Constitutional complaint against assisted-suicide ban inadmissible

BVerfG 2 BvR 2507/16Bverfg / 2. Senat 2. KammerJul 20, 2017Dismissed

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Omnilex summary

The Second Chamber of the Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court rejected an inadmissible challenge against Judge Müller because he did not belong to the chamber hearing the case. It then declined to accept the constitutional complaint against Section 217 StGB, finding that the complainant lacked direct and present interference and therefore failed to satisfy the requirements of Section 93a(2) BVerfGG. The decision is final.

Omnilex headnote

§ 90 BVerfGG, § 93a Abs. 2 BVerfGG; constitutional complaint against a statutory provision is inadmissible absent direct and present interference. A constitutional complaint requires present, immediate impact on the complainant; a merely mediated, future, or uncertain effect does not suffice. A challenge against a judge is inadmissible where the judge is not part of the deciding chamber and is not called to participate in the proceedings.

Full text

BVerfG — 2 BvR 2507/16, Kammerbeschluss ohne Begründung

Entscheidungsdatum: 2017-07-20

Aktenzeichen: 2 BvR 2507/16

ECLI: ECLI:DE:BVerfG:2017:rk20170720.2bvr250716

Dokumenttyp: Kammerbeschluss ohne Begründung

Normen: § 90 BVerfGG, § 93a Abs 2 BVerfGG, § 217 StGB vom 10.12.2015

Spruchkörper: 2. Senat 2. Kammer

Titelzeile

Nichtannahmebeschluss mit Tenorbegründung: Rechtssatzverfassungsbeschwerde gegen § 217 StGB idF vom 10.12.2015 (geschäftsmäßige Förderung der Selbsttötung) mangels unmittelbarer und gegenwärtiger Beschwer unzulässig - Verwerfung eines unzulässigen Ablehnungsgesuchs

Tenor

Das Ablehnungsgesuch gegen den Richter Müller wird als unzulässig verworfen. Richter Müller ist nicht zur Mitwirkung in diesem Verfahren berufen. Er gehört nicht der 2. Kammer des Zweiten Senats an.

Die Verfassungsbeschwerde wird nicht zur Entscheidung angenommen. Sie erfüllt nicht die Annahmevoraussetzungen des § 93a Abs. 2 BVerfGG. Die Verfassungsbeschwerde ist mangels unmittelbarer (BVerfGK 8, 75 <76>; 15, 491 <502>) und gegenwärtiger Beschwer (BVerfGE 1, 97 <102>; 43, 291 <385 f.>; 60, 360 <371>; 74, 297 <319>; 114, 258 <277>) unzulässig.

Diese Entscheidung ist unanfechtbar.

Keywords

constitutional complaintstandingdirect interferencepresent interferencejudicial challengeinadmissibility

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Key legal question

Whether the challenge against Judge Müller was admissible

Extracted holding

The challenge was inadmissible because Judge Müller was not assigned to participate in the proceedings and did not belong to the Second Chamber of the Second Senate.

Extracted reasoning

A judge who is not part of the deciding chamber is not called to participate in the case; therefore a challenge against him lacks a procedural basis.

Key legal question

Whether the constitutional complaint should be accepted for decision

Extracted holding

The complaint was not accepted because the requirements of Section 93a(2) BVerfGG were not met.

Extracted reasoning

The complaint was inadmissible for lack of direct and present interference; without immediate and current injury, constitutional complaint standing is absent.

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