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Guantanamo camp
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Close ‘disgraceful’ Guantánamo camp – UN experts urge incoming US administration

Exactly after 19 years after the establishment of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, on 11 January 2021, the UN independent human rights experts urged the incoming United States ...

Last update 12 Jan 2021
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Italy adopts legislation implementing EU victims rights directive

With the legislative decree 15 December 2015, n. 212 Italy transposed and implemented Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing minimum standards on the rights, ...

Last update 2 Feb 2016
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European Court of Human Rights: Italy condemned for the violation of the principle of non-retroactivity of criminal law

With the judgment issued on 14 April 2015 in the case Contrada v. Italy n. 3 (application no. 66655/2013), the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) condemned Italy for the violation of ...

Last update 20 Apr 2015