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Analítico de Periódico
POLEGRI, Federica
Ergastolo ostativo e Corte europea dei diritti dell'uomo : riflessioni a margine della sentenza resa nel caso Marcello Viola c. Italia (n.2) / Federica Polegri
Rivista di Diritto Internazionale, v.103 n.1 (2020), p.174-179
DIREITOS HUMANOS, PRISÃO PERPÉTUA, TEDH, CEDH, DIREITO CONSTITUCIONAL / Itália
In the judgment delivered in the case of Marcello Viola v. Italy (No. 2) the European Court of Human Rights held that the regime of life imprisonment under Article 41-bis of the Prison Administration Act (so-called ergastolo ostativo) is incompatible with Article 3 of the European Convention, which prohibits inhuman or degrading treatment. After outlining the evolution of the law concerning ergastolo ostativo, the comment focuses on the analysis of the ruling of the European Court. The author considers the said judgment also in the light of the criteria identified by the Italian Constitutional Court in its judgment No. 49 of 2015, and its possible effects on the Italian legal system, with specific reference to the judgment of the Constitutional Court No. 253 of 2019.