Dodelijk geweld door (ex-)partner, dit raadslid pleit voor nieuwe wetgeving

Twee vrouwen kwamen vorige week om het leven door geweld van een (ex-)partner, femicide. Dit deed Aziza Aboulkacem, raadslid van de PvdA in Tilburg, denken aan een ander geval van femicide in 2022. Wat er toen is gebeurd, zorgde ervoor dat ze besloot deze vorm van geweld onder de aandacht te brengen. Nu hoopt ze dat er in Nederland snel nieuwe wetgeving komt om vrouwen beter te beschermen. Afgelopen week maakt volgens haar duidelijk dat dit niet langer kan wachten.

Omroep Brabant

Women harmed after #Wiltshire #police failed to disclose partners’ violent pasts -

At least two women were harmed after a ā€œcatastrophicā€ failure in the way a police force dealt with applications under #ClaresLaw, which gives people the right to ask whether a partner has a violent past, it has emerged
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/11/women-harmed-after-wiltshire-police-failed-to-disclose-partners-violent-pasts

Women harmed after Wiltshire police failed to disclose partners’ violent pasts

Force finds at least two women were harmed after failings in its response to their inquiries under Clare’s law

The Guardian

Revealed: #police refusing requests for background checks on violent partners | #DomesticViolence | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/06/revealed-police-refusing-requests-for-background-checks-on-violent-partners

> Observer analysis reveals forces in #England and #Wales are leaving people at risk by rejecting Clare’s law checks on suspected abusers

#ClaresLaw

Revealed: police refusing requests for background checks on violent partners

Observer analysis reveals forces in England and Wales are leaving people at risk by rejecting Clare’s law checks on suspected abusers

The Guardian
Wiltshire police to review thousands of checks on suspected violent partners

Fears force failed to protect people at risk after Clare’s law applicants given wrong information

The Guardian