Overview

• Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig presented a federal draft enabling family courts to order GPS‑linked ankle monitors to enforce restraining orders in high‑risk cases.
• Threatened persons would receive electronic warnings if an offender approaches prohibited zones, with monitoring centers able to escalate to police intervention.
• Courts could mandate participation in anti‑violence training and obtain information from the weapons register, while penalties for violating protection orders would be increased.
• Tampering with an ankle monitor would constitute a criminal offense punishable by up to three years in prison.
• The proposal also allows withdrawal of custody or visitation rights from violent parents and builds on state pilots, with eight Länder already having related rules.