The government has established a trial program that will employ experts in 999 call centers starting in early 2025 to guarantee victims receive immediate specialized care.
In addition to working with local officers and offering advice on risk assessments, they will have a team supporting them to enhance the way police respond to domestic abuse complaints around-the-clock.
The government has committed to reducing violence against women and girls by half over the next ten years, which includes this project.
Part of “Raneem’s Law” will be named after 22-year-old Raneem Oudeh, who was murdered in 2018 together with her mother, Khaola Saleem, by her ex-husband.
In the months before her murder, Ms. Oudeh had called 999 fourteen times to report incidences of domestic abuse, including threats to kill and knife her. However, the police failed to appropriately log, follow up on, and evaluate the allegations.
She had called 999 four times on the night her husband killed her and her mother by stabbing them outside Mrs. Saleem’s house because she was afraid of her estranged husband, Janbaz Tarin, after learning that he had a covert second family in Afghanistan.
