In 1952 the Italian Parliament authorized the Government to proceed with the ratification of the Genocide Convention of 19491 (hereinafter Convention),2 but only fifteen years after the Implementation Act, "Prevenzione e repressione del delitto di genocidio,"3 came into force. This paper aims to explore the reasons why the implementation process took such a long time, to analyze the Italian Genocide Act, with a special focus on its further content compared with that of the Convention, to examine the Italian case law related to the subject and to make a conclusive remark on the actual Italian approach to the international prevention and prosecution of genocide.
Genocide: The Italian Perspective
MIRAGLIA, MICHELA
2005-01-01
Abstract
In 1952 the Italian Parliament authorized the Government to proceed with the ratification of the Genocide Convention of 19491 (hereinafter Convention),2 but only fifteen years after the Implementation Act, "Prevenzione e repressione del delitto di genocidio,"3 came into force. This paper aims to explore the reasons why the implementation process took such a long time, to analyze the Italian Genocide Act, with a special focus on its further content compared with that of the Convention, to examine the Italian case law related to the subject and to make a conclusive remark on the actual Italian approach to the international prevention and prosecution of genocide.
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