Nessuno tocchi Caino

What Nessuno tocchi Caino does

Nessuno tocchi Caino is an Italian non-profit advocacy organization (Associazione Radicale) founded in 1993 by Marco Pannella to campaign against the death penalty worldwide, inhumane prison conditions in Italy (referred to as "morte per pena"), and Italian preventive measures that confiscate assets without criminal conviction. Headquartered in Rome at Via della Panetteria 15, the organization operates three interconnected campaigns and serves two primary constituencies: prisoners and detained individuals facing overcrowding, denial of rights, or capital punishment, and Italian citizens who support human rights advocacy through membership or donations. Secondary stakeholders include Italian and EU parliamentarians targeted for legislative advocacy.

The organization's offering consists entirely of advocacy, communication, and information services rather than software products. Its core deliverables include a daily and weekly newsletter (delivered at 7:00 AM and every Friday), the "Il Segno di Caino" podcast series (100+ episodes across Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music), an online petition platform (notably a UN appeal that has collected 21,000+ signatures), the annual "Rapporto annuale sulla pena di morte nel mondo" publication priced at €18 per copy, a four-tier membership program (€30 one-time, €100/year ordinary, €500/year supporting, custom guarantor), a comprehensive database tracking global executions and Italian prison conditions, and a donation platform. No proprietary technology, API, or AI capabilities are offered.

The business model is structured around private donations (92% of revenue), membership subscriptions, Italian 5x1000 tax designations (tax code 96267720587), and publication sales. The organization deliberately refuses conditional public funding to preserve independence and operates within the broader Partito Radicale Nonviolento, Transnazionale e Transpartito (PRNTT) network. Distribution occurs through a self-serve website, podcast platforms, email newsletters, public events, and direct member engagement, with no paid advertising or algorithmic amplification.

Name

Nessuno tocchi Caino

Legal name

Nessuno tocchi Caino — Associazione Radicale

Website

https://nessunotocchicaino.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Nessuno tocchi Caino is an Italian non-profit association founded in 1993 that campaigns against the death penalty worldwide, inhumane Italian prison conditions, and preventive asset confiscation measures, serving prisoners, advocacy supporters, and Italian policymakers through newsletters, petitions, podcasts, publications, and a global execution database.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Rights Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Criminal Justice Reform & Legal System Advocacy (BPAGAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

Keywords

• Death penalty abolition
• Prisoner rights advocacy
• Human rights campaigning
• Prison reform advocacy
• Capital punishment moratorium

Headquarters

HQ city

Rome

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Private Donations: The organization states that 92% of its revenue comes from private donations. Donors can contribute via bank transfer (BCC di Roma), postal payment, or postal order.
2. Membership Fees: Annual membership subscriptions at four levels: €30 one-time contribution, €100/year ordinary member, €500/year supporting member, and custom project-based 'guarantor member' tier.
3. 5x1000 Tax Designation: Italian taxpayers can designate 5x1000 of their tax to the organization. Tax code: 96267720587.
4. Publications Sales: Sale of publications including the annual report on the death penalty worldwide at €18 per copy.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Nessuno tocchi Caino is an Italian non-profit radical association that campaigns against the death penalty worldwide, against inhumane prison conditions ("morte per pena") in Italian institutions, and against preventive measures that confiscate assets without criminal conviction. Its deliverable offerings to the public include an advocacy website with online petitions (including a UN appeal for a moratorium on executions), a daily and weekly email newsletter, the "Il segno di Caino" podcast, an annual report on the death penalty, a public database of executions and prison conditions, a four-tier membership program, and a donation platform. The association does not sell any product, API, or software; it delivers advocacy, information, and community organizing services to supporters and prisoners' rights beneficiaries.

Product overview

Nessuno tocchi Caino is a non-profit advocacy organization (Associazione Radicale) founded in 1993 by Marco Pannella. It operates as a single integrated advocacy platform rather than a modular product suite. The organization's services include: a daily and weekly newsletter covering human rights campaigns; an online petition platform for UN appeals; a publication program featuring the annual death penalty report; a podcast series ('Il segno di Caino') with 100 episodes; a membership program with four contribution tiers; a publicly accessible database tracking global executions and Italian prison conditions; and a donation platform. The organization does not offer a software product, API, or technology platform—their offering consists entirely of advocacy, communication, and information services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 189 prisons monitored systematically with visit reports
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Movimento Italiano Diritti DetenuticoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork partnership for joint activities. Listed as being 'in network with' on the organization's website footer, indicating collaborative relationship in prisoner rights advocacy.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ECPM (Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort): European coalition against the death penalty co-founded by Hands Off Cain (Nessuno tocchi Caino's international brand) and others in 1999. Both organizations focus on death penalty abolition through legislative advocacy, parliamentary initiatives, and World Day events, making them the closest European counterparts.
• Penal Reform International: Global non-governmental organization working on criminal justice reform, with emphasis on prison conditions, alternatives to imprisonment, and human rights of detainees. Closely comparable to Nessuno tocchi Caino's prison conditions and 'morte per pena' pillar at a broader geographic scope.
• Associazione Antigone: Italian association focused on guarantees and rights for those detained, active in prison monitoring and legislative advocacy on criminal justice reform in Italy. Directly comparable on the Italian prison-conditions pillar with overlapping partner bar associations.
• Worldwide Coalition Against the Death Penalty: Global coalition of more than 150 NGOs, bar associations, local authorities, and trade unions working to abolish the death penalty. Comparable as a global, multi-stakeholder coordination body aligned with the organization's death-penalty pillar.
• Reprieve: UK-headquartered international human rights organization that provides legal representation to individuals facing the death penalty and challenges unlawful detention. Closely comparable to the organization's prisoner-rights advocacy and individual casework orientation.

Broad incumbents

• Amnesty International: Global human rights movement with a long-standing Death is Never Right campaign on abolition. Overlaps materially on death-penalty advocacy but operates across a much broader human rights portfolio and at far greater scale.
• Howard League for Penal Reform: UK's oldest penal reform charity, engaged in prison conditions, sentencing policy, and the rights of people in detention. Comparable on the prison-conditions pillar but with a broader policy scope and longer institutional history in the UK.

Others

• Italian Radical Party (Radicali Italiani): Sister political organization within the same non-violent Radical movement; many Nessuno tocchi Caino leaders are also Radicali members. Relevant as a peer for movement-level comparison, though focused on broader political reform rather than the three specific pillars.
• Partito Radicale Nonviolento, Transnazionale e Transpartito (PRNTT): Nonviolent, transnational, transpartisan Radical Party that serves as the political umbrella under which Nessuno tocchi Caino operates. Comparable as an enabling/supplying organization providing shared institutional infrastructure and political identity.

Regional players

• Death Penalty Focus: US-based non-profit working to abolish the death penalty, primarily in California. Operates in the same issue space as Nessuno tocchi Caino's global pillar but is geographically concentrated in a single US state and does not directly compete.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/associazione-nessuno-tocchi-caino

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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