Judgment n. 1/2015 of the Italian Constitutional Court on the special features of juvenile justice: collegiality and specialisation of the youth tribunal in criminal proceedings against young defendants

Introduction At the beginning of 2015, the Italian Constitutional Court got the opportunity to reaffirm some of the core principles of the juvenile criminal justice system that have been established under international legal instruments. With judgment n. 1/2015 the Constitutional Court declared two legal provisions unconstitutional: Article 458 of the Italian Code of Criminal Procedure […]