Cover -- Table of Contents -- List of Acronyms -- Italy and Human Rights in 2013: the Challenges of Social Justice and the Right to Peace -- I. Regulatory and Infrastructural Human Rights Situation -- Ratification Process Completed, Underway and Neglected -- Implementation of Social Rights Standards -- Requested legislative Actions -- Regional Legislation -- Infrastructural Shortcomings: National Human Rights Institutions -- II. Implementation of International Obligations and Commitments: Implementation of ECtHR Case-law -- III. Adoption and Implementation of Policies -- Prison Conditions: Overcrowding and Ill-treatment -- Progress of the National Strategy for the Inclusion of Roma, Sinti and Traveller Communities -- The Rights of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum-Seekers -- IV. Structure of the 2014 Yearbook -- UPR: Towards the Second Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review -- Italian Agenda of Human Rights 2014 -- Part I Implementation of International Human Rights Law in Italy -- International Human Rights Law -- I. Legal Instruments of the United Nations -- II. Legal Instruments on Disarmament and Non-proliferation -- III. Legal Instruments of the Council of Europe -- IV. European Union Law -- A. Treaties -- B. EU Law in 2013 -- Italian Law -- I. The Constitution of the Italian Republic -- II. National Legislation -- a) General legislative Acts -- b) Legislative Acts Dealing with Specific Issues -- c) Legislative Acts Devoted to the Protection of Social Groups -- III. Municipal, Provincial and Regional Statutes -- IV. Regional Laws -- Part II The Human Rights Infrastructure in Italy -- National Bodies with Jurisdiction over Human Rights -- I. Parliamentary Bodies -- A. Senate of the Republic: Special Commission for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights -- B. Chamber of Deputies: Permanent Committee on Human Rights.

C. Bicameral Bodies: Parliamentary Commission for Children and Adolescents -- D. Parliamentary Initiatives Concerning Human Rights -- II. Prime Minister's Office (Presidency) -- A. Department for Equal Opportunities: UNAR and Observatory for the Fight against Paedophilia and Child Pornography -- B. Commission for International Adoptions -- C. National Committee on Bioethics -- III. Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- A. Inter-Ministerial Committee for Human Rights (CIDU) -- B. Italian National Commission for UNESCO -- IV. Ministry of Labour and Social Policies -- A. National Observatory for Children and Adolescents -- B. National Observatory Monitoring the Condition of Persons with Disabilities -- V. Ministry of Justice -- VI. Judicial Authorities -- VII. National Economy and Labour Council (CNEL) -- VIII. Independent Authorities -- A. Communications Regulatory Authority (AGCOM) -- B. Data Protection Authority -- C. Commission Guaranteeing the Implementation of the Law on Strikes Affecting Essential Public Services -- D. National Ombudsperson for Children and Adolescents -- IX. Non-governmental Organisations -- X. Human Rights Teaching and Research in Italian Universities -- Sub-national Human Rights Structures -- I. Peace Human Rights Offices in Municipalities, Provinces and Regions -- II. Ombudspersons in the Italian Regions and Provinces -- III. National Coordinating Body of Ombudspersons -- IV. Network of Ombudspersons for Children and Adolescents -- V. National Coordinating Network of Ombudspersons for the Rights of Detainees -- VI. National Coordinating Body of Local Authorities for Peace and Human Rights -- VII. Archives and Other Regional Projects for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Human Rights -- Region of Veneto -- I. Regional Department for International Relations -- II. Committee for Human Rights and the Culture of Peace.

