Constitutional Court: BND Act
Verified: Documented in primary records or confirmed by reputable inquiry/reporting.
The court held German intelligence is bound by the Basic Law even in foreign-to-foreign surveillance and declared provisions of the BND Act incompatible with it.
Documented
Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court held German intelligence is bound by the Basic Law even in foreign-to-foreign surveillance and declared provisions of the BND Act incompatible with it.
Claimed, disputed or not established
The ruling is about legal limits. It does not itself establish specific surveillance abuses.
Sources (opened in a new tab)
- Bundesverfassungsgericht ↗https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Entscheidungen/DE/2020/05/rs20200519_1bvr283517.html
- Lawfare ↗https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/german-constitutional-court-nixes-foreign-surveillance
Connected
- Section: Europe
- Agencies: BND
- Vault documents: Federal Constitutional Court: BND Act decision (1 BvR 2835/17) ↗
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