NCJ Number
52967
Date Published
1978
Length
41 pages
Annotation
PREPARED BY THE WEST GERMANY MINISTRY OF JUSTICE IN 1978, THIS PAMPHLET PRESENTS THE BACKGROUND AND PROVISIONS OF THE CONTACT BAN LAW OF OCTOBER 1977, A LAW DIRECTED AT THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF TERRORISM.
Abstract
THIS LAW WAS DEVELOPED OUT OF A NEED TO REGULATE CONTACT BOTH BETWEEN PRISONERS WHO ARE SUSPECTED OR CONFIRMED TERRORISTS AND THE OUTSIDE WORLD AND AMONG PRISONERS THEMSELVES. IT IS INVOKED DURING CRISES INVOLVING THREATS BY TERRORISTS TO LIFE, LIMB, OR FREEDOM. THE LAW PROVIDES LEGAL FOUNDATION TO BAR TEMPORARILY ALL CONNECTION BETWEEN PRISONERS AND THE OUTSIDE WORLD AND OTHER PRISONERS, ORAL AND WRITTEN CONTACT WITH DEFENSE LAWYERS MAY ALSO BE BARRED. THE CONTACT BAN WAS INITIALLY APPLIED TO IMPRISONED TERRORISTS AFTER THE TERRORIST KIDNAPPING OF HANNS MARTIN SCHLEYER ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1977. THE LEGAL CONDITIONS ESTABLISHED FOR THE LAW ARE DESCRIBED, INCLUDING PRISONERS' RIGHTS THAT ARE RESPECTED AND THOSE THAT ARE WAIVED, AND PROVISIONS ON WHO SHOULD ISSUE THE BAN, HOW LONG IT SHOULD LAST, HOW OFTEN AND UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS IT CAN BE REISSUED, HOW PROVISIONAL BANS SHOULD OPERATE DURING PERIODS OF TRANSITION, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE LAW CONFORMS TO THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS. FINALLY, SIMILAR PROVISIONS ARE DEFINED AS THEY APPEAR IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM, ITALY, DENMARK, THE NETHERLANDS, SWEDEN, AUSTRIA, AND SWITZERLAND. --IN GERMAN. (MHP) # 59197. --IN GERMAN. (MHP)