Italy’s Constitutional Court requires judicial review for province-wide anti-riot bans

Italy’s Constitutional Court ruled that province-wide anti-riot bans must include judicial validation safeguards, in judgment 20/2026 deposited on 24 February 2026. The court found the provision unconstitutional only insofar as it omitted those safeguards for bans covering all public venues in a province; it rejected a challenge to bans targeting specified premises.