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SUMMARY: Femicide: The Rule of Law & The Role of Law Lunch Panel
DESCRIPTION: Femicide – the gender-based murder of women and girls – takes 
 thousands of lives every year. These deaths are not random: they are predic
 table\, patterned\, and in many cases\, preventable. Yet legal systems have
  largely failed to treat them as such\, allowing gender-based violence to p
 ersist as a crisis met with insufficient response. In November […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>Femicide – the gender-based murder of wome
 n and girls – takes thousands of lives every year. These deaths are not ran
 dom: they are predictable\, patterned\, and in many cases\, preventable. Ye
 t legal systems have largely failed to treat them as such\, allowing gender
 -based violence to persist as a crisis met with insufficient response.</p><
 p>In November 2025\, Italy became one of the first countries in the world t
 o formally recognize femicide as a distinct criminal offense\, punishable b
 y life in prison. The law raises important questions about the role of law 
 in addressing gender-based violence and advancing gender justice.</p><p>Joi
 n the Gender Violence Program for a lunch panel exploring the implications 
 of this new legal development: its origins\, its promise\, its implications
 \, and its limits.</p><p>What does it mean to formally name and criminalize
  femicide? How does the law interact with broader cultural\, institutional\
 , and policy responses to gender-based violence? What can a comparative len
 s teach us about the path forward?</p><p>Panelists:</p><ul><li>Judge Fabio 
 Roia\, President of the Tribunal of Milan</li><li>Graziella Romeo\, Profess
 or\, Bocconi University Milan</li><li>Diane Rosenfeld\, Lecturer\, Harvard 
 Law School</li></ul><p>Moderator: Magdalena Greco\, PhD Student\, Bocconi U
 niversity Milan</p><p>April 8 | 12:30–1:30 PM | Griswold 110<br />Lunch wil
 l be provided.<br />Sponsored by the HLS Gender Violence Program.</p>
LOCATION:Griswold Hall\; 110 Classroom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Samantha R. Burke":MAILTO:sburke@law.harvard.edu
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 ole-of-law-lunch-panel/
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