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Criminal trial, reform and women experiencing violence

The first impression was negative. The associations fighting for the rights of women have seen penalties for those who suffer violence in the text of the reform of the criminal process. Immediate reports of critical issues in Legislative Decree 2435 by DiRe, women online against violence.

Antonella Veltri, president of D.i.Re explains that, compared to the first version, “two of the most harmful paragraphs for women who have suffered violence have been eliminated, demonstrating how precious it is, for all women, the tireless work of supervising the legislative processes done by the lawyers of the anti-violence centers».

“The paragraph of Article 8 which would have allowed the extinction of the crime of sexual violence in the face of a has been deleted compensation», Explains Elena Biaggioni, criminal lawyer and contact person for the association’s advocate group.

“The amendment introduced in article 9 also reassures us, because by setting access to probation only for crimes that have a maximum prison sentence of 6 years, it excludes the possibility of suspending proceedings for crimes such as mistreatment and stalking, whose maximum legal penalty is respectively 7 years and 6 and a half years », continues the lawyer.

All the associations reiterate the need to monitor the progress of the law in particular to avoid the secondary victimization, a second attack, after the violence suffered, by the institution that should protect them and do them justice, that they must experience a form of blame.

As in the first versions of the text, the risk for the associations for the protection of women is the risk that the judicial loopholes for the perpetrators of violence and eliminate the possibility that, through the constitution of a civil party, «the anti-violence centers can contribute to the recognition of the collective damage constituted by male violence against women».

In the first six months of the year there were 47 femicides in Italy. Statistics show that women die more at home than outside and at the hands of family members. “A trial within a reasonable time for women who have suffered violence is a priority, but it is just as important to obtain fair sentences”, concludes the president of DiRe.

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