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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights

ISSN 3035-5435
Ethiopian migrants arrive on the shore of Obock, Djibouti
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migration

UN Experts Raise Concerns Over Italy’s Role in Libya Migrant Return Policy

Climate Justice Peace
human rights defenders (HRDs)

Police Detention of Climate and Human Rights Defenders in Brescia: Allegations and Government Reply

Pisano Foundry, Salerno, Italy
pollution

Private Life and Right to Life at Risk: Environmental Justice and State Obligations. The European Court of Human Rights Judgement in L.F. and Others v. Italy, 6 May 2025

Discrimination and violence on women
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gender-based violence

European Court of Human Rights: examination of Italy’s Handling of a Domestic Violence Case in 2025

"Courtroom of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg"
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European Court of Human Rights

Mansouri v. Italy: The European Court of Human Rights declares the complaints inadmissible

President of Council of Ministers of Italy Addresses 78th Session of General Assembly Debate
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housing

Italy’s response to the SR communication on the right to housing: “The Italian legal system aims to protect the fundamental rights of the individual"

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rule of law

Institutional Backsliding in Italy: Media, Civic Space, and Human Rights in the 2025 report of Liberties

The shape of a pensive and worried person behind a bar
European Court of Human Rights

The Protection of Human Dignity in Detention: The Case of Niort v. Italy and the Application of Article 3 ECHR

1 March 1999, Kosovar refugees fleeing their homeland.
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migration

The collapsing migrants reception and the involution of the Italian system: the ActionAid Report 2024

Refugees in detention facility
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asylum

The United Sections of the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation state that in the Diciotti case, Italy illegally detained migrants and must compensate them for non-pecuniary damages

UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Mr. Balakrishnan Rajagopal
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housing

UN Special Rapporteurs’ Communication to Italy on Forced Evictions of Vulnerable Groups

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 Almasri case

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climate change

Human Rights and Climate Activism: The Case of Valentina Corona and the G7 Protest

HRG students at the 25th session of the Universal Periodic Review
UPR

UPR Session 48: Italy under Review

Land of Fires
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life

In the Land of Fires, Italy has violated the right to life: a pilot judgment of the European Court of Human Rights said