Search and seizure - national proceedings

Federal Republic of Germany

Germany - Basic Law 1949 (2019) EN

I. Basic Rights

Article 13
[Inviolability of the home]
(2) Searches may be authorised only by a judge or, when time is of the essence, by other authorities designated by the laws and may be carried out only in the manner therein prescribed.

III. The Bundestag

Article 40
[Presidency – Rules of procedure]
(2) The President shall exercise proprietary and police powers in the Bundestag building. No search or seizure may take place on the premises of the Bundestag without his permission.

Rome Statute

Article 93 Other forms of cooperation

1. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and under procedures of national law, comply with requests by the Court to provide the following assistance in relation to investigations or prosecutions:

(h) The execution of searches and seizures;