Feminicide, first unanimous yes in the Commission to the text introducing the new crime: here is what it provides for
"Acknowledging that it is the result of discrimination means framing the phenomenon correctly," emphasises Giulia Bongiorno
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The Senate Justice Committee unanimously approved the text introducing the crime of feminicide. The announcement came from the president of the Justice Committee and Lega Lega senator Giulia Bongiorno. "It is a breakthrough in law that also marks a qualitative leap in the fight against violence against women. Acknowledging that feminicide is the result of discrimination means correctly framing the phenomenon,' stresses President Bongiorno. "I express my satisfaction as president of the Commission for the OK on a text that also represents a battle of the League, which we have been carrying on for a long time".
What the new article in the penal code provides for
The text introduces into the penal code a new Article 577-bis concerning the crime of feminicide. A specific case of homicide is introduced, which punishes with life imprisonment anyone who causes the death of a woman, committing the act with acts of discrimination or hatred towards the victim as a woman, or if the offence is aimed at repressing the exercise of a woman's rights, freedoms or personality.
Enhanced Electronic Bracelet
.Training obligations for magistrates on combating violence and preventing secondary victimisation are strengthened, more protection for orphans of feminicide, even if they are not in stable cohabitation. There is a no-stop after 45 days for wiretapping in cases of feminicide and other crimes of violence against women. The enhanced electronic bracelet also arrives (it is activated at 1 km instead of 500 m).
Yes to the amendment against rape drugs
The Senate Justice Committee also gave the green light to the League's amendment to combat rape drugs. "It will be easier to identify the victim's intake of psychotropic substances, which are now various and highly diffused, and to prove the administration in order to use it as evidence in court, establishing the violence. This will be possible through the establishment of a Technical Table at the Ministry of Health to develop sampling methodologies, the identification of laboratories, and the storage of samples, providing uniform protocols throughout the country. Awareness-raising campaigns are then promoted in the regions on the dangers of drugs that facilitate sexual violence. The objective of the League, which had already presented a motion on the subject, is to put an end to these new forms of violence, which are often invisible,' commented Lega Senators Stefania Pucciarelli and Erika Stefani.
