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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights

ISSN 3035-5435
Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation (SLAPPs)
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Italian and EU Norms

Directive (EU) 2024/1069: new European standards for combating strategic litigations against public participation (SLAPPs) and their implementation in Italy

European Union flags
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Italian and EU Norms

The transposition of European human rights standards in Italy in 2026: law 36/2026

Palazzo Madama facade, Senato della Reppublica
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migration

Assisted voluntary returns should not be a means of ‘remigration’. A commentary on the decree-law 55/2026

Ethiopian migrants arrive on the shore of Obock, Djibouti
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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.

A young migrant from Darfur waits to reach England from Calais, France.
© UNICEF/Laurence Geai
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

International Criminal Court (ICC), in The Hague, Netherlands.
© UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
genocide, crimes against humanity

The International Criminal Court confirms that Italy should respond to the Assembly of States Parties for failing to arrest Almasri

gender-based violence

The Italian Parliament approves law introducing the crime of “femicide” (Law No. 181 of 2 December 2025)

Peacekeeper Laura Rozzoni serving with United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) prepares for a daily patrol along the Blue Line in south Lebanon.
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peacekeeping

Italy’s Contribution to Peacekeeping and Other Military Missions in 2025

International Criminal Court

International Criminal Court: decision on Italy’s non-compliance with a request for cooperation on the Elmasry case

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Women Peace and Security (WPS)

Interministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU): the Fifth National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (2025-2029)

online child sexual exploitation
Children

“National Plan for the Prevention and Combating of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation 2025-2027” approved

Four children laying down 4 of the 12 stars of a large representation of the flag of the European Union
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Italian and EU Norms

The transposition of European human rights standards in Italy in 2025: Law 91/2025

Nazhat Shameen Khan, vice-Prosecutor of the ICC
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International Criminal Court

International Criminal Court: the Prosecutor maintains that Italy is to be referred to the Assembly of States Parties and/or the Security Council for not complying with the Court's order to arrest Osama El Masri Njeem

Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
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International Criminal Court

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court requests referring Italy to the Assembly of States Parties and the Security Council for failure to cooperate in the Elmasry case

Courtroom at the International Criminal Court
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International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court calls on Italy to fully cooperate after failing to arrest Libyan General Osama Elmasry Njeem