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Capital punishment in Italy. Europe holds the greatest concentration of abolitionist states (blue). Map current as of 2022. The use of capital punishment in Italy has been banned since 1889, with the exception of the period 1926–1947, encompassing the rule of Fascism in Italy and the early restoration of democracy.
10 mar 2009 · Italy’s decision on March 3 to completely abolish capital punishment is yet more proof that the world is moving away from this ineffective and unjust system.
25 feb 2019 · Briefings. Parliament strongly opposes capital punishment and pushes for its worldwide abolition. Find out more in our infographics.
Of all present European countries, San Marino, Portugal and the Netherlands were the first to abolish capital punishment; Romania banned it even earlier in 1864, but it was much later reintroduced from 1936 to 1990; in Italy the nationwide ban on the death penalty dates from 1889 (capital punishment had previously not been in force ...
25 gen 2024 · The day serves as reminder that despite the global trend towards the abolition, capital punishment still applies in may areas of the world. While all Council of Europe member states ceased to apply the death penalty, there is a rise in political proposals and debates on the possibility to bring it back.
The Kingdom of Italy had abolished the death penalty for civilians with the adoption of the Zanardelli Penal Code of 1889 (previously it had not been applied in Tuscany alone since 1859, or even earlier, for brief periods starting in 1786), but the Fascists reintroduced capital punishment in 1926, then expanding its range of cases ...
Abolition of the Death Penalty in Europe. Timeline. European and World Day against the Death Penalty. Key legal Instruments and texts adopted. You are here: Abolition of the death penalty. Death Penalty Map. Italy.
