Italy adds femicide to criminal code
Change
Italy's parliament added femicide — the deliberate killing of women and girls because of their gender — to the criminal code, with life imprisonment as the prescribed punishment.
Why it matters
Parliament approved the bill unanimously. The statute defines femicide as the deliberate killing of women and girls due to their gender. The law sets life imprisonment as the punishment for femicide. The government backed the bill and has supported other measures such as anti-stalking laws, while parliament is also debating a separate bill that prohibits sexual intercourse without "free and actual consent."
Implications
- — Adds a gender-based offence classification ('femicide') to the criminal code.
- — Sets life imprisonment as the statutory punishment for femicide.
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