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Constitutional complaints inadmissible for failure to exhaust remedies under ECHR

BVerfG 2 BvR 2356/12, 2 BvR 2485/12Bverfg / 2. Senat 2. KammerFeb 23, 2015Inadmissible

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The Federal Constitutional Court joined two constitutional complaint proceedings and then refused to accept them. It held that the complainants had not properly exhausted the legal process insofar as they based the alleged fundamental-rights violation on an asserted breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. The order is final and not subject to appeal.

Omnilex headnote

§ 90 Abs. 2 S. 1 BVerfGG; constitutional complaint and exhaustion of remedies where the complaint is based on an alleged violation of the ECHR; a complainant must raise the convention-based grievance before the ordinary courts in a sufficiently specific manner. Failure to do so renders the constitutional complaint inadmissible. The Court may join parallel proceedings by order.

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BVerfG — 2 BvR 2356/12, 2 BvR 2485/12, Kammerbeschluss ohne Begründung

Entscheidungsdatum: 2015-02-23

Aktenzeichen: 2 BvR 2356/12, 2 BvR 2485/12

ECLI: ECLI:DE:BVerfG:2015:rk20150223.2bvr235612

Dokumenttyp: Kammerbeschluss ohne Begründung

Normen: § 90 Abs 2 S 1 BVerfGG, MRK

Vorinstanz: vorgehend LG Göttingen, 21. August 2012, Az: 1 T 43/11, Beschlussvorgehend AG Göttingen, 27. März 2011, Az: 4 XIV 6/10 L, Beschlussvorgehend LG Göttingen, 21. August 2012, Az: 1 T 42/11, Beschlussvorgehend AG Göttingen, 27. März 2011, Az: 4 XIV 8/10 L, Beschluss

Spruchkörper: 2. Senat 2. Kammer

Titelzeile

Nichtannahmebeschluss ohne Begründung: Mangelnde Rechtswegerschöpfung bzgl der Rüge eines Verstoßes gegen die EMRK (juris: MRK)

Tenor

Die Verfahren über die Verfassungsbeschwerden werden verbunden.

Die Verfassungsbeschwerden werden nicht zur Entscheidung angenommen; insbesondere haben die Beschwerdeführer, soweit sie sich zur Begründung einer behaupteten Grundrechtsverletzung auf einen Verstoß gegen die Europäische Menschenrechtskonvention berufen, den Rechtsweg nicht ordnungsgemäß erschöpft (vgl. BVerfGE 112, 50 <62>; 129, 78 <93>).

Diese Entscheidung ist unanfechtbar.

Keywords

constitutional complaintadmissibilityexhaustion of remediesECHRnon-acceptancejoining of proceedings

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the constitutional complaints should be accepted for decision despite the alleged ECHR violation

Extracted holding

The complaints were not accepted because, insofar as they relied on an alleged violation of the European Convention on Human Rights, the complainants had not properly exhausted the legal remedies.

Extracted reasoning

Under § 90(2) sentence 1 BVerfGG, constitutional complaint is admissible only after proper exhaustion of the legal process; this includes sufficiently raising the ECHR-based complaint before the ordinary courts.

Key legal question

Whether the two proceedings should be joined

Extracted holding

The proceedings were joined.

Extracted reasoning

The order expressly states the proceedings are combined.

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