Italian Yearbook of Human Rights
ISSN 3035-5435
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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...
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...
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,...
gender-based violence
The Italian Parliament approves law introducing the crime of “femicide” (Law No. 181 of 2 December 2025)
IntroductionOn November 25, 2025, on the occasion of the 'International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women,' the bill introducing the offence of “femicide” (A.C. 2528) was definitively approved...
peacekeeping
Italy’s Contribution to Peacekeeping and Other Military Missions in 2025
Law No. 168 of 31 October 2024 updated the previous legislation (Law No. 145/2016) governing Italy's participation in international missions, introducing changes to the authorisation and financing of such missions...
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