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Italian Yearbook of Human Rights

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

Towards the New Return Regulation: More Obligations, Less, Rights, and Pressures on Third States to Support EU Return Policies. An Analysis of the Return Regulation as Adopted by the European Parliament on March 26, 2026.

Advocates disrupt transfer of asylum seekers from Villawood
© Kate Ausburn
asylum

Ruling Against the Police Headquarters in Vicenza and Venice: An Analysis of Judgments No. 616 and 617 of the Regional Administrative Court of Veneto

A child holding hands with his grandfather are standing on a car and looking at the horizon. The child waves a Palestinian flag and the grandfather has a keffiyeh on his shoulders
Occupied Palestinian Territories

In a Communication to Italy (AL ITA 9/2025) and ENI S.p.A. (AL OTH 149/2025), the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine and the Working Group on Business and Human Rights denounce their alleged complicity with Israel’s crimes in Palestine

A young migrant from Darfur waits to reach England from Calais, France.
© UNICEF/Laurence Geai
migration

The European Parliament approves at first reading the regulation on the return/deportation of third-country nationals irregularly present in EU member states. Stricter rules and fewer guarantees

International Criminal Court (ICC), in The Hague, Netherlands.
© UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
genocide, crimes against humanity

The International Criminal Court confirms that Italy should respond to the Assembly of States Parties for failing to arrest Almasri

Logo Corte europea dei diritti umani
European Court of Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights: Case Ferrieri and Bonassisa v. Italy, violation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights

prison conditions

VIII Antigone Report "I Don't Believe You Anymore": The Silent Crisis of Italian Juvenile Justice

Human Rights Watch Report of 2026
© Human Rights Watch
human rights

Human Rights Watch World Report 2026: Italy’s human rights record

A buon diritto pubblica il “Rapporto sullo stato dei diritti in italia” del 2025
© A buon diritto
human rights

A Buon Diritto publish the “Report on the state of rights in Italy" for 2025

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

European Court of Human Rights: Case Intranuovo v. Italy, violation of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights

gender-based violence

The Italian Parliament approves law introducing the crime of “femicide” (Law No. 181 of 2 December 2025)

GREVIO: “Building Trust Through Justice”
© Council of Europe
gender-based violence

GREVIO: “Building Trust Through Justice”, assessing Italy’s Response to violence against women in compliance with the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention

Council of the European Union: new research paper “One Roof, Many Realities”
© Council of the European Union
housing

Council of the European Union: new research paper “One Roof, Many Realities” points to the strategic importance of housing rights in contemporary Europe

Dossier Statistico Immigrazione 2025: ‘Fuori dalla Caverna: vedere l’immigrazione alla luce della realtà’
migration

2025 Immigration Statistical Dossier: ‘Out of the Cave: seeing immigration in the light of reality’

Palazzo Madama facade, Senato della Reppublica
© Senato della Repubblica
human rights protection

Senate of the Republic: Special Commission for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights in 2025