III. Committee for Development Cooperation -- IV. Regional Archive "Pace Diritti Umani - Peace Human Rights" -- V. Venice for Peace Research Foundation -- VI. Ombudsperson for Children and Adolescents -- VII. Ombudsperson -- VIII. Regional Commission for Equal Opportunities between Men and Women -- IX. Regional Observatory on Social Policies -- X. Regional Observatory on Immigration -- Part III Italy in Dialogue with International Human Rights Institutions -- The United Nations System -- I. General Assembly -- A. Resolutions on Human Rights: Italy's Voting Behaviour -- II. Human Rights Council -- A. Italy's Voting Behaviour at the Human Rights Council in 2013 -- B. Universal Periodic Review -- C. Special Procedures -- III. High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) -- IV. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) -- V. Human Rights Treaty Bodies -- A. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights -- B. Human Rights Committee (civil and political rights) -- C. Committee against Torture -- D. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination -- E. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women -- F. Committee on the Rights of the Child -- G. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities -- H. Committee on Migrant Workers -- I. Committee on Enforced Disappearances -- VI. Specialised United Nations Agencies, Programmes and Funds -- A. International Labour Organisation (ILO) -- B. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) -- C. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) -- D. The World Health Organisation (WHO) -- E. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) -- F. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) -- G. The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) -- H. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

VII. International Organisations with Permanent Observer Status at the General Assembly -- A. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) -- Council of Europe -- I. Parliamentary Assembly -- II. Committee of Ministers -- III. European Court of Human Rights -- IV. Committee for the Prevention of Torture -- V. European Committee of Social Rights -- VI. Commissioner for Human Rights -- VII. European Commission against Racism and Intolerance -- VIII. Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities -- IX. European Commission for Democracy through Law -- X. Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings -- XI. Group of States against Corruption -- European Union -- I. European Parliament -- II. European Commission -- III. Council of the European Union -- IV. Court of Justice of the European Union -- V. European External Action Service -- VI. Special Representative for Human Rights -- VII. Fundamental Rights Agency -- VIII. European Ombudsman -- IX. European Data Protection Supervisor -- Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe -- I. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) -- II. High Commissioner on National Minorities -- III. OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media -- IV. Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings -- International Humanitarian and Criminal Law -- I. Adapting to International Humanitarian and Criminal Law -- II. The Italian Contribution to Peace-keeping and Other International Missions -- Part IV National and International Case-law -- Human Rights in Italian Case-law -- I. Dignity of the Person and Principles of Biolaw -- A. Gender Reassignment and Termination of the Marriage -- B. Informed Consent -- C. Infringement of Human Rights, Including the Right to Life, and the Right to an Effective Remedy.

D. Adoption and the Right to Know One's Origins -- II Asylum and International Protection -- A. Recognition of International Protection -- B. Statelessness -- III. Discrimination -- A. Equal Opportunities in Access to Public Offices -- B. Discrimination Towards the Roma -- IV. Rights of Persons with Disabilities -- A. Attendance Allowances and Immigrants -- B. Discrimination in Schools -- C. Special Leave for Family Members of Persons with Severe Disabilities -- D. Right to Assistance and Support Teacher -- E. Specific Learning Disorders -- V. Social Rights -- A. Right to Health and Right to Work -- B. Corporate Social Responsibility -- C. House Assigned, After Separation, to one of the Spouses Free of Charge -- VI. Laws Affecting Individual Rights with Retroactive Effect -- VII. Immigration -- A. Crime of Illegal Immigration -- B. Expulsions, Refoulement -- C. Duration of Detention in Centres for Identification and Expulsion, and Damages for Unlawful Detention -- D. Social Rights of Immigrants -- VIII. Right to Privacy, Right to Property -- A. Right to Privacy and the So-called "Redditometro" -- B. Right to property, "Indirect Expropriation", Fair Compensation -- IX. Children's Rights -- A. Ex Officio Initiation of Child Neglect Proceedings -- B. Privacy and Minors -- C. Adoptability and Adoption in Special Cases -- D. Unaccompanied Foreign Children -- X. Fair Trial and Pinto Law -- A. Excessive Length of Proceedings -- B. Incompatibility Between a Civil Servant's Functions and the Exercise of a Legal Profession -- XI. Torture, Prison Conditions, Rights of Detainees -- XII. Criminal Matters -- A. Piracy and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction -- B. Extradition and the Risk of Ill-treatment -- C. Life Sentence and the Scoppola Case-law: Duty to Comply with the Judgments of the ECtHR -- D. Preventive Custody and Mafia-related Crimes.

E. Crime of Racist Propaganda, Negationism.