Italy - National Human Rights Institutions |
Italy has no specific national institutions for the protection of human rights because the Italian legal system guarantees all fundamental rights. Ad hoc parliamentary commissions and commissioners are often established to supervise specific human rights-related topics (e.g. commission on the protection of individual privacy) that are based on the legal system and the judiciary. They do not act as independent institutions. From an international law perspective, Italy acts in accordance with the United Nations institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights. Italy respects the existing legal mechanisms of the European Union including the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, and the Council of Europe (See the section European Union Human Rights Institutions And Organizations.) The lack of a national human rights institution in Italy is an important issue for some civil society organizations. As an example, please read the intervention of the Italian Committee for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights at the Lisbon Forum 2007. |