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In December 2020, we filed a constitutional complaint against the amended Saxon Police Act (SächsPVDG). Together with journalists, lawyers, a football fan and a social worker, we are going to court against stricter surveillance instruments. Since the amended Saxon Police Enforcement Service Act (Sä

We protect civil courage! Anyone who brings injustice to light must not be persecuted for it. That is why we are fighting for better protection of whistleblowers against state and private repression by advocating for a comprehensive whistleblower protection law and defending the rights of whistleblo

In November 2020, we filed a constitutional complaint against amendments to Hamburg's laws on the protection of the constitution and on data processing by the police - together with the German Journalists' Union, the Humanist Union Hamburg, the Critical Law Students Hamburg and the Association of De

Since 2017, the GFF supported a female reporter's lawsuit against pay discrimination. The award-winning journalist Birte Meier sued ZDF in 2015 after she found out that she was paid less than her male colleagues - even with comparable status as a permanent freelancer, comparable type of work and qua

Asylum seekers in Germany often live under unacceptable conditions: They have to live in collective accommodation in shared rooms, are not allowed to work and receive significantly less social benefits than Hartz IV recipients. The legislator has not plausibly justified this difference and thus viol

Together with Reporters Without Borders (ROG), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) and netzpolitik.org, the GFF filed a criminal complaint against the managing directors of FinFisher GmbH, FinFisher Labs GmbH and Elaman GmbH in July 2019. There is strong evidence that the

The GFF has intervened in the proceedings before the Federal Constitutional Court on the Berlin rent cap with a constitutional statement. In this opinion, the GFF comes to the conclusion that the rent cap does not disproportionately interfere with the fundamental rights of landlords. In the GFF's vi

On May 19, 2020, Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) issued a landmark decision, which strengthens international human rights and freedom of the press. Following a complaint filed by the Society for Civil Rights (Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte, GFF), together with a

Organizations that offer political education and promote democracy fear for their continued existence. Since the Attac ruling, more and more tax offices are denying their charitable status. The GFF supports affected associations, including the DemoZ in Ludwigsburg and the petition platform change.or