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Italy

Regional group:

Western European & Others Group

Council member:

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Council Bureau membership:	Vice-president (2014)
Coordinator of regional group:	–
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2024) :

Other HRC positions:	Member of Consultative Group (2019)
OHCHR presence:	– No field presence
NHRI accreditation status:	–

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Unknown

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Cultural rights and the protection of cultural heritage; World Programme for Human Rights Education; Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights; Contribution of parliaments to the work of the Human Rights Council and its universal periodic review; Development of public information activities in the field of human rights, including the World Public Information Campaign on Human Rights; Human rights education and training; Human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic; National policies and human rights; Strengthening efforts to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage; Youth and human rights; Consequences of child, early and forced marriage

Voting record

Since it first became a member of the Council in 2007, Italy has either voted in favour of or has joined consensus on every resolution tabled under item 4 (situations that require the Council’s attention), and country-specific resolutions under item 2. For item 7 resolutions (human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories), Italy tends to vote in favour, or to abstain (e.g. resolutions on human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan). Between 2008 and 2010, Italy voted against four item 7 resolutions. On item 10 resolutions (capacity-building), Italy has joined consensus on all resolutions except for the two that have been voted on during its time as member: one dealing with cooperation with Ukraine (with Italy voting in favour), and one dealing with cooperation with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Italy abstained). For thematic resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, Italy has mainly either voted in favour or joined consensus. Resolutions that it usually (or always) votes against include: OIC resolutions on defamation of religions; Cuba’s resolutions on right to peace; some African Group resolutions on racism and the Durban Review Conference; and an African Group resolution on complementary standards to ICERD. Italy has abstained on a number of resolutions including the Russian Federation’s 2014 resolution on the integrity of the judicial system and Pakistan’s 2014 resolution on drones. For thematic resolutions dealing with economic, social and cultural rights, Italy has joined consensus on a majority of texts. Where there have been votes on such texts, Italy has voted in favour of (NAM) resolutions on the right to development, and against texts on: the effects of foreign debt (Cuba); and international solidarity (Cuba). Italy has abstained on a number of resolutions, including on the non-repatriation of funds of illicit origin, and on access to medicine.

HRC participation

During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 98

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 46

270

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 61

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in more than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Completed
Invitation sent by the State not (yet) accepted by the SP
Accepted / date set
Visit request by the SP and not (yet) accepted by the State
Postponed / cancelled

Longest visit request not (yet) accepted by the State >
SR on water and sanitation, 2015

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Ratification status
Party Not Party
Individual complaint procedure accepted.
Reporting status

Submitted on time
Submitted late
Not applicable

On schedule
Overdue (outstanding)

CAT

ICCPR

CED

CEDAW

CERD

ICESCR

CRC

CRPD

Most overdue report

CEDAW
0.48 Years

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Received Sub-Committee visit

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2009, 2014, 2019)

Mid-term report

2nd and 3rd Cycle

Level of delegation

Deputy Minister

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 127 / 192

2^nd cycle: 158 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Cited in the Secretary General’s reports on 'alleged reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights' (2010-2024)?

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 25

Italy presented its voluntary pledges for election for the term 2019-2021 in 26 February 2018. In the document, Italy pledges to, inter alia:

Continue to promote an open and inclusive approach to human rights, focusing on ownership by local actors and on cooperation with civil society organisations; Mainstream human rights promotion and protection into conflict prevention, resolution and settlement; Work to further improve the effectiveness
of the UPR; Support and cooperate with the Special Procedures; Prevent, combat and secure accountability for international crimes; Support prompt responses to human rights emergencies; Further promote human rights education and awareness; Enhance the role of civil society in the formulation and implementation of human rights policies and programmes; and support NGO participation in the Council.

Further work on the following key thematic areas: fight against all forms of discrimination, including by combatting hate speech, the participation of women at all levels; women’s rights, rights of the child, capital punishment, freedom of religion, persons with disabilities, cultural rights and human rights defenders.

An analysis of steps taken by Italy in fulfilment of its international pledges shows that Italy participates in around half of interactive dialogues at the Council; it has a good record of facilitating Special Procedures visits to Italy (71%) but is yet to respond to 58% of communications. It engages closely with the UPR, participating in the reviews of 127 states during the first cycle and 158 during the second cycle and has ratified all human rights core conventions. Italy has supported all resolutions on the thematic areas it pledged to work on.

Italy

Western European & Others Group

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Voting record

HRC participation

HRC member empty chair?

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Universal Periodic Review

Participation in other reviews 1st cycle: 127 / 192

2nd cycle: 158 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 25

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 127 / 192

2^nd cycle: 158 / 192