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An activist holds anti-death penalty signs outside the US Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.
© © Unsplash/Maria Oswalt
Human Rights Council

United Nations: latest report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary execution deems the death penalty to be a form of torture and calls for the worldwide abolition of this practice

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

The Elmasri case at the European Court of Human Rights

Reporto albanese marzo 2026
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict

New report of the UN Special Rapporteur warns of Israel's Systematic Torture of Palestinians

torture

United Nations: Special Rapporteur on torture warns about the inhumanity of ongoing conflicts

prison conditions

Italian Prison System under Scrutiny: Ad Hoc Visit by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture

prison conditions

The Court of Cassation orders a review in a case of inhuman and degrading detention conditions at Padova prison

Some European Court of Human Rights judges in session
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European Court of Human Rights

European Court of Human Rights: Case Cioffi v. Italy - Inhuman and Degrading Treatment of Protesters following the 2001 Anti-Globalisation Demonstrations in Naples

Associazione Antigone, per i diritti e le garanzie nel sistema penale
prison conditions

Italian Prison System: Antigone Association’s Report Paints an Alarming Picture

Some European Court of Human Rights judges in session
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European Court of Human Rights

ECtHR rules against Italy in Morabito v. Italy case: Violation of human rights found

European court of Human Rights Solemn hearing, 31 January 2025
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European Court of Human Rights

Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights regarding Italy in February and March 2025

torture

Regeni Case: the fight for truth and justice continues

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

IOM staff and local authorities discuss the needs of internally displaced persons in front of a damaged school in Zhytomyr centre.
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violence

UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine observes systematic and widespread indiscriminate attacks towards civilians

Italy

Council of Europe: the Committee against Torture has published its report on its periodic visit to Italy in 2022

Cover photo: A protester released from prison after three weeks of detention is reunited with her mother in Yangon, Myanmar, March 24, 2021. The three-finger salute, adapted from “The Hunger Games,” is a widely used sign of civil disobedience.
© 2021 The New York Times/Redux.
human rights

World report 2022: Annual Review of global Human Rights