I.   Monographs

• Conveyance of intelligence information to law enforcement agencies (dotoral thesis, Cologne 2013), 721 pages, published by Duncker & Humblot publishers, Berlin 2014.

Reviews:

– Arzt, in: DÖV 2015, 192-195.
– Ebert, in: DIE POLIZEI 2015, 181 f.
– Ebert, in: ThürVbl. 2015, 71.
– Soiné, in: ArchKrim 2015, 143 f.
– Petri, in: ZD-aktuell 2015, 04133.
– Wolff, in: GA 2016, 165-167.

II.   Editorships

• Grützner/Pötz/Kreß/Gazeas/Brodowski, International Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters. The relevant provisions for the legal relations of the Federal Republic of Germany with foreign countries in criminal matters, edited by Claus Kreß, Nikolaos Gazeas and Dominik Brodowski, loose-leaf collection with continuing updates, 3rd edition, C.F. Müller, Heidelberg 2018, status: 55th delivery November 2023 (approx. 11,000 pages)
• Dietrich/Fahrner/Gazeas/von Heintschel-Heinegg, Handbook Security Law and State Protection Law, 1,914 pages, C.H. Beck, Munich 2022.

III.   Commentaries 

• Sec. 89a CC (Preparation of a serious violent offence endangering the state), Sec. 89b CC (Establishing contacts for the purpose of committing a seriouus violent offence endangering the state), Sec. 91 CC (Encouraging the commission of serious violent offence endangering the state) in: Leipold/Tsambikakis/Zöller (ed.): A Lawyers Commentary to the German Criminal Code, published by Deutscher Anwaltverlag, 1st ed. Bonn 2011 (33 pages), 2nd ed. published by C.F. Müller publishers, Heidelberg 2015 (66 pages).
• Sec. 129 CC (Forming Criminal Organizations), Sec. 129a CC (Forming Terrorist Organizations), Sec. 129b CC (Criminal and Terroris Organizations Abroad; Extended Confiscation and Deprivation), in: Leipold/Tsambikakis/Zöller (ed.): A Lawyers Commentary to the German Criminal Code, published by Deutscher Anwaltverlag, 1st ed. Bonn 2011 (31 pages), 2nd ed. published by C.F. Müller publishers, Heidelberg 2015 (36 pages).
• § 36 StGB (Parliamentary Statements), § 37 StGB (Parliamentary Reports) in: Münchener Kommentar zum StGB, ed. by Volker Erb and Jürgen Schäfer, 4th edition, C.H. Beck, Munich 2020; 5th ed. 2023 (in preparation).
• § 51 und § 65 Law on Designs (DesignGesetz), in: von Vohwinkel (ed.), BeckOK DesignR (Law on Designs and Regulation on Community Designs), C.H. Beck, Munich 2019 et seq (continuously updated).

IV.   Contributions to Commemorative Publications

• Europeanisation of the term “organisation“ in Sec. 129 et seqq. CC? Thoughts on recent case law of the German Federal Court of Justice, in: Paeffgen/Böse/Kindhäuser et al.: Poenology as analysis and construct, Publication in Celebration of the 70th birthday of Ingeborg Puppe, published by Duncker & Humblot publishers, Berlin 2011, pp. 1487-1500 (together with Claus Kreß).
• Gerhart Baum and Alexej Nawalny, in: Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (ed.): On a Liberal Mission. Gerhart Baum and the German Democracy. Publication in Celebration of the 90th birthday, NZZ Libro, Basel 2022, pp. 133 – 137.

