The judges in Karlsruhe criticized several provisions in the Bavarian Constitutional Protection Act.
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Karlsruhe The far-reaching powers of the Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution sometimes violate fundamental rights. On Tuesday, the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe objected to a number of provisions in the Free State’s Constitutional Protection Act, which had been fundamentally revised in 2016 at the request of the CSU.
The law came into force on August 1, 2016 and gave the Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution expanded powers, including in the area of acoustic home surveillance, online searches and the use of undercover investigators and informants. Among other things, this was intended to counteract the threat of Islamist terrorism, according to the reasoning.
The civil rights organization Society for Freedom Rights coordinated the constitutional complaints against the Bavarian law. The lawsuit was largely successful. Bavaria has until July 31, 2023 to remedy the violations of fundamental rights. Until then, the law can only be applied under certain conditions.
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