Overview

• North Rhine-Westphalia’s cabinet advanced a draft amendment to the police law that targets immediate protection in domestic violence cases.
• Residential eviction and return prohibitions would run 14 days instead of 10, with extensions allowing up to 28 days rather than 20.
• The Interior Ministry says the goal is to give victims more time and security to exit acute violence and arrange support, a point emphasized by Interior Minister Herbert Reul.
• The proposal also implements recent Federal Constitutional Court rulings on covert police measures and protections of the core private sphere.
• Rules on automated data analysis and the use of artificial intelligence would be aligned with case law, and the draft now goes to association hearings and the state data-protection commissioner.