Overview

• Official data show that 20 women have been killed by current or former partners in Berlin since 2023.
• The Berlin Senate has not yet released final femicide figures because police and prosecutors use different classification criteria.
• Three women were killed by partners in Niedersachsen within one week, prompting urgent calls for improved protective measures.
• Terre des Femmes and Interior Minister Daniela Behrens in Niedersachsen back adopting Spain’s electronic ankle-bracelet system to track violent ex-partners.
• Berlin’s Green Party has called for extending court-ordered restraining orders from two to four weeks and strengthening risk assessments to better safeguard at-risk women.