V.   Contributions to other Books 

• Recent Developments in substantive Criminal Law concerning Terrorism in Germany – Penalizing the stay in „Terror-Camps“ (Sec. 89a CC), in: Nußberger/Salygin/Ivanov/Kreß/Sachs (ed.): Terrorism as a Challenge for Public International Law and National Law – A German-Russian Dialogue, Moscow, 2010, pp. 292-314.
• Sec. 18 – Organized Crime, in: Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Cooperation with Sieber/Brüner/Satzger/von Heintschel-Heinegg (ed.): European Criminal Law, 1st ed. published by Nomos publishers Baden-Baden 2011, pp. 324-333 (together with Claus Kreß), 2nd ed. published by Nomos publishers Baden-Baden 2014, pp. 356-365 (together with Claus Kreß).
• Sec. 19 – Terrorism, in: Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Cooperation with Sieber/Brüner/Satzger/von Heintschel-Heinegg (ed.): European Criminal Law, 1st ed. published by Nomos publishers Baden-Baden 2011, pp. 334-350 (together with Claus Kreß), 2nd ed. published by Nomos publishers Baden-Baden 2014, pp. 366-383 (together with Claus Kreß).
• La nueva regulación de la custodia de seguridad en Alemania. Una perspectiva sobre la nueva concepción derivada de las sentencias del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos y del Tribunal Constitucional alemán. (The revision of preventive detention in Germany. An Overview of the planned redesign on the basis of new judgements from the European Court of Human Rights and the German Federal Constitutional Court), in: Eduardo Demetrio Crespo (ed.), Neurociencia y Derecho penal: nuevas perspectivas en el ámbito de la culpabilidad y tratamiento jurídico-penal de la peligrosidad, Madrid Buenos Aires Montevideo 2013, S. 629 – 649. Translation into Portuguese (in preparation).
• Special Features of Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Proceedings Related to State Protection, in: Dietrich/Fahrner/Gazeas/von Heintschel-Heinegg, Handbook Security and State Protection Law, C.H. Beck, Munich 2022.
• Extradition Law and International Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, in: Kruse/Tute (eds.), Corporate Criminal Liability in Germany, C.H. Beck, Munich (in preparation for 2023).

  VI.   Essays

• The European Evidence Warrant – Another Step in the wrong direction?, in: ZRP 2005, pp. 18-22.
• Subsequent Preventive Detention – A Political Aberration?, in StraFO 2005, pp. 9-15.
• Human Rights are too expensive – On a Detainees Right to Compensation for inhumane Treatment (likewise annotation on BGH (FCJ) III ZR 361/03, Judgement of November 4th2004 = BGHZ 161, 33), in: HRRS 2005, pp. 171-177.
• “Stalking” as a Criminal Offence – Effective Protection or a finger in the dike?, in: KJ 2006, pp. 247-268.
• Stalking as a Criminal Offence, in: JR 2007, pp. 497-505.
• The new Offences in German Penal Legislation for the Protection of the State – An Attempt at a first Interpretation of Secs. 89a, 89b and 91 CC, in: NStZ 2009, pp. 593-604 (together with Th. Grosse-Wilde and A. Kießling)
• Too much? – On the Tightening of the German Terrorism Laws, in: DRiZ 2015, pp. 218-224.
• Assurances in extradition traffic within the European Union, in: Goltdammer’s Archive for Criminal Law (GA) 2018, pp. 277 – 286.
• The new money laundering criminal law: far-reaching consequences for practice, in: NJW 2021, pp. 1041-1046.
• Legal Certainty in the Use of Confidential Persons and the Prohibition of Provocation of Crimes in Conformity with the Rule of Law: A Proposed Regulation, in: Strafverteidiger (StV) 2023, pp. 414 – 421 (with Matthias Jahn and Yannic Hübner).

