US EditionGermany Top Court Dismisses Case Challenging US Use of Air Base for Drone Attacks
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Germany top court dismisses case challenging US use of air base for drone attacks
The German Federal Constitutional Court on Tuesday dismissed a constitutional complaint brought by two Yemeni citizens regarding the United States’ use of a German air base to deploy drones. The Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court, Germany’s highest court, delivered the judgment in the decade-long case. Before the court, plaintiffs had challenged the decisions of previous courts, arguing that the Federal Republic of Germany violate…
It is an old case, but the decision is highly up-to-date. The Federal Constitutional Court has decided whether Germany bears a co-responsibility when the US uses technical facilities at its Ramstein military base for drone attacks on people abroad.
The Federal Constitutional Court does not recognize Germany's complicity in the U.S. drone war – although the Ramstein base plays a central role. A verdict that denies victims justice and raises questions of complicity The Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe seems either forgotten – or disinterested. It was the evening of August 29, 2012, when an American predator drone flew over the Yemeni village of Khashamir. At least two Hellfire missiles were…
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