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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights

ISSN 3035-5435
The International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC/CPI), Netherlands.
© Vincent van Zeijst
International Criminal Court

International Criminal Court (ICC): hearings to confirm the charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against El Hishri

prison conditions

Florence Supervisory Court: inhuman detention conditions and deferral of sentence referred to the Constitutional Court

© Transparency International EU Office
European Court of Justice

Court of Justice of the European Union: access to the universal basic income for beneficiaries of international protection – Ten-year residency requirement ruled unlawful (Case C‑747/22)

Supreme Court of Cassation logo
Children

Judgment of the Court of Cassation No. 16457: child abduction and international human rights standards in Italian criminal law

RSF, world press freedom index 2026
© RSF
freedom of the press

Reporters Without Borders: Italy regresses in the World Press Freedom Index 2026

Panoramic photo of the building headquarters of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France.
© Consiglio d'Europa
torture

The Elmasri case at the European Court of Human Rights

Italian Yearbook of Human Rights Best of 2025
human rights protection

Italian Yearbook of Human Rights: special issue “Best of 2025”

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

Council of Europe: The Chișinău Declaration Between State Sovereignty and the protection of human rights

Giacomo Turra, 20 maggio
Interamerican Court and Commission of Human Rights

The Colombian State formally recognizes that the death of Giacomo Turra in 1995 resulted from police violence which led to the loss of an innocent individual's life

© UN Photo/john Isaac
Iran

Iran-U.S. Tensions: The Italian Government Between Diplomacy and Regional Security (Statements from April 1 to May 13, 2026)

International Labour Organization (ILO) logo
work

International Labour Organization (ILO): Italy ratifies the Protocol to Convention No. 29 concerning forced and compulsory labor

I PIANO D’AZIONE NAZIONALE SU GIOVANI, PACE E SICUREZZA (2026 – 2029)
Youth Peace and Security (YPS)

Interministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU): adopted the first National Action Plan on Youth, Peace and Security (2026-2029)

migration

A fresh decree-law amends the security decree-law on rewarding lawyers for favouring migrants' voluntary return. But the measure is still flawed

Graphics design that make a list of diffrent human rights.
© OSCE/ODHIR
freedom of assembly and association

UN Human Rights Committee: Call for inputs on the Draft General Comment No. 38 on Freedom of Association, deadline 30 June 2026

Senato italiano
© Fratello.Gracco
migration

The provision of the security decree that "rewards" lawyers for facilitating the voluntary return of their clients undermines legal professional ethics and the rule of law