VII.   Case Annotations

• FCC – 1 BvR 1359/05 of December 27th 2005, non-acceptance order (On a Detainees Right to Compensation for inhumane Treatment), in: ZfStrVo 2006, pp. 185-186.
• FCJ – 3 StR 244/09 of November 19th 2009 (Sec. 238 CC – Stalking), in: NJW 2010, pp. 1684-1685.
• District Court Koblenz – 4 Qs 66/14 of October 27th 2014 (On the Requirements of a Search Order against non-suspects), in: juris Praxisreport-Compliance 1/2015 Anm. 3.
• FCJ – 3 StR 537/14 of July 9th 2015 – BGHSt 60, 308 (On the determination of competitive relationships in criminal offences within the framework of membership in a criminal organisation), in: Strafverteidiger (StV) 2016, pp. 502 – 505.
• FCJ – 3 StR 326/16 of April 6th 2017 – BGHSt 62, 102 (On the preparation of a serious violent act endangering the state by leaving the Federal Republic of Germany), in: Strafverteidiger (StV) 2018, pp. 84 – 88 (together with Thomas Grosse-Wilde).
• Higher Regional Court Schleswig – Decision of April 5th 2018 – I Ausl (A) 18/18 – (On the inadmissibility of the extradition to Spain of the former President of the Autonomous Government of Puigdemont in Catalonia), in: NJW 2018, pp. 1703-1704.
• District Court Osnabrück – 12 Qs 32/21 of February 9th 2022 (On the search of a federal ministry), in: Strafverteidiger 2022, pp. 507 – 510.

 VIII.   Reviews

• German Federal Ministry of Justice/Austrian Federal Ministry of Justice/Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police (ed.): Imprisonment – Recommendations of the Council of Europe 1962-2003, in: HRRS 2005, pp. 20-22.
• ter Haar/Lutz/Wiedenfels: Prädikatsexamen – The Road to Completing German Law Studies with Honors, in: JA 2006, p. 559.
• Helmut Satzger, International and European Criminal Law, in: ZIS 2006, pp. 459-462.
• Tido Park, Criminal Law and the Capital Market, 2nd ed. 2008, in: StRR 2009, pp. 57-58 (together with Michael Tsambikakis).
• Julius/Gercke/Kurth/Lemke/Pollähne/Temming/Woynar/Zöller, The Heidelberg Commentary on the German Code of Criminal Procedure, 4th ed. 2009, in: StRR 2009, pp. 379-380.
• Schenke/Graulich/Ruthig, Federal Security Law, 2015, in: NJW 2015, p. 3018.
• Jörg Arnold, Denouncer 3.0. How modern media endanger the rule of law. Experiences of criminal defence and critical reflections. Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag, Berlin 2020, in: Goltdammer’s Archiv für Strafrecht (GA) 2023 (forthcoming).

IX.   Various

• Germany would not have to extradite Snowden to the USA, ZEIT online, March 8th 2014
• Written Statement of March 19th 2015 for the Standing Committee on Justice and Consumer Protection of the German Parliament concerning the draft law of the parliamentary groups of CDU/CSU and SPD of February 24th 2015 (BT-Drs. 18/4087) – Draft Law to Change the Persecution of the Preparation of Serious Offences Endangering the State (GVVG-ÄndG) – in the Public Session on March 23rd Public Session on March 23rd 2015.
• The Akhanlı case could end up causing damage to Erdogan, ZEIT online, August 23rd 2017
• Statement following the joint hearing of the Standing Committee and the Committee on Home Affairs, Digitalisation and Migration of the Landtag Baden-Württemberg on October 26th 2017 on the draft laws of the government of the Land – Act amending the Land Constitutional Protection Act and the Implementing Act to Article 10 of the Act (Drs. 16/2740) and Act amending the Police Act and the Act on the Opening of Shops in BW (Drs. 16/2741) of November 2nd 2017.
• Obituary for Paul-Günter Pötz, in: Grützner/Pötz/Kreß/Gazeas, International Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, 3rd edition, 44th delivery (March 2018) (together with Claus Kreß).
• Position on the Puigdemont case: Legally correct and pleasingly clear under the rule of law, NJW-aktuell 19/2018, p. 14
• Guest article in Legal Tribune Online (LTO) on the ruling of the Bundesverfassungsgericht on the BND Act of 22 May 2020, available at https://www.lto.de/recht/hintergruende/h/bverfg-1-bvr-2835-17-bnd-auslandsueberwachung-kontrolle-nachrichtendienste-kontrolle-grundrechte-ausland-was-das-urteil-bedeutet/.
• Editorial “No more of the same – for a rational crime policy with a sense of proportion in the traffic light coalition”, in: Strafverteidiger 2020, issue 9/2021.

