Overview
- The court’s presidency, in statements published Thursday, confirmed Italy has been referred to the Assembly of States Parties for failing to carry out an arrest-and-surrender request in the Almasri case.
- Pre‑Trial Chamber I found on October 17, 2025, that Italy did not arrest and hand over Njeem (Almasri) when he was on Italian soil and did not consult the court about issues tied to the warrant and a claimed extradition request.
- An Italian representative was invited to the Assembly bureau’s meeting Wednesday to explain how Rome plans to cooperate going forward, with a report and any recommendations due at the Assembly’s December 7–17 session in New York.
- The Rome prosecutor has asked to put Giusi Bartolozzi, the former Justice Ministry chief of staff, on trial for false statements after ministers’ cases were blocked in Parliament and judges labeled parts of her testimony unreliable.
- The Chamber of Deputies’ leadership, in an 11–10 vote Wednesday, proposed a conflict-of-attribution appeal to the Constitutional Court that, if endorsed by the full Chamber next week, would pause the Bartolozzi proceedings for months and deepen tension between international and domestic tracks.