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Fighting NSA and GCHQ in German and European Courts

-- By ThomasStreinz - 06 Mar 2015

In absence of any political will to take meaningful steps against the intrusion by NSA and GCHQ on the private life of German and European citizens, I am looking at Courts for relief. My confidence in Courts is nurtured by the post-war legacy of the German Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht), the development of a fundamental rights jurisprudence by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg, and the individual rights protection offered by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR? ) in Strasbourg. All three Courts are well known for stepping up against national governments. Now they need to step up against mass surveillance. Naturally, I will also address the limits of this jurisprudential approach but I believe it is the best shot we have.

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