Monitoring of the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
Italy
Signature and ratification
- Signed: 8 June 2005
- Ratified: 29 November 2010
- Entry into force: 1 March 2011
Italy – 3rd Evaluation Round | In progress
Focus: Access to justice and effective remedies for victims of trafficking in human beings
(done)
GRETA Third round questionnaire
(done) 
Government's Reply to GRETA's Questionnaire
EN - IT| received 5 October 2022
(done) 
GRETA Monitoring visit to Italy
EN - FR | 13 to 17 February 2023
(done) 
GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments
(done)
Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties
EN - FR | Adopted 21 June 2024
(working) Government's Reply to the recommendation of the Committee of the Parties
Deadline 21 June 2026
Italy - 2nd Evaluation Round|Completed
Focus: Impact of legislative, policy and practical measures on the prevention of trafficking in human beings, the protection of the rights of victims of trafficking, and the prosecution of traffickers
GRETA Second round questionnaire : EN - FR | sent 2 May 2017
Government's Reply to GRETA's Questionnaire : EN| submitted 30 October 2017
GRETA Monitoring visit to Italy : EN - FR| 29 January to 2 February 2018
GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments : EN - FR| published 25 January 2019
Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties : EN - FR| adopted 5 April 2019
Government's Reply to the recommendation of the Committee of the Parties : EN | submitted 11 June 2020
Urgent Procedure | Completed
Under Rule 7 of the rules of procedure for evaluating the implementation of the Convention by the Parties, GRETA may make an urgent request for information when it receives reliable information indicating a situation where problems require immediate attention to prevent or limit the scale or number of serious violations of the Convention. At its 25th plenary meeting (7-11 March 2016), GRETA was made aware of reports according to which possible victims of trafficking in human beings were being returned from Italy to Nigeria on forced return flights.
Urgent request for information sent by GRETA to the Italian authorities, sent 25 April 2016
Reply by the Italian Ministry of the Interior, received 25 May 2016
Country visit to Italy - EN I FR, 21 to 23 September 2016
GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments - EN I FR, published 30 January 2017
Italy - 1st Evaluation Round - Completed
Focus: Overview of the implementation of the Convention by each state party
GRETA First round questionnaire : EN - FR | sent 1 February 2013
Government's Reply to GRETA's Questionnaire : EN| submitted 4 June 2013
GRETA Monitoring visit to Italy | 2 to 6 December 2013
GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments : EN - FR| published 22 September 2014
Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties : EN - FR| adopted 5 December 2014
Government's Reply to the recommendation of the Committee of the Parties : EN | submitted 5 December 2016
The Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention is the first international legal instrument to take a human rights-based approach to the fight against human trafficking.
An important added value of the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention is the monitoring mechanism set up to supervise its implementation by State Parties
Levels of urgency of GRETA recommendations
GRETA uses three different levels of recommendations in its reports:
“URGE” - when GRETA assesses that the national legislation or policies are not in compliance with the Convention, or when it finds that, despite the existence of legal provisions and other measures, the implementation of a key obligation under the Convention is lacking.
“CONSIDER” - when GRETA assesses that it is necessary to make further improvements to fully comply with a provision of the Convention
“INVITE” - when GRETA assesses that the measures taken to comply with a provision of the Convention are already in place and should be continued and fully implemented in practice
