Italian Yearbook of Human Rights
ISSN 3035-5435
Highlights
European Court of Human Rights
Italy before the European Court of Human Rights in 2025: litigation and execution of judgments
Topics
rule of law
Liberties Report 2026: the State of the Rule of Law in Italy
IntroductionThe 2026 Rule of Law report released by Liberties aims at providing the European Commission with an independent and accurate analysis of the state of rule of law in 22...
migration
Towards the New Return Regulation: More Obligations, Less, Rights, and Pressures on Third States to Support EU Return Policies. An Analysis of the Return Regulation as Adopted by the European Parliament on March 26, 2026.
IntroductionOn 26 March 2026, the European Parliament approved, with some significant amendments, the proposed regulation on the return of third-country nationals residing irregularly on the territory of the Union (COM(2025)101...
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,...
migration
The European Parliament approves at first reading the regulation on the return/deportation of third-country nationals irregularly present in EU member states. Stricter rules and fewer guarantees
On 26 March 2026, the European Parliament approved, with some significant amendments to the Commission's draft (COM(2025)101 final), the proposed regulation on the return of third-country nationals who are irregularly...
genocide, crimes against humanity
The International Criminal Court confirms that Italy should respond to the Assembly of States Parties for failing to arrest Almasri
On 2 April 2026, the Preliminary Section I of the International Criminal Court (ICC), formed by Judges Iulia Motoc, President, Sophie Alapini-Gansou and Maria Flores Llera, made public the decision,...
European Court of Human Rights
European Court of Human Rights: Case Ferrieri and Bonassisa v. Italy, violation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Introduction On 2 December 2025, the European Court of Human Rights delivered its judgment in Ferrieri and Bonassisa v. Italy, adopting an approach consistent with its rulings in two similar...
