Our panel will explore the impact of strategic litigation on the development of fundamental rights and public security. Ulf Buermeyer co-founded the Berlin-based NGO Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF, Society for Civil Rights) in 2015 and has since served as its Director and Board Member. The GFF aims to defend fundamental and human rights through strategic litigation. Having argued and won several landmark cases before various courts, including the German Constitutional Court, the GFF has grown into a vital institution of German civil society and has made significant contributions to the doctrinal development of fundamental rights and security law.
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