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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights

ISSN 3035-5435
Antiwar protest in Aviano
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United Nations

United Nations: UN Experts criticize Italian Government’s Security Decree

European court of Human Rights Solemn hearing, 31 January 2025
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European Court of Human Rights

Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights regarding Italy in February and March 2025

Italy: visit of the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
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national minorities

The Regional Authorities and Linguistic Minorities of Friuli Venezia Giulia Region meet the Council of Europe monitoring body on National Minorities

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

hands typing on a computer keyboard
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

Picture of the Italian seat on the occasion of a United Nations Human Rights Council
UPR

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

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

Follow-up decisions of the Committee of Ministers (CoE) adopted in 2024 on Italy’s issues raised by the CoE bodies