US EditionItaly now recognizes the crime of femicide and punishes it with life in prison
Italy's new law mandates life imprisonment for femicide and includes stronger measures against gender-based crimes, with 106 femicides recorded in 2024, Istat reported.
- On Tuesday, Italy's parliament approved a law adding femicide to the criminal code, punishable by life imprisonment, coinciding with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women .
- After Giulia Cecchettin's killing, public outrage and protests intensified, and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government pushed the bill following violent attacks targeting women.
- The law defines femicide as murders tied to hatred, discrimination, domination, control, or limiting a woman's freedoms, while Judge Paola di Nicola's expert commission reviewed 211 cases and the package also includes stalking and revenge porn protections.
- With 237 votes, MPs across the aisle backed the measure, concluding Tuesday's session with applause that Italian deputies showed common political will, Judge Paola di Nicola said.
- With rights groups urging prevention, opponents said the bill focuses on penalties while Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said, `We have doubled funding for anti-violence centres and shelters, promoted an emergency hotline and implemented innovative education and awareness-raising activities.
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The Italian parliament has officially included the crime of femicide – the intentional killing of women and girls because of their gender – in the criminal code, with a penalty of life imprisonment.
Italy is usually deeply divided politically, but this time, a unanimous vote was heard in Rome. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni managed to achieve the impossible: a bill that the entire parliament supported. From now on, femicide—the killing of a woman solely because she is a woman—will be recognized in Italy as a separate crime, punishable by life imprisonment.
Coinciding with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Italian Parliament adopted on Tuesday a law that introduces the crime of femicide into the penal code and punishes it with life imprisonment. The project, promoted by the ultra-right government led by Giorgia Meloni (Brothers of Italy), had received the approval of the Senate and this Tuesday was approved by a majority in the House of Deputies, so it is alre…
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Italy has just taken a historic step in the fight against gender-based violence. Lawmakers have passed a law making femicide — the murder of a woman motivated by her gender — a distinct crime punishable by life in prison.But why now, and why did it take so long?The murder of 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin by her ex-boyfriend in 2023 shocked the nation. Her sister Elena said it wasn’t just a “monster” who killed her sister. She said it was the “he…
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