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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights

ISSN 3035-5435
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 Elmasry 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

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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

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human rights

FRA: Italy in Fundamental Rights Report 2024

Panoramic photo of the building headquarters of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France.
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European Court of Human Rights

Statistical data on cases regarding Italy dealt with by the European Court of Human Rights in 2024

Panoramic photo of the building headquarters of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France.
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European Court of Human Rights

Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights: Right to Liberty and Security of Person in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights 2024

Young boy patient in a hospital bed being reassured by a female doctor with stethoscope
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Italy

Médecins Sans Frontières's Work in Italy: an overview of 2024

The Justice and Correction Section of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) supports a gardening project in the local jail in Sevare, which allows prisoners to grow their own food and to garnish a small income from the sale of that which they produce. Here, the hands of two prisoners who participate in the project. Their faces are not shown in order to respect their privacy and protect their identity.
© UN Photo/Harandane Dicko
prison conditions

The Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee publishes a report on its visit to four closed migrants’ pre-repatriation centres in Italy

Protests are under way in New York City against racism and police violence after the death of George Floyd. Protests first erupted on 25 May, after video footage went viral on social media of a white police officer in the city of Minneapolis, United States, kneeling on the neck of African American George Floyd, for more than eight minutes, causing his death while in police custody. His death set off a nationwide outcry over racial inequality and police brutality, that have inspired protests in solidarity and against racism all over the world.
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racism

UN Experts' Report on Law Enforcement Violations Against Africans and People of African Descent