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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights

ISSN 3035-5435
Prison cell, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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prison conditions

Suicides and Deaths in Prison: National Report on the Rights of Persons Deprived of their Personal Liberty 2025

Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Whitehall outside Downing Street.
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freedom of assembly and association

The new CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist highlights serious concerns regarding the exercise of civic freedoms in Italy

Thousands of people with packanges and bags try to leave Libya at the Tunisian border
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migration

EU-Tunisia Agreement: Human Rights Concerns Persist from 2023 to 2025

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freedom of expression

The Italian Communications Regulatory Authority: functions and composition in 2025

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citizenship

The Constitutional Court rules on the admissibility of five referenda, including the citizenship referendum

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privacy

The Guarantor for Privacy: whoever uses spy softwares such as “Graphite” risks tough sanctions

Artificial intelligence and big data
privacy

The "DeepSeek" Case and the Risks to Personal Data

The International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC/CPI), Netherlands.
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International Criminal Court

Comment on Italy's failure to execute ICC arrest warrant (the Almasri case)

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International Criminal Court

Giorgia Meloni and the Ministers of Justice and of the Interior are potentially under investigation in the case of Libyan General Najeem Osama Elmasry

torture

Regeni Case: the fight for truth and justice continues

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UPR

Human Rights Council: Italy to be assessed on 20 January 2025 for the Fourth Cycle of Universal Periodic Review

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privacy

The Italian Data Protection Authority: functions and composition in 2025

Two fishermen in their boat in Rincao, Cabo Verde. The idea behind the concept of the Blue Economy is to sustainably use the ocean as a tool for lifting people out of poverty, while protecting its valuable ecosystems. The Blue Economy concept seeks to promote economic growth, social inclusion and preservation or improvement of livelihoods while at the same time ensuring environmental sustainability—all issues integral to the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.
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special rapporteur

Italian government replies to the SR Communications of 2023

prison conditions

Composition of the National Guarantor of the rights of persons deprived of personal liberty 2024

A female rider makes a home delivery
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business and human rights

The Privacy Supervisor sanctions Foodinho for personal data breaches