26^th September 2023

Interview in PHOENIX Der Tag (TV) on the criminal proceedings against five suspects in London in connection with espionage allegations and the alleged involvement of Jan Marsalek therein

12^th September 2023

Statement in SPIEGEL online on legal issues of prisoner exchange with foreign countries, specifically on the zoo murderer Krasnikov and a prisoner exchange with Russia

7^th September 2023

Interview on Bavarian Radio on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of INTERPOL

5^th August 2023

Statement in Kölner StadtAnzeiger, p. 1, on the renewed conviction of Alexei Nawalny

4^th August 2023

Statement in SPIEGEL online on the further verdict against Alexei Nawalny in Russia (own mandate), further article available here

17^th July 2023

Statement in SPIEGEL online on the draft law of the Federal Ministry of Justice on the use of confidential informants (so-called V-persons) in criminal proceedings

19^th June 2023

Interview on WDR 5 about current circumstances in the case of Nawalny (own mandate)

6^th June 2023

Interview in the ARD documentary “Rich and Poor in Court” (ARD Story), see also FAZ

5^th May 2023

Interview in the Kölner StadtAnzeiger on the occasion of the award of the Walraff Prize to Alexei Nawalny, p. 12, see also KStA online (own mandate)

4^th May 2023

Statement in the newspaper DIE ZEIT (issue 19/2023) on Alexei Nawalny and the actions of the Putin regime (own mandate), in ZEIT online available

17^th March 2023

Statement in SPIEGEL online on the arrest warrant of the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Vladimir Putin.

26^th September 2022

Statement on the Siemens trial in Greece and the acquittals of all defendants (own mandate)

3^rd August 2022

Interview on questions of the admissibility of a prisoner exchange between Russia and the USA and a rendition of the Tiergarten murderer

23^rd March 2022

Statement in the Kölner StadtAnzeiger, p. 4, on the course of proceedings in the Nawalny trial, also available on the press portal (own mandate)

22^nd March 2022

Statement in Handelsblatt and SPIEGEL online on the court proceedings in the Nawalny case (own mandate)

10^th February 2022

Statement in SPIEGEL online on the decision of the Osnabrück Regional Court declaring the search at the Federal Ministry of Justice unlawful shortly before the election at the end of August 2021

13^rd December 2021

Statement in SPIEGEL online on the constitutional complaint proceedings against the Bavarian Constitutional Protection Act in the light of the upcoming oral proceedings

14^th October 2021

Interview in n-tv on criminal and extradition law issues and case of FC Bayern football player Lucas Hernándes in connection with his sentence to imprisonment in Spain

10^th September 2021

Statement in the Berliner Zeitung of 11/12 September, p. 3, on searches at the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection in connection with investigations for obstruction of justice in office concerning the FIU

10^th September 2021

Statement in SPIEGEL online on searches at the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection in connection with investigations for obstruction of justice in the FIU’s fight against money laundering

8^th September 2021

Further Statement on extradition law issues in the O’Sullivan case in connection with the actions of the law enforcement authorities in Singapore – Wirecard case

3^rd September 2021

Interview in Handelsblatt on extradition law issues in the case of Henry O’Sullivan after his arrest in Singapore in the Wirecard scandal

20^th August 2021

Statement on Deutschlandfunk on the Nawaly case on the occasion of the anniversary of the poisoning (own mandate)

14^th August 2021

Interview in FOCUS (issue 33/2022) with Nikolaos Gazeas on the Nawalny case (own mandate)

24^th March 2021

Report and statement in SPIEGEL on the occasion of the hearing in the Legal Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag on questions of creating a legal basis for the use of confidential informants (so-called V-persons) in criminal proceedings

22^nd March 2021

Statement at LTO on questions of the constitutionality of the interception of sources in planned legislation of the German Bundestag

