “The Italian legal system aims to protect the fundamental rights of the individual"

UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Mr. Balakrishnan Rajagopal
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housing

UN Special Rapporteurs’ Communication to Italy on Forced Evictions of Vulnerable Groups

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climate change

Human Rights and Climate Activism: The Case of Valentina Corona and the G7 Protest

HRG students at the 25th session of the Universal Periodic Review
UPR

UPR Session 48: Italy under Review

Stop Evictions - sign in Mid-City New Orleans, January 2021.jpg
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housing

UN Special Rapporteurs criticize again the "security package": the right to housing jeopardised

Antiwar protest in Aviano
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freedom of assembly and association

Communication from six UN Special Rapporteurs on human rights to the Italian Government: Concerns over the "Security Package" Bill

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in a meeting
Council of Europe

Follow-up decisions of the Committee of Ministers (CoE) adopted in 2024 on Italy’s implementation of the ECtHR judgments

Flags with the OSCE logo in Russian, English and German in front of the Hofburg in Vienna, 14 February 2007
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OSCE/CSCE

Italy’s Engagement with the OSCE in 2024: Democracy, Human Rights, and Migration in Focus