Italy's New Law on Torture Fails to Meet International Standards

Expand Newly appointed Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni speaks before a confidence vote at the Senate in Rome, Italy December 14, 2016. © 2016 Reuters After 28 years of failure, Italy has finally made torture a crime. But there's little to celebrate. The compromise text, finally approved on July 5 by the Chamber of Deputies after four years of tough negotiations, falls short of the bar set by European and international bodies of which Italy is a member and fails to meet international law ...