Italian Yearbook of Human Rights

ISSN 3035-5435
Children

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights: memorandum on child poverty in Italy

health

Constitutional Court: legally residing foreign nationals with disabilities are entitled to free enrollment in the National Health Service, judgement 97/2026

education

Law No. 104/2026 on informed consent in the school system: sex-affective education and its impact on educational autonomy

migration

Sea-Watch files criminal complaints against the Libyan coast guard

freedom

Freedom House: assessment of Italy in the “Freedom in the World 2026” report

European Court of Justice

Court of Justice of the European Union: Meta (Facebook) v. the Communications Regulatory Authority regarding copyright (Case C‑797/23)

European Court of Justice

The Court of Justice of the European Union Condemns Italy’s Recruitment System for ATA Staff for Abuse of Fixed-Term Contracts (Case C-155/25)

discrimination

Constitutional Court: extending survivor's pension to same-sex couples married abroad before 2016

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

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)

Children

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

freedom of the press

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

torture

The Elmasri case at the European Court of Human Rights

human rights protection

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