Punishable Crime

Punishable Crime

Dancers perform on the Spanish Steps during the “No Violence, Only Love” event organised by Telefono Rosa, a women’s rights group, to raise awareness on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Rome, Italy, on 25 November 2025. Photo: Remo Casilli/Reuters

Italy now recognises the crime of femicide and punishes it with life in prison

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