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Italy: Judge rules CIA abduction trial should proceed

Jun 6, 2007

In the case of Abu Omar, an Egyptian cleric allegedly abducted by the CIA in Milan in February 2003, a judge rejected the Government’s claim that the prosecutor did not have the authority to charge Italian intelligence officers and CIA agents. The trial will proceed...

Concluding Observations: Italy, CAT/C/ITA/CO/4, 16 July 2007

May 18, 2007

23. While noting various measures taken by the State party, including the survey issued on 21 February 2007 by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) on the issue of physical and sexual violence against women and the establishment on 8 March 2006 of an ad hoc...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, A/HRC/4/19/Add.4, 15 February 2007: Italy

Feb 15, 2007

VI. RECOMMENDATIONS 69. The Government should consider the establishment by law of an independent national institution for the promotion and protection of human rights in accordance with the Paris Principles and for combating all forms of discrimination in a holistic...

Italy: Court starts hearings on alleged CIA abduction

Jan 17, 2007

On 9 January, an Italian judge began preliminary hearings on the indictment of 26 Americans and 8 Italian officials, including the former head of the Italian Intelligence and Security Services (SISMI), Nicolo Pollari. The indictment relates to their alleged...

Italy: Removal of head of intelligence services allegedly involved in CIA abduction

Nov 17, 2006

On 20 November, the Italian Cabinet removed the Director of the Italian Intelligence and Security Services, General Nicolò Pollari, alleged to have assisted the CIA in the abduction of an Egyptian, Abu Omar in Milan in 2003. In October, prosecutors announced the...