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Crimes Crime of Aggression / Crimes against Peace
Article 2 of the Italian law implementing the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court states that "Full and complete execution shall be given to the Statute referred to in Article 1 [the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court], as from the date of its entry into force, in accordance with Article 126 of the Statute". The crime of aggression is included in Article 5 of the Rome Statute among the crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court. (As of 01Sep17, Italy has not ratified the Kampala amendments on the Crime of Aggression, by which the definition of the crime of aggression was included in the Rome Statute). See:
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. [ENG/FRA/SPA]
Legge 12 luglio 1999, n. 232: "Ratifica ed esecuzione dello statuto istitutivo della Corte penale internazionale, con atto finale ed allegati, adottato dalla Conferenza diplomatica delle Nazioni Unite a Roma il 17 luglio 1998"
Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 167, Supplemento Ordinario n. 135, 19 luglio 1999. [ITA]Crimes Against Humanity
Article 2 of the Italian law implementing the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court states that "Full and complete execution shall be given to the Statute referred to in Article 1 [the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court], as from the date of its entry into force, in accordance with Article 126 of the Statute". Crimes against Humanity are defined in Article 7 of the Rome Statute among the crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court. See:
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. [ENG/FRA/SPA]
Legge 12 luglio 1999, n. 232: "Ratifica ed esecuzione dello statuto istitutivo della Corte penale internazionale, con atto finale ed allegati, adottato dalla Conferenza diplomatica delle Nazioni Unite a Roma il 17 luglio 1998"
Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 167, Supplemento Ordinario n. 135, 19 luglio 1999. [ITA]Additionally, the Republic of Italy acceded to the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance on 8 October 2015. Article 5 of this Convention states that "[T]he widespread or systematic practice of enforced disappearance constitutes a crime against humanity as defined in applicable international law and shall attract the consequences provided for under such applicable international law."
Genocide
Genocide is defined in Articles 1-2 and 4-6 of the Law No. 962 on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 09 October 1967. See:
Legge n. 962 di prevenzione e repressione del delitto di genocidio. Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 272, 30 ottobre 1967. [ITA]
Additionally, article 2 of the Italian law implementing the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court states that "Full and complete execution shall be given to the Statute referred to in Article 1 [the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court], as from the date of its entry into force, in accordance with Article 126 of the Statute". Genocide is defined in Article 6 of the Rome Statute among the crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court. See:
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. [ENG/FRA/SPA]
Legge 12 luglio 1999, n. 232: "Ratifica ed esecuzione dello statuto istitutivo della Corte penale internazionale, con atto finale ed allegati, adottato dalla Conferenza diplomatica delle Nazioni Unite a Roma il 17 luglio 1998"
Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 167, Supplemento Ordinario n. 135, 19 luglio 1999. [ITA]War Crimes
Article 2 of the Italian law implementing the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court states that "Full and complete execution shall be given to the Statute referred to in Article 1 [the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court], as from the date of its entry into force, in accordance with Article 126 of the Statute". War crimes are defined in Article 8 of the Rome Statute among the crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court. See:
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. [ENG/FRA/SPA]
Legge 12 luglio 1999, n. 232: "Ratifica ed esecuzione dello statuto istitutivo della Corte penale internazionale, con atto finale ed allegati, adottato dalla Conferenza diplomatica delle Nazioni Unite a Roma il 17 luglio 1998"
Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 167, Supplemento Ordinario n. 135, 19 luglio 1999. [ITA]
Related documents:
Wartime Military criminal codes. Office of the Military Attorney General of the Republic, III Edizione, Roma, agosto 2006. [ITA]
Jurisdiction The jurisdictional regime for crimes committed abroad is provided for under Articles 7, 8 and 10 (Title I: "Of the Penal Law"), of the Penal Code of Italy. [See full text of the Penal Code in Italian under the "Resources and Links Section" below.]
Additional information:
Information provided by Italy on the scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction in accordance with General Assembly resolution 64/117.
The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction (Agenda item 86), General Assembly of the United Nations, Sixth Committee (Legal), sixty-fifth session (4 October to 11 November 2010).
[General Assembly resolution 64/117 (A/RES/64/117) of 15 January 2010, "[R]equests the Secretary-General to invite Member States to submit, before 30 April 2010, information and observations on the scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction, including information on the relevant applicable international treaties, their domestic legal rules and judicial practice, and to prepare and submit to the General Assembly, at its sixty-fifth session, a report based on such information and observations." This document contains the reply provided by Slovenia to the said request.]
International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
and Rwanda (ICTR)
Legge 7 giugno 1999, n. 207, che ratifica ed esecuzione dell'Accordo fra il Governo della Repubblica italiana e le Nazioni Unite per l'esecuzione delle sentenze del Tribunale penale internazionale per l'ex Jugoslavia. (Law No. 207 of 7 June 1999 on the Ratification and Implementation of the Agreement between the Government of the Italian Republic and the United Nations concerning the enforcement of penalties of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia).
Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana, n. 151, 30 giugno 1999. [ITA]
Legge 14 febbraio 1994, n. 120, di cooperazione con il Tribunale internazionale competente per gravi violazioni del diritto umanitario commesse nei territori della ex Jugoslavia.
Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana, Serie Generale n. 43, 22 febbraio 1994. [ITA]
Legge 2 agosto 2002, n. 181, di cooperazione con il Tribunale internazionale competente per gravi violazioni del diritto umanitario commesse nel territorio del Ruanda. (Law No. 181 of 2 August 2002 on Cooperation with the International Tribunal responsible for Serious Violations of Human Rights Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Adjacent States).
Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana, n. 190, 14 agosto 2002. [ITA]
International Criminal Court
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: The Republic of Italy signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 18 July 1998 and deposited its instrument of ratification on 26 July 1999.
On 28 April 2004 the Republic of Italy made the following notification under article 87 (1) and (2) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court:“Italy hereby specifies that it would like to receive the requests for cooperation provided for by Article 87 of the Rome Statute through diplomatic channels. The language in which those requests and the relevant documents should be received is Italian, together with a French translation.”
Legge 12 luglio 1999, n. 232: "Ratifica ed esecuzione dello statuto istitutivo della Corte penale internazionale, con atto finale ed allegati, adottato dalla Conferenza diplomatica delle Nazioni Unite a Roma il 17 luglio 1998"
Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 167, Supplemento Ordinario n. 135, 19 luglio 1999. [ITA]
Public Prosecutor v. Karl Hass and Erich Priebke
Sentenza della Corte Suprema di Cassazione (Judgment of the Court of Cassation), Italy, 16 November 1998. [ITA/SPA]
Public Prosecutor v. Karl Hass and Erich Priebke
Sentenza della Corte Militare di Appello di Roma (Judgment of the Military Appeals Court), Italy, 07 March 1988. [ITA/SPA]
Juicio en Italia por los desaparecidos italianos en Argentina. (The Case of the Italian disappeared in Argentina before the Italian courts).
Dedicated webpage, Equipo Nizkor. [ITA/SPA]
Constitution of the Italian Republic.
Parliamentary Information, Archives and Publications Office of the Senate Service for Official Reports and Communication, Senato della Repubblica. [ENG]. [Last accessed 05Sep17]. [External Link to pdf document]
Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana. (Dicembre 2012)
Servizio dei resoconti e della comunicazione istituzionale, Ufficio delle informazioni parlamentari, dell’archivio e delle pubblicazioni del Senato, Senato della Repubblica. [ITA]. [Last accessed 05Sep17]. [External Link to pdf document]
Codice penale. (Penal Code).
Altalex. [ITA]. [Last accessed 31Aug17]. [External Link]
Codice di Procedura Penale. (Code of Criminal Procedure).
Altalex. [ITA]. [Last accessed 04Sep17]. [External Link]
Peacetime Military criminal codes.
Ministero della Difesa. [ENG]. [Last accessed 31Aug17]. [External Link]
Codice Penale Militare di Pace.
Ministero della Difesa. [ITA]. [Last accessed 31Aug17]. [External Link]
Wartime Military criminal codes.
Ministero della Difesa. [ENG]. [Last accessed 31Aug17]. [External Link]
Codice Penale Militare di Guerra.
Ministero della Difesa. [ITA]. [Last accessed 31Aug17]. [External Link]
Legislazione. (Military Legislation)
Ministero della Difesa. [ITA/ENG]. [Last accessed 31Aug17]. [External Link]
Gazzetta Ufficiale. (Official State Gazette).
[ITA]. [Last accessed 31Aug17]. [External Link]
Normativa. (Legislation).
Official Legislation Portal. [ITA]. [Last accessed 05Sep17]. [External Link]
Decreto presidenziale 22 giugno 1946, n. 4. Amnistia e indulto per reati comuni, politici e militari. (Amnistia Togliatti).
GU n.137, 23 June 1946, Official Legislation Portal. [ITA]. [Last accessed 05Sep17]. [External Link]
List of International Humanitarian Law Treaties to which Italy is a State party.
International Committee of the Red Cross. [ENG]. [Last accessed 31Aug17]. [External Link]
Processi per crimini di guerra (War Crimes Proceedings)
Kappler Herbert (Fosse Ardeatine).
Ministero della Difesa, Italy. [ITA]. [Last accessed 24Nov17]. [External Link]
Priebke Erich (Fosse Ardeatine).
Ministero della Difesa, Italy. [ITA]. [Last accessed 24Nov17]. [External Link]
Il Processo ad Albert Kesserling (Fosse Ardeatine).
Ministero della Difesa, Italy. [ITA]. [Last accessed 24Nov17]. [External Link]
Mackensen e Maelzer. (Processo al Generale Von Mackensen e al Generale Maelzer)Ministero della Difesa, Italy. [ITA]. [Last accessed 24Nov17]. [External Link]
Saevecke Theodor Emil. (Strage di Piazzale Loreto - Milano).
Ministero della Difesa, Italy. [ITA]. [Last accessed 24Nov17]. [External Link]
Engel Siegfried (Strage della Benedicta in Provincia di Alessandria).
Ministero della Difesa, Italy. [ITA]. [Last accessed 24Nov17]. [External Link]
Lehnigk-Emden Richard Heinz Wolfgang e Schuster Kurt Artur Werner. (Strage di Caiazzo in Caserta).
Ministero della Difesa, Italy. [ITA]. [Last accessed 24Nov17]. [External Link]
Seifert Michael. (Strage di Fossopoli - Carpi in Modena)
Ministero della Difesa, Italy. [ITA]. [Last accessed 24Nov17]. [External Link]
Hantschk Herbert.
Ministero della Difesa, Italy. [ITA]. [Last accessed 24Nov17]. [External Link]
Heinrich Nordhorn.
Ministero della Difesa, Italy. [ITA]. [Last accessed 24Nov17]. [External Link]
Sommer Gerhard, Schöneberg Alfred, Bruss Werner, Schendel Heinrich, Sonntag Ludwig Heinrich, Rauch Georg, Goring Ludwig, Concina Alfred, Gropler Karl, Richter Horst.
Ministero della Difesa, Italy. [ITA]. [Last accessed 24Nov17]. [External Link]