July 7, 2025|
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|5 months agoJustice Minister Proposes Electronic Monitoring to Combat Femicide
Following 18 femicides this year, Swiss Justice Minister Beat Jans pushes for ankle bracelet monitoring system to prevent violence against women.
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- Since the beginning of 2025, 18 women and girls have been killed by men in Switzerland.
- Justice Minister Beat Jans is formally proposing an electronic monitoring system using ankle bracelets to track perpetrators.
- Approximately ten Swiss cantons are currently conducting trials on the use of ankle monitors.
- Spain is being used as the primary model for the surveillance and alarm system.
- Neuchâtel Attorney General Pierre Aubert initiated a pilot project in 2023.
By The Numbers
18
femicides
10
cantons
400
metres
They Said
"No violent crime claims as many victims as violence against women. Seeing how strongly the figures are rising in our country, it is necessary that we move now."
"In Spain they have found the means to better protect women."