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Riicht Eraus — Luxembourg's Court-Linked and Voluntary Perpetrator Programme for Domestic Violence

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 72% 48/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Since 2004, Luxembourg Red Cross's Riicht Eraus programme has counselled perpetrators of domestic violence, now mandatory for people evicted by police under the 2013 Domestic Violence Act. In 2023 it processed 483 cases — 87% male perpetrators, 52 repeat evictions.

483
Cases processed (2023)
52
Repeat-offence eviction cases (2023)
87.2%
Male perpetrators (2023)
Riicht Eraus — Luxembourg's Court-Linked and Voluntary Perpetrator Programme for Domestic Violence

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Luxembourg Red Cross (Croix-Rouge luxembourgeoise)
Period
2004–present
Region (NUTS)
LU00
Keywords
domestic violence prevention, perpetrator intervention, social work, criminal justice

Context

Riicht Eraus, run by the Luxembourg Red Cross since 2004, counsels people who use violence against a partner or family member. Under Luxembourg's Domestic Violence Act of 2013, anyone evicted from the family home by police for domestic violence must contact Riicht Eraus within 14 days.

Results

In 2023 the service processed 483 cases: 236 following a police eviction, 148 on judicial referral and 99 on a voluntary basis. Perpetrators were 87.2% male and 12.8% female, and 52 of the eviction cases involved someone ordered to leave the home for a repeat offence that year.

Conclusions

The Council of Europe's GREVIO monitoring body has welcomed Luxembourg's eviction-linked perpetrator work, and the government is now proposing to make continued engagement compulsory, with sanctions for those who refuse or drop out -- an acknowledgement that voluntary follow-through is currently incomplete. No published recidivism or behaviour-change outcome study was found; the 52 repeat-eviction cases point to real limits on current effectiveness.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — Delivered by the Luxembourg Red Cross; no published unit cost.
Time to results
Long (> 3 years) — Running continuously since 2004; compulsory-engagement proposal under discussion.
Staffing & skills
Luxembourg Red Cross counsellors

Conditions for success

  • mandatory referral within 14 days of a police eviction
  • weekly individual counselling until conflict-management ability is judged sufficient

Common failure modes

  • 52 of the year's eviction cases were repeat offences, showing relapse is not eliminated

Where it fits

Governance type
NGO delivering a statutory function
Scale
national
Income level
high-income

Commonly funded by

National / regional programmes CERV — Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values

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