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Law to strengthen parliamentary control of the intelligence services

rejectedGermany· German Bundestag· DE

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26 May 2020

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Summary

Increasing the effectiveness of parliamentary control of the intelligence services and creation of a personalized ombudsman for employees of the intelligence services: establishment of the office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Intelligence Control ("Intelligence Commissioner"), election, term of office and legal status, powers, reporting obligations, duty of confidentiality;<br /> Insertion of §§ 2 and 14 as well as repeal and Amendment to various §§ Control Board Act and amendment to § 15 Article 10 of the Act<br /> <br /> Reference: Decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of May 19, 2020 regarding the establishment of an independent legal control of an administrative nature with regard to intelligence service control (1 BvR 2835/17 Rn. 276)

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