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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights

ISSN 3035-5435
human rights

Italy in the FRA Fundamental Rights Report 2025: Emerging Issues, Progress, and Persistent Challenges

Court room of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France
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European Court of Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights: case Morabito v. Italy, violation of art 3 CEDU

Associazione Antigone, per i diritti e le garanzie nel sistema penale
prison conditions

Antigone Association: Mid-year report presented “The emergency is now” - Italian prisons between overcrowding and denied rights

Logo of the Regional Human Rights Ombudsman of the Region of Veneto
human rights

Report on the Activities of the Garantor for Human Rights in Veneto for the Year 2024

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

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

Displaced persons, asylum seekers at a border fence. Photo by Sandor Csuda cc
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asylum

The Court of Justice of the EU puts the breaks on the externalisation (in Albania) of asylum procedures by imposing a judicial control on the "safe state of origin" designation. The C-758/24 and C-759/24 judgment , 1 August 2025

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asylum

The Constitutional Court Rules on Detention in the Repatriation Detention Centres (CPR)

Global Summit photo 1
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climate change

Climate change: the ICJ and the Italian Cassation mark a shift in climate justice

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

Some European Court of Human Rights judges in session
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European Court of Justice

ECtHR Rules Against Italy in Laterza and D’Errico v. Italy Case

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