The Foreign Ministry has asked the Italian Embassy in Islamabad to urgently verify with local authorities news of the Pakistani student residing in Verona who – after returning to her home Country – was reportedly obliged to interrupt her pregnancy by her family. If this were the case, it would constitute a very serious incident. […]
Read moreThe Foreign Ministry, through the Italian Embassy in Khartoum, is following with constant and careful attention the case of Noura Hussein, the young Sudanese woman who is sentenced to death. Capital punishment is unjustified in any circumstance. Italy is in the front line in the international campaign to promote a moratorium on the death penalty […]
Read more“I affirm the King of Bahrain’s decision to commute four death sentences into life in prison. Italy promotes the abolition of the death penalty in the world and is at the forefront of the international campaign for a universal moratorium on the death penalty,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano.
Read moreIn relation to the compensation for victims of violent intentional crime in other EU countries (Directive 2004/80/EC), on the website of the Ministry of Justice of the Italian Republic (www.giustizia.it > Home > Itinerari a tema > Lotta al crimine > Indennizzo vittime reati violenti) you can access an information sheet (in Italian, French and English) on the […]
Read moreFor the implementation of the Third National Plan of Action adopted pursuant to Resolution No. 1325 (2000) of the UN Security Council on “Women, Peace and Security”, the decree providing for financial contributions has been published. Please click below for more information on the criteria and procedures for disbursement https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/atti_concessione/cm_2774.pdf
Read moreOn 26 March, the Farnesina hosted the presentation of the programme of the 2018 Italian Chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), an intergovernmental organisation that coordinates and promotes the commitment of its Member Countries towards the protection and the transmission of the memory of the Shoah, especially by promoting historical research, the preservation […]
Read moreNext autumn the United Nations General Assembly will hold the election for the partial renewal of the members of the Human Rights Council for the 2019-2021 three-year term. Italy presented its candidature in line with its long-standing engagement in the protection and promotion of human rights. The HRC is the most prestigious elective UN forum after […]
Read moreThe Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano: “We thought we had seen everything in the Syrian crisis: massacres, chemical weapons and serious violations of human rights. However, the terrible news from eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus, where Syrian regime attacks are barbarically murdering numerous civilians, women and children, shows that […]
Read moreThe International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is an important opportunity to emphasise the need to eradicate such practices and focus on the wider theme of countering any form of violence and discrimination against women, to which Italy gives the highest priority,” said Minister Alfano on the occasion of this important Day.”Female […]
Read moreOn 24 and 25 January the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome will host the National Conference of Development Cooperation, entitled “Innovation and the Future: the world of Italian Cooperation” in the Santa Cecilia Hall. The event was organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, […]
Read more“The U.N. 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda is an essential reference point for us to build societies that are more free, just and inclusive, and really democratic, where human rights and fundamental freedoms are recognised and guaranteed for everyone.” The Minister went on: “In this regard Italy has shown determination and commitment, by adopting since the […]
Read moreMED 2017 is the third edition of the international conference co-organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and by the Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). The event will convert Rome into a global hub for high-level dialogue on the enlarged Mediterranean, with the aim of redesigning traditional approaches and developing a […]
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