For the first time since the pandemic, federal and state interior ministers are meeting again in person.
On the agenda: one of the long list of topics.
Rust (dpa) - The federal and state interior ministers want to intensify the fight against violence against women.
These crimes would have to be taken "out of the dark", said the chairman of the conference of interior ministers, Thomas Strobl (CDU), on Friday in Rust, Baden.
“Shame is not a solution.
It only helps the perpetrators, who then get away with it, ”said the CDU politician at the end of the ministers' meeting.
Therefore, one wants to record misogynist crimes in the police statistics more precisely.
Federal Minister of Justice Christine Lambrecht (SPD) welcomed this announcement.
"Even the dark field - especially in the case of intimate partner violence - must be illuminated much more strongly." With more precise data, it is possible to further develop prevention strategies and ensure effective prosecution.
Right chats with the police
After the emergence of right-wing extremist chats with the police, the resort managers were also able to agree to change the law.
Officials should also be able to be prosecuted if they share inflammatory content in closed chat groups.
Background: According to lawyers, posting right-wing extremist photos or videos in WhatsApp groups by police officers is not necessarily a criminal offense.
"The case law is not unanimous on the question of whether a post in a closed WhatsApp group is a public statement at all," emphasized the lawyer Christoph Arnold, who specializes in administrative law, when a corresponding case was uncovered in North Rhine-Westphalia in autumn.
There is still being investigated against 25 suspects.
In Frankfurt - where right-wing extremist chat groups became public a few days ago - an investigation is being carried out against 19 active and one former police officer.
18 of them were active officers of the Frankfurt Special Operations Command (SEK).
In its decision on Friday, the Conference of Interior Ministers called for "consistent prosecution" of such cases.
The conference of justice ministers should examine the possible introduction of a new criminal offense.
North Rhine-Westphalia's Interior Minister Herbert Reul, who had brought up the topic at the conference, said on Friday: "With 56,000 police officers in North Rhine-Westphalia and around 250 allegations, there can be no question of right-wing extremist infiltration." Nevertheless, every case is closed a lot - and must also be prosecuted.
"Today's decision leaves no doubt that such statements are absolutely unacceptable, regardless of whether they happen in public or in private chat groups," said Reul.
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