Life imprisonment and right to hope: a global analysis through the lens of article 3 ECHR: from the Italian system to the Norwegian alternative

Giarrocco, Mirea (A.A. 2022/2023) Life imprisonment and right to hope: a global analysis through the lens of article 3 ECHR: from the Italian system to the Norwegian alternative. Tesi di Laurea in European criminal law, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Maurizio Bellacosa, pp. 238. [Single Cycle Master's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

Life imprisonment and life imprisonment without parole in the Italian system: problems and perspectives. Life imprisonment discipline throughout history. The advent of the Constitution. The current discipline of life imprisonment. Cooperation with justice. The reform of the penitentiary system. Life imprisonment without parole: the reasons of the suspension of the common treatment rules. Recent evolution in the decisions of the Italian Constitutional Court. Right to hope and European convention of human rights. The European convention on human rights system. Focus on article 3: prohibition of torture. Article 3 for convicted people. Life sentence as a violation of article 3? Italian life imprisonment without parole as a violation of article 3 of the European convention on human rights. The global phenomenum of life sentence without parole: a comparison among states. A global phenomenon, a local definition. Life imprisonment around the globe: a repeated pattern. Analysis of the United States system: “it’s decades behinds the bar: with no way out”. General overview of Latin American States. Life imprisonment in the People’s Republic of China. Life sentences in Australia. South Africa. India: life means life? The five limit cases: overview on those European States where penalty is de jure perpetual. "The answer is life": the new European perspective on life imprisonment, the Scandinavian exceptionalism and focus on the Norwegian alternative. A new perspective on life imprisonment. The Scandinavian exceptionalism in an era of penal excess. The Norwegian alternative. Norwegian incarceration system: the uselessness of prisons. The Breivik case: the Oslo and Utøya massacres. Breivik and Viola rulings: two courts in comparison.

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Bibliografia: pp. 214-230.

Thesis Type: Single Cycle Master's Degree Thesis
Institution: Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program: Single Cycle Master's Degree Programs > Single Cycle Master's Degree Program in Law (LMG-01)
Chair: European criminal law
Thesis Supervisor: Bellacosa, Maurizio
Thesis Co-Supervisor: Balducci, Paola
Academic Year: 2022/2023
Session: Summer
Deposited by: Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited: 28 Nov 2023 16:00
Last Modified: 28 Nov 2023 16:00
URI: https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/37129

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