Part I: Rights and Duties of Citizens

• Title I: Civil rights and duties
• articolo:
  
  Title I - Art. 13 Title I - Art. 14 Title I - Art. 15 Title I - Art. 16 Title I - Art. 17 Title I - Art. 18 Title I - Art. 19 Title I - Art. 20 Title I - Art. 21 Title I - Art. 22 Title I - Art. 23 Title I - Art. 24 Title I - Art. 25 Title I - Art. 26 Title I - Art. 27 Title I - Art. 28

Title II: Ethical and Social Rights and Duties

• articolo:
  
  Title II - Art. 29 Title II - Art. 30 Title II - Art. 31 Title II - Art. 32 Title II - Art. 33 Title II - Art. 34

Titolo III - Economic Rights and Duties

• articolo:
  
  Title III - Art. 35 Title III - Art. 36 Title III - Art. 37 Title III - Art. 38 Title III - Art. 39 Title III - Art. 40 Title III - Art. 41 Title III - Art. 42 Title III - Art. 43 Title III - Art. 44 Title III - Art. 45 Title III - Art. 46 Title III - Art. 47

Titolo IV - Political Rights and Duties

• articolo:
  
  Title IV - Art. 48 Title IV - Art. 49 Title IV - Art. 50 Title IV - Art. 51 Title IV - Art. 52 Title IV - Art. 53 Title IV - Art. 54

 

Part II: Organisation of the Republic

• Title I: Il Parliament
• articolo:
  
  Section 1: The Houses Section II - Legislative process

Title II - The President of the Republic

• articolo:
  
  Title II - Art. 83 Title II - Art. 84 Title II - Art. 85 Title II - Art. 86 Title II - Art. 87 Title II - Art. 88 Title II - Art. 89 Title II - Art. 90 Title II - Art. 91

Titolo III: The Government

• articolo:
  
  Section I:The Council of Ministers Section II - Public Administration Section III - Auxiliary Bodies

Title IV: The Judical Branch

• articolo:
  
  Sezione I - The Organisation of the Judiciary Section II: Rules on Jurisdiction

Title V: Regions - Provinces - Municipalities

• articolo:
  
  Title V - Art. 114 Title V - Art. 115 Title V - Art. 116 Title V - Art. 117 Title V - Art. 118 Title V - Art. 119 Title V - Art. 120 Title V - Art. 121 Title V - Art. 122 Title V - Art. 123 Title V - Art. 124 Title V - Art. 125 Title V - Art. 126 Title V - Art. 127 Title V - Art. 128 Title V - Art. 129 Title V - Art. 130 Title V - Art. 131 Title V - Art. 132 Title V - Art. 133

Title VI - Constitutional Guarantes

• articolo:
  
  Section I: The Constitutional Court Section II: Amendments to the Constitution. Constitutional laws

 

Transitory and Final Provisions

The Constituent Assembly in the papers of the historical archive

 

Fundamental Principles

Articoli:

 

• Art. 1
• Art. 2
• Art. 3
• Art. 4
• Art. 5
• Art. 6
• Art. 7
• Art. 8
• Art. 9
• Art. 10
• Art. 11
• Art. 12

 

Art. 1

Italy is a Democratic Republic, founded on work.
Sovereignty belongs to the people and is exercised by the people
in the forms and within the limits of the Constitution.

 

Art. 2

The Republic recognises and guarantees the inviolable rights of
the person, as an individual and in the social groups where
human personality is expressed. The Republic expects that the
fundamental duties of political, economic and social solidarity be
fulfilled.

Art. 3

All citizens have equal social dignity and are equal before the law, without distinction of sex, race, language, religion, political
opinion, personal and social conditions.
It is the duty of the Republic to remove those obstacles of an
economic or social nature which constrain the
freedom and equality of citizens, thereby impeding the full development of the
human person and the effective participation of all workers in the political, economic and social organisation of the country

 

Art. 4

The Republic recognises the right of all citizens to work and promotes those conditions which render this right effective.
Every citizen has the duty, according to personal potential and individual choice, to perform an activity or a function that contributes to the material or spiritual progress of society.

 

Art. 5

The Republic, one and indivisible, recognises and promotes local
autonomies, and implements the fullest measure of administrative
decentralisation in those services which depend on the State. The Republic accords the principles and methods of its legislation to
the requirements of autonomy and decentralisation.

 

Art. 6

The Republic safeguards linguistic minorities by means
of appropriate measures.

 

Art. 7

The State and the Catholic Church are independent and sovereign, each within its own sphere.
Their relations are governed by the Lateran Pacts. Changes to the Pacts that are accepted by both
parties do not require the procedure for constitutional amendment

 

Art. 8

All religious confessions are equally free before the law.
Religious confessions other than the Catholic one
have the right to organise themselves in accordance with their own statutes.
, provided that these statutes are not in conflict with Italian law.
Their relations with the State are regulated by law on the basis of.
accords between the State and the respective representatives.

 

Art. 9

The Republic promotes the development of
culture and of scientific and technical research.
It safeguards natural landscape and the historical and artistic
heritage of the Nation.

 

Art. 10

The Italian legal system conforms to the generally recognised rules of international law.
The legal status of foreigners is regulated by law in conformity with international provisions and treaties.
A foreigner who is denied the effective exercise of the
democratic liberties guaranteed by the Italian Constitution in his
or her own country has the right of asylum in the
territory of the Italian Republic, in accordance with the conditions established by
law. Extradition of a foreigner for political offences is not admitted.

