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The shape of a pensive and worried person behind a bar
Italy

National Ombudsperson for Detainees: presentation of the collection of recommendations "Norms and normality"

Political world map: states coloured in dark green have already ratified OPCAT, states in light green have signed, but not yet ratified OPCAT.
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United Nations

National Ombudsperson for the Rights of Persons Detained or Deprived of their Liberty: Hearing at the UN in Geneva

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Italy

National Ombudsperson for the Rights of Detainees: Presentation of First Activities Report for First Year of Mandate, Rome, March 21st 2017

human rights

Italy: Mauro Palma nominated first national ombudsman for the rights of persons detained or deprived of their liberty

Paintings with children
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prison conditions

Being parents in jail: between rights of adults and rights of children

A jail's window
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seminars

Extreme sentences: life sentence and torture. A critical analysis of punishments, Padova, 6-7 June 2014

Two seminars on life sentence and torture
Panoramic photo of the building headquarters of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France.
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Italy

European Court of Human Rights: Italy sentenced again for inhuman and degrading treatment in relation to prison conditions

Nimba county prison inmate looks through a window of a cell, Liberia, 2008
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Italy

Council of Europe: a survey highlights the problem of prison overcrowding in Italy and in Europe

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

European Court of Human Rights: Italy condemned in the Lombardo and Cirillo cases

Children running on the playground
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Italy

Coucil of Europe: Deputy Secretary General Maud De Boer visits the new prison for mothers with children

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

European Court of Human Rights: disenfranchisement of convicted prisoners provided for under Italian law does not violate the ECHR

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international days

International Human Rights Day 2011 - monitoring human rights in prison, University of Padua, 12 December 2011

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Council of Europe

Rights of persons deprived of their liberty : The role of national human rights structures which are OPCAT mechanisms and of those which are not, Padova, 9-10 Aprile 2008