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Femicide is declared a separate crime in Italy! Law: Life imprisonment, regardless of the circumstances

2025-11-26 17:14:10Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Femicide is declared a separate crime in Italy! Law: Life imprisonment,
Activists on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

The Italian Parliament has unanimously approved a historic law that defines femicide, the gender-motivated killing of a woman, as a separate crime in the Criminal Code, which will be punishable by life imprisonment.

The law, proposed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and supported by all political forces, provides that:

Any killing of a woman committed as an act of hatred, discrimination, domination, control, or submission because she is a woman should be officially classified as femicide.

Cases where a woman is killed because she wants to end a relationship, refuses to return to the relationship, or seeks to exercise her individual freedoms will also be considered femicide.

Any femicide will be automatically punished with life imprisonment, regardless of other mitigating circumstances.

All femicides will be registered as a separate category, with the aim of studying motives, preventing and identifying the real extent of violence against women.

Italy thus becomes one of the few countries in the EU, along with Cyprus, Malta and Croatia, that includes a specific definition of femicide in criminal legislation.

The law comes after the deep social debate caused by the case of Giulia Cecchettin, murdered by her ex-partner in 2023, an event that shocked public opinion and prompted demands for tough legal measures.

According to the latest Italian police data, of the 116 women murdered last year, 106 were suspected of being killed for gender-related reasons. Under the new law, these cases will be categorized differently and will receive the maximum penalty.

Although there has been criticism that the definition of femicide may be difficult to prove in court, the political majority considers the law a necessary step to address violence against women and guarantee strict punishment for perpetrators.

The unanimous approval of the law was accompanied by applause in parliament, marking it as one of the most consensual acts in the fight against gender-based violence in Italy.


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