Violence against women, would the new law have saved Giulia?

THEThe measure had already passed the examination of the House on 26 October. The rapid approval of the Senate (unanimously with 157 yes votes) accelerated by the femicide of Giulia Cecchettin, the government bill against violence against women is definitive. The aim is to strengthen the protection of victims through preventive measures. To strengthen precautionary measures and anticipate criminal protection. In parallel, the bill aims to ensure certainty in the timing of proceedings relating to crimes of gender or domestic violence. Most of the measures aim to protect women who have already reported their violent partner. It is the so-called “secondary prevention”.

Violence against women, all the articles of the bill approved yesterday. Would he have saved Giulia?

The Roccella bill is made up of 19 articles, each of which introduces or strengthens a specific measure.

Article 1 extends the scope of the warning from the commissioner and the officers information obligations for victims of violence by law enforcement agencies, health facilities and public institutions.
The 2 modify the anti-mafia code and prevention measures. Extends the applicability of personal prevention measures to individuals suspected of serious crimes of gender and domestic violence.
The 3 scores absolute priority in the hearing and handling of trials for specific crimes related to gender violence. Give her permanent facial injuries to the illicit distribution of sexually explicit images or videos.

Specialized requesting offices, training and guidelines

Article 4 ensures priority also to requests for personal precautionary measures and decisions on them in trials relating to crimes of gender and domestic violence.
The 5 predicts the specialization of the prosecuting offices on gender and domestic violence.
Article 6 concerns training initiatives on violence against women and domestic violence. In particular, we talk about the predisposition, on the part of thedelegated political authority for equal opportunitiesof specific ones national guidelines. The goal is guide the training of operators who, for various reasons, come into contact with women victims of violence.

Shorter terms, increased sentences and urgent removal

7 refers to the timing: it provides that the prosecutor requests the application of a precautionary measure within 30 days of the person’s registration in the crime register. While the judge must rule on the request within 20 days.
Article 8 modifies the legislation on the communication of crime reports to the Attorney General, imposing a quarterly control on the timing of proceedings.
The 9th predicts theincrease in the penalty for violating expulsion orders from the family home and a ban on approaching.
Article 10 introduces the‘arrest in flagrante delicto deferred for certain crimes of violence.
The 11th has that the public prosecutor may, by reasoned decree, decide on urgent removal from the family home of the person seriously suspected of a series of crimes of violence, gender and domestic violence. With the ban on approaching the places usually frequented by offended person.

Electronic bracelet and recovery paths for offenders

Article 12 concerns the electronic bracelet prescription and related precautionary measures. First of all, it requires the judicial police to ascertain the technical feasibility of using electronic means and other technical control tools. And it provides for the application of the precautionary measure in prison in the case of tampering with electronic means and technical control instruments.
Article 13 provides for exceptions to the current regulations regarding coercive precautionary measures.

Il14 concerns mandatory information to the person offended by the crime, such as the immediate communication of all measures decided on the perpetrator of the crime.
Article 15 modifies the regime for granting conditional suspension of sentence: in addition to participating in recovery programs on a biweekly basis, it is necessary to pass them with a favorable outcome.

Compensation for victims and accredited bodies

On the 16th he modifies the question of compensation for victims of international violent crimes.
Article 17 introduces the possibility of paying a sum of money as an advance on definitive compensation for the victims of these crimes or for their family members/heirs in the event of the victim’s death.
Article 18 requires the adoption of an interministerial decree for laccreditation of bodies and associations who carry out recovery courses for perpetrators of violent crimes.
The 19th imposes a financial invariance clause (by virtue of which the implementation of the provision must not result in new or greater burdens on public finances).

Could the new law have saved Giulia Cecchettin?

But she is the same Minister for Equal Opportunities and the Family, Eugenia Roccellathe first signatory of the bill, to say that no, the new provisions of the bill against violence against women «could not have saved Giulia Cecchettin. Nor other women who did not suspect the violence that smoldered in the heart of the man who claimed to love them, who had not received any risk signals from those who Giulia’s sister defined “good guys””. One law is not enough. «It is necessary to intervene on many other fronts if we want to produce the necessary cultural change, if we want to break what not a feminist, but a great pope has defined as “the yoke of domination of one sex over the other”».

What is needed is a “vast and tenacious action of education and training”, said Roccella. THEthe bill is in fact accompanied by an awareness campaign against violence, particularly among young people.

Educating in relationships, Minister Valditara’s project for schools

In parallel with the bill, the process of the project continues Educate on relationships designed for Italian schools by the Minister of Education and Merit Giuseppe Valditara. To say “enough of the sexist and macho culture that still pollutes our country.”

The recipients are students of upper secondary schools, who in this first experimental phase will be able to join on an optional basis. Prevention, promotion of a culture and attitudes based on respect, equal opportunities, the rejection of discrimination and any form of violence: these are the themes that the discussion groups between students and professors for a total of 30 extracurricular hours, financed with 15 million euros of Pon funds, supported by psychologists and other experts. “Students will also be made aware of the criminal consequences that improper behavior can cause,” explained the Minister.

There are doubts on this topic Alessandro Amadori, the expert chosen by Valditara for the school project. Professor of Psychology at the Catholic University of Milan, Amadori is at the center of controversy for his book, The War of the Sexes. Small essay on gender wickedness. «He is not the project coordinator but the communication consultant», explains Valditara. Certainly a book that talks about a conspiracy against menGynarchy, run by women in need of oppression and humiliation of men, is not the best business card.

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