In January, a few days after the opening of the Vatican investigation, the Italian Parliament started a process for the institution of a parliamentary commission to investigate the disappearances of Orlandi and Mirella Gregori. The proposal of the commission was unanimously approved by the Chambers of Deputies on 23 March but encountered difficulties in the Senate in April. On 6 June, Vatican head prosecutor Alessandro Diddi said that the Vatican did not support the institution of an Italian commission, claiming that it would be a "dangerous intrusion" and that the investigation opened by the public prosecutor of Rome was enough. Pietro Orlandi commented on the Senate's reticence, saying that it was unacceptable that in Italian politics, there is still a "psychological subjection towards the Vatican".[74]
Police say that in order to fight child disappearances, it is important to report a missing minor as soon as possible, as the first few hours are key for investigators to be able to trace and find the child.
Cruise ship accidents, injuries, crimes, disappearances, fires, and collisions on the high seas involve issues of maritime law. Jim Walker graduated from law school in 1983 and has been handling maritime law cases for the past thirty-five years. He handles a wide variety of cases from serious injuries to the highest profile sexual assault and cruise crime cases.
The characterization of extraordinary renditions as enforced disappearances has various advantages in enhancing the protection of the victims. First, it provides a clear definition of an otherwise complex criminal conduct, which involves a combination of human rights violations; second, it excludes any possible derogation, including cases relating to national security, regularly alleged in these types of counter-terrorism operations; third, when it is contextualized as part of a widespread or systematic attack against a civilian population, it envisages the potential to define the practice as a crime against humanity.