31^st January 2021

Statement in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS), p. 1 and p. 2 on the Nawalny case, available in faz.net (own mandate)

28^th January 2021

Statement in DIE ZEIT 5/2021, p. 2 on the political persecution of Alexei Nawalny, also available at ZEIT online (own mandate)

23^rd January 2022

Statement in the Luzerner Zeitung, the Schweizer Tageblatt, the Oltner Tageblatt (CH), the Austrian STANDARD on the criminal proceedings against Alexei Nawalny (own mandate)

22^nd January 2021

Statement in the Salzburger Nachrichten on the criminal proceedings against Alexei Nawalny in Moscow (own mandate)

18^th January 2021

Interviews on WDR 5 and in Kölner StadtAnzeiger on the arrest of Alexei Nawalny in Moscow (own mandate)

18^th January 2021

Statements and interviews on ZDF, SPIEGEL and WDR on the arrest of Alexei Nawalny (own mandate)

18^th January 2021

Interview with Nawalny lawyer Dr. Nikolaos Gazeas on Nawalny’s arrest in Moscow (own mandate)

18^th January 2021

Statement on Deutschlandfunk on the arrest of Alexei Nawalny (own mandate)

21^st Juli 2020

Interview in the online edition of the Handelsblatt on extradition law issues in connection with the Wirecard/Jan Marsalek case.

21^st Juli 2020

Statement in the Handelsblatt, 21st Juli 2020, page 7, on extradition law issues in connection with the Wirecard/Jan Marsalek case.

12^th June 2020

Statement in ZEIT online on legal issues in connection with the arrest of 35 people after a protest in Hamburg.

30^th May 2020

Statement in the SPIEGEL, issue 23/2020, p. 51 on criminal law issues in connection with the indictment of the “second suspect” for aiding and abetting the murder of the CDU politician Walter Lübcke.

22^nd May 2020

Guest article in Legal Tribune Online (LTO) on the ruling of the Bundesverfassungsgericht on the BND Act.

20^th May 2020

Statement in the Rheinische Post of May 20, 2020, p. 4, on the ruling of the Bundesverfassungsgericht on the BND Act in connection with Foreign to Foreign Telecommunications Intelligence Service.

19^th May 2020

Interview in Deutschlandfunk on the ruling of the Bundesverfassungsgericht on the BND Act in connection with Foreign to Foreign Telecommunications Intelligence Service.

11^th April 2020

Interview together with the former Federal Minister of the Interior and lawyer Gerhard Baum for Legal Tribune Online (LTO) on the legal classification of the anti-corona-measures.

9^th March 2020

Interview on SPIEGEL online on criminal law issues in connection with the use of police informants in criminal proceedings

7^th March 2020

Statement in the SPIEGEL, issue 11/2020, p. 8 ff., p. 10, 12 on criminal law issues in connection with the use of police informants in criminal proceedings.

Available in English here.

18^th February 2020

Statement on Deutschlandfunk radio on the draft law on the planned adjustment of the constitution protection law and the planned legalisation of online searches by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution.

11^th February 2020

Interview on Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR Der Tag) on the extradition proceedings against Julian Assange.

4^th January 2020

Interview in the Kölner Stadtanzeiger of January 4, 2020, p. 25, on legal questions of abandonment from an attempt to commit a crime in connection with the act of a Cologne politician.

30^th October 2019

Interview on Deutschlandfunk on questions of how to combat hate crime on the Internet under criminal law and the German government’s bundle of countermeasures.

30^th October 2019

Interview in the Kölner-Stadt-Anzeiger of 30th October 2019, p. 24, on the subject of hate crime on the occasion of the decision of the Berlin Regional Court in the Renate Künast case.

29^th October 2019

Live-interview on PHOENIX on the public hearing of the three presidents of the German intelligence services in the Parliamentary Control Committee of the German Bundestag as well as another interview on the statements of Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer on the G6 meeting of interior ministers.

