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.

  • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It take a certain type of flaw in logic to assume that because a group is “getting” something, it means another group is losing something.

    That’s not at all what their saying or implying. Presupposing someone else’s flaw in logic because you cannot fathom better is a flaw in logic.

    They’re partly asking “is this law discriminatory?” & I’m wondering the same. A law can increase penalties for femicide by without specifying the gender of the victim: that would be nondiscriminatory.