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The GFF, jointly with the Humanist Union, the Data Protectionists Rhine Main and the Forum Computer Scientists for Peace and Social Responsibility, has filed a constitutional complaint against the Hessian Police Act and Constitutional Protection Act. The complaint is directed against an amendment to

The GFF supported a constitutional complaint against the criminal sentence given to two students who had taken food from dumpsters. Saving edible food from the rubbish counteracts food waste. Nevertheless, the students were found guilty of theft. The Federal Constitutional Court upheld this verdict

GFF supported a complaint lodged by a citizen of Passau contesting the video surveillance of the centrally located square “Klostergarten”. In recent years, the police have at best only occasionally recorded crimes committed at this location, and the numbers have been declining recently. Nevertheless

The GFF supports two former members of the Leipzig Integration Advisory Council who had to give up their seats due to a questionable legal change in the Advisory Council's rules. According to the new regulations, only persons with a "secured right of residence" can become members of the Advisory Cou

The GFF and the Austrian NGO epicenter.works - Platform Fundamental Rights Policy are taking joint action against the mass storage and non-transparent processing of air passenger data. We are taking legal action in German and Austrian courts against the so-called PNR Directive. Following a prelimina

On March 14, 2019, the Federal Constitutional Court found that the Rhineland-Palatinate Regional Social Court had violated fundamental rights in summary proceedings concerning the assessment of the benefit entitlements of a person with disabilities. Subsequently, the Regional Social Court correcte

The cooperation agreements of the University of Mainz with the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation from 2009 and 2012 violated the fundamental right of academic freedom. The university ought not to have entered into the relevant cooperation agreements. Agreements in the case under review, as well as in

GFF obtains acquittal of peace activist Hermann Theisen The GFF successfully appealed against the conviction of a peace activist. Hermann Theisen had called on employees of arms manufacturers to expose any illegal practices of the companies. The companies pressed charges against him and he was conv

The GFF supported a successful emergency motion against an overly broad ban on "dangerous" tools and warrantless mass searches. The GFF in cooperation with the Humanist Union (HU) supported appeals by five individuals against an order issued by the Federal Police Headquarters in Berlin, as well as