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

 Text of the Convention

 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

EN - FR | sent 29 April 2022 

(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

EN - FR | 23 February 2024

(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

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Convention

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.

 More about the Convention

Monitoring

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

 Monitoring procedure

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

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