Italy’s parliament has approved a law that introduces femicide into the country’s criminal law and punishes it with life in prison.

Italy’s parliament on Tuesday approved a law that introduces femicide into the country’s criminal law and punishes it with life in prison.

The vote coincided with the international day for the elimination of violence against women, a day designated by the U.N. General Assembly.

The law won bipartisan support from the center-right majority and the center-left opposition in the final vote in the Lower Chamber, passing with 237 votes in favor.

The law, backed by the conservative government of Premier Giorgia Meloni, comes in response to a series of killings and other violence targeting women in Italy. It includes stronger measures against gender-based crimes including stalking and revenge porn.

  • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
    66·
    6 months ago

    Because murder is usually 21 years, with egregious cases earning life. Femicide gets automatic life

    Honestly it’s like whingeing “why do you have to define first and second degree murder hurr its all murderrr”. You’re not clever.

      • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
        31·
        6 months ago

        Like most countries it varies based on circumstance

        But that’s not the point. It’s a specific crime they are targeting here (your first hint is the name!)

                  • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
                    12·
                    6 months ago

                    In order for a murder to be femicide, it specifically needs to be perpetrated by a man and the victim needs to be a woman.

                    inexact and unnecessarily emotive. You’ve hinged your argument on a fallacy. Femicide requires very specific circumstances to be surrounding the crime of murder

                    Are you planning on killing women for misogynistic reasons? Are you planning on taking domestic abuse to its all too comment conclusion? Are you, in short, planning on committing murderous hate crimes? No? Then this consequence does not apply.