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.

  • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    37 minutes ago

    Yes, they prosecute murder for both genders. I’m asking why the hate crime aspect that increases the sentence is not the same.

    To be clear, I think the femicide change is a good thing, just unnecessarily restrictive.

    • ISuperabound@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      21 minutes ago

      It doesn’t necessarily increase or decrease the sentence.

      Are you asking why genders are different, and why violence isn’t equal? That’s a very deep topic the law is attempting to partially address.