{"id":3998,"date":"2026-04-27T00:17:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/rule-of-law-crisis-eu\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:01:22","slug":"rule-of-law-in-the-digital-age-constitutional-and-judicial-challenges-the-cases-of-chile-and-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/rule-of-law-crisis-eu\/en\/rule-of-law-in-the-digital-age-constitutional-and-judicial-challenges-the-cases-of-chile-and-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Rule of Law in the digital age: constitutional and judicial challenges. The cases of Chile and Italy."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Thursday, 23 April 2026, the research seminar titled “Rule of Law in the Digital Age: Constitutional and Judicial Challenges. The Cases of Chile and Italy<\/strong>” was held, delivered by Mar\u00eda Isabel Cornejo Plaza<\/a>, Jean Monnet Chair at the Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Chile, and Roberto Cippitani<\/a>, Jean Monnet Chair at the Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Perugia<\/strong>. This activity forms part of the research projects funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (PID2021\u2011126765NB\u2011I00, MICINN<\/a>), led by Principal Investigators Susana Sanz Caballero <\/a>(IP1) and Antonio Bar Cend\u00f3n<\/a> (IP2), and by the GVA project AICO\/2024\/191<\/a>, directed by Principal Investigator Susana Sanz Caballero<\/a>, both focused on the crisis of the Rule of Law in Europe and resilience in the face of hybrid threats<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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From left to right: Susana Sanz, Roberto Cippitani, Isabel Cornejo, Almudena del Castillo, Carlos Gonz\u00e1lez, Mateo Baeza, Enrique Roger and Carmen Garc\u00eda. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Link to the news item at Actualidad CEU: Estado de Derecho y derechos digitales en Italia, Chile y Espa\u00f1a<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link to the Research Seminar Announcement: Seminario de investigaci\u00f3n: | a\u00f1o 2026 | CEU UCH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link to the Ciencia CEU UCH X post: Ciencia CEU UCH on X: “Derechos digitales: otra dimensi\u00f3n de la crisis del Estado de Derecho, analizada por el grupo de investigaci\u00f3n @RoLcrisisEU de @uchceu \u2696\ufe0f\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa Con 2 catedr\u00e1ticos Jean Monnet: M\u00aa Isabel Cornejo, de @autonomadechile \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf1 Roberto Cippitani, de @UniperugiaNews \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 https:\/\/t.co\/43T4p3izKo” \/ X<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link to the Rule of Law Crisis EU X post: Rule of Law Crisis EU \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa on X: “El grupo de investigaci\u00f3n liderado por Susana Sanz ha recibido en @uchceu a @robertocippi (@UniperugiaNews) y a Isabel Cornejo (@autonomadechile) para analizar el refer\u00e9ndum constitucional en Italia de 2026, el proceso constituyente en Chile y su impacto en los derechos digitales https:\/\/t.co\/n8mUnRLx43” \/ X<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judicial Independence, digital justice, and the Rule of Law<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First, Roberto Cippitani<\/a><\/strong>, Jean Monnet Chair at the Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Perugia, delivered his lecture titled: \u201cJudicial Independence, Digital Justice, and the Rule of Law: Reflections on the 2026 Italian Constitutional Referendum.\u201d<\/strong> During his presentation, he traced the evolution of the efforts to reform the Italian judiciary. Since the late 1980s, debates have emerged regarding the separation of career paths between the judiciary and the public prosecutor\u2019s office. And it was in the 1990s that a different discourse began to take shape, partly driven by the prosecution of several political leaders of that period. At that time, the issue of accusing judges of acting as political actors started to surface. As Cippitani notes, \u201cin the First Republic there were conflicts with judges, but they were not ideological conflicts; they arose from specific cases, and it was rare for such matters to appear in political discourse. They were not part of the public debate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attempt to reform the Italian judicial system<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In light of the Meloni Government\u2019s proposal to hold a referendum on the issue of the judiciary, the constitutional referendum held on 22\u201323 March 2026 produced the following results (Sources: Viminale Eligendo; YouTrend; Il Sole 24 Ore, 23 March 2026<\/em>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n