Italy · founded 1977 · Italy's military intelligence service until it was dissolved in 2007.
VERIFIED 23 February 2016
Abu Omar rendition: European Court of Human Rights judgment
The Court unanimously found violations of Articles 3, 5, 8 and 13 over the 2003 abduction of imam Abu Omar in Milan by CIA agents with the cooperation of Italian officials, and held that the Italian executive applied 'State secrecy' so those responsible did not have to answer for their actions. The Court's summary says two senior SISMI officials had been aware of the CIA's plan.
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ECtHR press release: Nasr and Ghali v. Italy (PDF copy) ↗ https://www.giurisprudenzapenale.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Nasr-and-Ghali-v.-Italy-abduction-and-extrajudicial-transfer-to-Egypt-of-the-imam-Abu-Omar-1.pdf
International Law Blog: Nasr and Ghali v. Italy ↗ https://internationallaw.blog/2016/03/14/the-european-court-of-human-rights-decision-in-nasr-and-ghali-v-italy-impunity-for-enforced-disappearance-in-milan/
VERIFIED 10 February 2014
Constitutional Court ruling on state secrecy in the Abu Omar trial
Italy's Constitutional Court (judgment 24/2014) held that the Court of Cassation and the Milan Court of Appeal had infringed the Prime Minister's powers over official secrets, and annulled in the relevant parts the 2013 judgment that convicted Nicolò Pollari and four other defendants of the abduction.
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Constitutional Court judgment no. 24/2014 (English, PDF) ↗ https://www.cortecostituzionale.it/documenti/download/doc/recent_judgments/24-2014_en.pdf