The Observatory on Judicial Review of Migrants’ Removal (http://lexilium.it) collected and examined case law from Justices of Peace in Bari, Bologna, Prato, Rome and Turin during the first and last quarters of 2015, including judicial reviews of removal orders, immediate removal orders, pre-removal detention orders and alternative measures to detention. The research aims to assess the different key aspects of hearings (the length and setting of the trial, the effectiveness of the examination, guarantees of the defence, etc.), to analyse the exceptions of the defence and the arguments for decisions, and to outline the socio-legal conditions of the recipients of the orders examined, highlighting potential critical issues concerning the activity of the Justice of Peace in the matters at hand. During 2015, 1220 decisions have been examined. The judicial review of deportation orders was examined in Prato and Turin. The judicial review of detention orders was analysed in Bari, Rome and Turin, where detention centres are located. The validation procedures for alternative measures to detention were analysed in Bologna where the detention centre has been dismissed since March 2013 and in Rome where requests for this type of measure were made at the Justices of Peace Office following the closure of the male section of the detention centre at the end of 2015
