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Jan 3 • 02:03 UTC • 🇩🇪 Germany • Die Welt

NRW Minister of Justice wants to introduce 'femicide' as a new murder characteristic

The NRW Minister of Justice Benjamin Limbach advocates for classifying femicide, defined as the killing of women based on their gender, as a distinct form of murder in order to reform criminal law in response to patriarchal violence.

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