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In June 2024, the GFF lodged a constitutional complaint against the amended Hessian Police Act. Most recently, the GFF successfully achieved a landmark judgement in Karlsruhe in 2023 with its constitutional complaint against the previous version of the law. The Federal Constitutional Court imposed…

Because she wears a headscarf as a Muslim, a woman in North Rhine-Westphalia is not allowed to serve as a lay judge. Together with the GFF and represented by Prof. Dr. Anna Katharina Mangold (European University of Flensburg), the German teacher lodged a constitutional complaint against her…

Together with PRO ASYL, the GFF is taking action against restrictive payment card regulations in several summary proceedings. In July 2024, the Hamburg Social Court confirmed that the flat-rate upper limit for cash withdrawals of 50 euros is unlawful without taking into account the personal and…

This much is clear: Many in the AfD question the guarantee of human dignity and fundamental rights. Their rhetoric is often racist, anti-Muslim and endangers people - because words become deeds. What is less clear: The German constitution explicitly provides for the possibility of a party ban in…

We are taking action against unequal pay together with a department head at Daimler. Our plaintiff has been working for the company for decades. However, she is paid significantly less than her male colleagues. With our lawsuit, we want to make it clear that the right to equal pay is not limited to…

Stalkers can use stalking apps to comprehensively monitor other people's mobile phones without those affected realising it. These apps are easy to find: Google displays a huge number of adverts for search queries such as ‘monitor girlfriend mobile phone’ or ‘track partner phone’. Stalking apps…

The association innn.it (formerly change.org) provides a platform where citizens can create and run petitions that are not only directed against government agencies, but also address companies. In 2021, the Berlin tax office took this as an opportunity to revoke the platform's non-profit status.…

The GFF is challenging the legal basis and administrative practice of accessing and analyzing cell phones and thus highly personal data of asylum seekers – based on an unconstitutional provision in the Residence Act. This unconstitutional provision was further tightened in February 2024 by the…

Democracy Reporting International (DRI) conducts research on election interference and disinformation – including on X. The platform, however, refused to give DRI access to platform data relating to the Hungarian parliamentary elections in April 2026 – even though X is obliged to do so under the…

We support a lawsuit against the use of pain compliance holds before the Ansbach Administrative Court. In August 2023, the police used pain compliance holds against our plaintiff during a protest, even though he was completely peaceful. This targeted and unnecessary infliction of pain is clearly…