Kriminalitätsbelastete Orte (kbOs) sind seit jeher Zonen verdichteter Kontrolle. Mit der jüngsten Berliner ASOG-Novelle werden sie nun auch zu Zonen verdichteter Datenerhebung. Automatisierte Videoüberwachung und algorithmische Verhaltenserkennung (§ 24e ASOG) bringen erhebliche Eingriffe in das Recht auf informationelle Selbstbestimmung (Art.
This post is adapted from the concluding remarks the author delivered at the conference ‘European Convention on Human Rights at 75: Transnational Perspectives and Global Interaction’ (Berlin, 9 October 2025), convened by the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer
This post is adapted from the concluding remarks the author delivered at the ‘European Convention on Human Rights at 75: Transnational Perspectives and Global Interaction Conference’ held at the German Federal Ministry of Justice in Berlin on 9 October 2025
Die Rechtsprechung der Berliner Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit zur Funktionslosigkeit des Baunutzungsplans ist um eine weitere Facette reicher. Mit einem Berufungsurteil hat das Oberverwaltungsgericht Berlin-Brandenburg entschieden, dass die Festsetzung der Geschossflächenzahl (GFZ) des Baunutzungsplans auch in einem Teilgebiet von Berlin-Mitte funktionslos geworden ist.
Frankfurt am Main
The D&O Diary’s European travels continued last week with two stops in Germany — first, a stop in Frankfurt, the country’s business and financial center, and with a further stop over the weekend in Berlin, the country’s
In quick succession on 7 and 15 November 2023, the Administrative Court of Berlin (Verwaltungsgericht Berlin, the “VG Berlin”) has ruled on procedural matters in foreign direct investment review proceedings of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
A synagogue in Berlin was firebombed. In Paris, the door of an elderly Jewish couple s apartment was burnedmezuzah. According to London police, there were 218 antisemitic hate crimes reported in the capital between October 1 and
A huge aquarium exploded inside a German hotel today, unleashing a 'tsunami' of water which caused 'unbelievable maritime damage' at a major tourist attraction.The 82ft-high tank, located in the foyer of the Radisson Blu hotel in central Berlin, burst at
A suspected spy with family ties to Russia's shadowy FSB has been found dead outside the country's embassy in Berlin. Kirill Zhalo, 35, was found lifeless outside the building in central Berlin at 7.20am on October 19 by German guards assigned
