First report: Important developments and substantive issues, March-July 2016 2016, para. 34
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- The democratic oversight of intelligence services in Germany remains a cause for concern. The Special Rapporteur shares the concerns of Nils Muižnieks, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, and notes that his findings of October 2015 have not been contradicted. In particular, that: Current challenges relating to effective oversight of intelligence and security services in Germany include the lack of resources and expertise, the scope of the oversight of telecommunications, problems of coordination, as well as the absence of effective remedies for persons affected by surveillance of their telecommunications. The Commissioner is particularly concerned by the lack of resources and technical expertise of the oversight bodies and their secretariat. In this respect, the ratio of the number of overseers to the number of those subject to oversight is especially telling: two bodies of 13 members, supported by a small secretariat, are responsible for the oversight of activities involving, for the largest agency (the BND), a staff of about 6,000. It is the Special Rapporteur's intention to follow up such concerns in various forums, including IIOF2016 and, at the appropriate moment, directly with the Government of Germany.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 34
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