A Council of Europe report cites Italy's moves to stop recognising same-sex parents as such, and wider lack of protection against LGBTphobic discrimination and hatred as human rights violations. In the publication CoE Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović calls on the Italian government change course on respecting LGBT+ people, though the Italian government is
In the aftermath of Ashling Murphy’s murder in January 2022, Justice Minister Helen McEntee promised “zero tolerance” and a new strategy that would thoroughly tackle gender-based violence in Ireland. In June of that year, the Department of Justice published its third national strategy on the issue. Its action plan has been designed to ensure, in McEntee’s words, that those who engage with the justice system “are treated with respect, dignity and empathy by everyone they come into contact with from the outset”.
There is still much to do in changing the culture of ambiguity towards gender-based violence but there are also concrete steps which can and should be taken
EU officials have called for an “urgent improvement” on tackling violence against women in Ireland, labelling it “impossible” to examine conviction rates and identify “gaps in the criminal justice response” due to insufficient data collection.