Croatia becomes the 3rd European country to include femicide in its legislation. The changes to the penal code were adopted with the votes of 77 MPs in favor, and 60 voting against.
In 2022, 2,300 women were killed in Europe by their spouse or family members, according to EU data. In Croatia, which has a population of 3.8 million, 13 women were killing in 2022 - 12 of them by a relative, and nine in 2023. The government decided to propose this text after the murder of Mihaela Berak, a 20-year-old law student.