 

Art. 11

Italy rejects war as an instrument of aggression against the
freedom of other peoples and as a means for the settlement of international disputes. Italy agrees, on conditions of
equality with
other States, to the limitations of sovereignty that may be necessary
to a world order ensuring peace and justice among the Nations.
Italy promotes and encourages international organisations having such ends.

 

Art. 12

The flag of the Republic is the Italian tricolour: green, white and red,
in three vertical bands of equal size.

Title I: Civil rights and duties

Articoli:

 

• Title I - Art. 13
• Title I - Art. 14
• Title I - Art. 15
• Title I - Art. 16
• Title I - Art. 17
• Title I - Art. 18
• Title I - Art. 19
• Title I - Art. 20
• Title I - Art. 21
• Title I - Art. 22
• Title I - Art. 23
• Title I - Art. 24
• Title I - Art. 25
• Title I - Art. 26
• Title I - Art. 27
• Title I - Art. 28

 

Title I - Art. 13

Personal liberty is inviolable.
No form of detention, inspection or personal search nor any other restriction on personal freedom is admitted, except by a reasoned warrant issued by a judicial authority, and only in the cases and the manner provided for by law.
In exceptional cases of necessity and urgency, strictly defined by the law, law-enforcement authorities may adopt temporary measures that must be communicated to the judicial authorities
within forty-eight hours. Should such measures not be confirmed by the judicial authorities within the next forty-eight hours, they are revoked and become null and void.
All acts of physical or moral violence against individuals subject in any way to limitations of freedom shall be punished.
The law establishes the maximum period of preventive detention.

 

Title I - Art. 14

The home is inviolable.
Inspections, searches or seizures may not be carried out except in the cases and in the manner
set out by law and in accordance with the guarantees prescribed for the safeguard of personal freedom.
Controls and inspections for reasons of public health and safety or for economic and taxation
purposes are regulated by special laws.

 

Title I - Art. 15

The freedom and confidentiality of correspondence and of every other form of
communication is inviolable.
Restrictions thereto may be imposed only by a reasoned warrant issued by a judicial authority with the guarantees established by law.

 

Title I - Art. 16

All citizens may travel or sojourn freely in any part of the national territory, except for
general limitations which the law establishes for reasons of health and security. No restrictions
may be made for political reasons.
All citizens are free to leave and re-enter the territory of the Republic, provided all legal obligations are fulfilled.

 

Title I - Art. 17

Citizens have the right to assemble peacefully and unarmed.
No previous notice is required for meetings, even when the meetings occur in places that are open to the public.
For meetings in public places, previous notice must be given to the authorities, who may only forbid them for proven
reasons of security and public safety.

 

Title I - Art. 18

Citizens have the right to form associations freely, without authorisation, for ends that are not forbidden to individuals by criminal law.
Secret associations and those associations that, even indirectly, pursue political ends by means
of organisations having a military character, are prohibited.

 

Title I - Art. 19

All persons have the right to profess freely their own religious faith in any form, individually
or in association, to disseminate it and to worship in private or public, provided
that the religious rites are not contrary to public morality.

 

Title I - Art. 20

The ecclesiastical nature and the religious or ritual purposes of an association or institution
may not constitute a cause for special limitations under the law, nor for special
taxation with respect to its establishment, legal status or any of its activities.

 

Title I - Art. 21

All persons have the right to express freely their ideas by word, in writing and by all other
means of communication.
The press may not be subjected to authorisation or censorship.
Seizure is permitted only by a reasoned warrant, issued by the judicial authority, in the case of
offences for which the law governing the press gives express authorisation, or in the case of
violation of its provisions concerning the disclosure of the identity of those holding responsibility.
In such cases, when there is absolute urgency and when timely intervention of the judicial
authority is not possible, periodical publications may be seized by officers of the judicial police,
who must promptly, and in any case within twenty-four hours, report the matter to the judicial
authority. If the latter does not confirm the seizure order within the following twenty-four hours,
the seizure is understood to be withdrawn and null and void.
The law may establish, by means of provisions of a general nature, that the financial sources of the periodical press be disclosed.
Printed publications, public performances and events contrary to public morality are forbidden.
The law establishes appropriate means for the prevention and repression of all violations.

 

Title I - Art. 22

No person may be deprived for political reasons of legal
capacity, citizenship or name.

 

Title I - Art. 23

No obligations of a personal or a financial nature may be
imposed on any person except by law.

 

Title I - Art. 24

All persons are entitled to take judicial action to protect their individual rights and legitimate interests.
The right of defence is inviolable at every stage and level of the proceedings.
The indigent are assured, by appropriate measures, the means for legal action and defence in all vlevels of jurisdiction.
The law determines the conditions and the means for the redress of judicial errors.

 

Title I - Art. 25

No one may be withheld from the jurisdiction of the judge previously ascertained by law.
No one may be punished except on the basis of a law in force prior to the time when the offence
was committed.
No one may be subjected to restrictive measures except in those cases provided for by the
law.

 

Title I - Art. 26

Extradition of a citizen is permitted only in the cases expressly provided for in international
conventions.
In no case may extradition be permitted for political offences.

 

Title I - Art. 27

Criminal responsibility is personal. The defendant is not considered guilty until the final judgement is passed. Punishment may not consist in inhuman treatment and must aim at the rehabilitation of the convicted person. The death penalty is not admitted.

Title I - Art. 28

Officials and employees of the State and public entities are directly answerable, under
criminal, civil and administrative law, for actions committed in violation of rights. In such
cases, civil liability extends to the State and the public entities.