The Bundestag will debate a new violence protection law for the first time on Friday, which can require violent offenders in high-risk cases to wear an electronic ankle bracelet. CSU politician Susanne Hierl welcomes the draft but calls for additional measures such as mandatory social training courses and consequences for custody rights in cases of violence against mothers.
In Berlin, the legal policy spokesperson of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, Susanne Hierl, has welcomed the draft of the violence protection law. The law, to be debated in the Bundestag for the first time on Friday, allows family courts in violence protection proceedings to order electronic location monitoring in high-risk cases to prevent more severe assaults up to murder and manslaughter. Additionally, offenders are to be required to attend social training courses to confront them with their actions.
Hierl told the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND): “It’s good that the violence protection law is now being discussed in the Bundestag.” A recently presented dark field study by Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) shows that women are most frequently affected by domestic violence and report it in less than 5 percent of cases. “That’s, if you know that in 2024 almost 266,000 people reported domestic violence, a shocking number. We not only have a fundamental problem with violence against women, but also the problem that it is not perceived enough in society.”
The politician views the law as a first step toward better protection for women. She called for more, however: “In perspective, we must also ensure that violence against mothers has consequences for custody and access rights to children. We have expressly agreed in the coalition agreement that we want to do something about that in this legislative period.”