Is flag burning illegal in Italy?
Criminal offense
Desecrating any national flag is illegal and punishable by fines or imprisonment.
Italy is one of 53 countries classified “Criminal offense” for flag desecration — 79% of the 67 with data. (Also searched as flag burning.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Flag desecration
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Croatia
- Criminal offense Desecrating national flags is a felony in Croatia with up to one year imprisonment.
- Slovenia
- Criminal offense Desecrating national symbols in Slovenia is a criminal offense punishable by up to one year imprisonment.
- Austria
- Criminal offense Flag desecration is illegal in Austria with imprisonment terms of up to 6 months.
- Switzerland
- Criminal offense Switzerland punishes destruction of national emblems but not private flags.
- Hungary
- Criminal offense Desecration of the Hungarian national flag is illegal.
- North Macedonia
- Criminal offense Desecration of national and international flags is banned under criminal code, though enforcement is questionable.
Other laws in Italy
- Blasphemy Laws
- Fines / civil penalties
- Holocaust Denial
- Criminal offense
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.