What just happened Italy’s Supreme Court recently clarified the so-called “Minor Issue” in Italian citizenship-by-descent cases. Under the Court’s interpretation of Article 7 of Law No. 555/1912, a child born abroad with both Italian citizenship by descent and foreign citizenship…
What just happened Italy’s Court of Cassation (Sezioni Unite, civil) has clarified when a minor born with dual citizenship loses Italian citizenship if a parent later naturalizes abroad. Following the 14 April 2026 hearing, the decision published on 26 July…
What just happened Italy’s Constitutional Court issued a new decision on citizenship by descent and the constitutionality of the new law, namely Ordinance No. 147/2026 (here is the link: https://www.cortecostituzionale.it/scheda-pronuncia/2026/147), following the 9 June 2026 public hearing (filed 23 July 2026)….
On April 30, 2026, the Italian Constitutional Court issued ruling no. 63/2026 (here is the link to the full decision: https://www.cortecostituzionale.it/scheda–pronuncia/2026/63), rejecting constitutional challenges to Article 3-bis of Law no. 91/1992, as introduced by Decree-Law no. 36/2025 (converted into Law…
The Court has scheduled a decisive hearing, for the date of March 11, 2026, to assess the constitutionality of the recently enacted citizenship law, Law n. 74/2025 (which converted the Italian Decreee n. 36/2025 of March 28, 2025) focusing on…
Italy’s Supreme Court is preparing to issue a landmark decision that could reshape the rules governing cittadinanza italiana iure sanguinis (citizenship by descent). While the hearing originally scheduled for January 13, 2026 has been postponed to a later date (likely…
Published: July 31, 2025 Decision No. 142/2025 [Read the full decision here: New ruling by the Constitutional Court on Citizenship] On July 31, 2025, the Italian Constitutional Court released a new ruling (Decision No. 142/2025) that once again addresses the…
On May 28, 2025, the Italian Government issued Directive No. 26185 to clarify key elements of the new citizenship law (Law No. 74/2025), which amended Law No. 91/1992. You may access the full text of the directive via the following…
In one of several legal challenges arising across Italy in response to recent amendments to the law governing citizenship by descent, the Court of Turin has referred the matter to the Constitutional Court for assessment. Following a review of…
Following the issuance of the Italian Decree n. 36/2025 which significantly impacted Italian citizenship law (especially by descent), on May 20, 2025, the Parliament converted the above indicated decree into law. Accordingly, starting from March 28, 2025 (the day in…
