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human rights defenders (HRDs)

Human Rights Defenders: the “Italian Protection Hub” Recognized as a European Model for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

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

In response to death of Mahsa Amini, London 1 Oct, 2022
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Iran

Iran-U.S. Tensions: The Italian Government Focuses on Security and Fuel Measures (Statements from March 9 to 30)

A Palestinian searches through the rubble of his home destroyed by Israeli strikes in Khuza'a, southern Gaza Strip.
© UN Photo/Shareef Sarhan
death penalty

Italy expresses deep concern over the bill on the death penalty approved by the Israeli parliament

asylum

The Veneto Regional Administrative Court rules that the right to asylum is inaccessible at the police headquarters in Vicenza and Venice

Diritto di voto
justice

The results of the confirmatory Constitutional Referendum on Justice, of March 22 and 23, 2026

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women

A glimpse of women rights and gender equality in 2026 Italy

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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

Children holding hands
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Children

The Venice Juvenile Court asked the Constitutional Court to rule on the discriminatory character of the ban on adoption by same-sex couples in civil partnerships

prison conditions

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

Lieutenant General Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz (facing camera in centre), Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) visits peacekeepers from Indonesia serving with UNIFIL near El Odaisseh Village close to the Blue Line in south Lebanon.
© UN Photo/Pasqual Gorriz
Lebanon

Italy expresses profound apprehension about the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah

Una delle parti del documento che spiega il referendum costituzionale in CAA (Comunicazione Aumentativa Alternativa)
justice

People with disabilities and voting in the constitutional referendum on March 22 and 23, 2026

Human Rights Watch Report of 2026
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human rights

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

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prison conditions

Prisons and the Right to Life: The National Ombudsman for the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty Releases the 2025 Data on Deaths in Prison

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Iran

Iran–U.S. Tensions: the Italian government pushes for diplomacy (statements from February 28 to March 5)