28^th October 2019

Statement in the newspapers DIE WELT as well as the Westdeutschen Zeitung and the WDR on the current draft legislation in the NRW state parliament to create an independent police commissioner.

15^th October 2019

Interview on n-tv about the verdict of the Spanish Tribunal Supremo against the Catalan separatist leaders and questions about the extradition of Carles Puigdemont from Belgium to Spain.

12^th October 2019

Statement in the SPIEGEL, issue 42/2019, p. 48, on the necessity of creating a legal basis for the use of police informers in criminal proceedings.

14^th June 2019

Statement on Deutsche Welle about the initiative of the conference of the ministers of the interior to use data from smart home devices (e.g. Amazon-Alexa) for law prosecution purposes.

14^th June 2019

Interview on 1Live (WDR) about the initiative of the conference of the ministers of the interior to use data from smart home devices (e.g. Amazon-Alexa) for law prosecution purposes.

26^th April 2019

Statement in the Schwäbische Zeitung on the verdict in the Schlecker trial.

15^th April 2019

Interview on n-tv on the indictment of the Braunschweig public prosecutor’s office against former VW CEO Martin Winterkorn.

12^th April 2019

Interview in the Deutschlandfunk on questions of extradition law concerning the arrest of Julian Assange.

12^th April 2019

Interview on n-tv on questions of extradition law concerning the arrest of Julian Assange.

11^th April 2019

Interview in the ARD-Magazine Kontraste about the possibility of using data from Amazon Alexa for prosecution purposes.

11^th April 2019

Statement in the Deutsche Welle on the arrest of Julian Assange in the ecuadorian embassy in London.

30^th March 2019

Statement in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on the draft of a law extending the powers of the BND.

8^th February 2019

Interviews at PHOENIX on the occasion of the move the BND to Berlin (another interview with PHOENIX Der Tag).

18^th January 2019

Interview with Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) on the question as to how far Audi managers accused in the USA are threatened with extradition to the USA in the diesel affair.

16^th January 2019

Statement on the legal framework of a test case and a suspected case of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution in relation to the AfD in the online edition of Süddeutschen Zeitung.

12^th December 2018

Statement on the new Police Law NRW (Polizeigesetz NRW) in Legal Tribune Online.

12^th December 2018

Interview with WDR 5 on the new Police Act NRW (Polizeigesetz NRW).

14^th November 2018

Statement as an expert in the legislative procedure on the new Police Law NRW (Polizeigesetz NRW) in the online edition of Rheinischen Post and Neuen Westfälische.

26^th October 2018

Statement on the judgment of German national Patrick K. in Turkey in ZDF heute journal.

11^th October 2018

Statement in the Kölner Stadtanzeiger, p. 8, on the planned amendments to the new Police Act NRW (Polizeigesetz NRW)

28^th September 2018

Interview with Domradio on the possibilities of law enforcement authorities to prosecute cases of abuse in the Catholic Church.

20^th August 2018

Interview with juve.de and Legal Tribune Online on the constitutional complaint of the FDP against the regulations on online search and the so called “source telecommunications surveillance” in the German Criminal Procedure Code (Staatstrojaner). Further comments can be found at sueddeutsche.de, Zeit online, SPIEGEL online, n-tv.de, tagesspiegel.de.

16^th August 2018

Interview with Deutschlandfunk on the Sami A. case and the decision of the NRW Higher Administrative Court (on the obligation of bring Sami A.’s return to Germany).

13^th July 2018

Statement in the Spanish daily newspaper ELPAÍS, p. 15, on the decision of the Higher Regional Court in the Puigdemont extradition procedure.

12^th July 2018

Statement in Legal Tribune Online on the decision of the Higher Regional Court Schleswig-Holstein in the Puigdemont extradition procedure.

15^th June 2018

Statement in ZEIT online on questions of extradition rights in connection with the return of Ali B. (“Susanna case”) from Iraq.

10^th June 2018

Interview with WDR-show “Westpol” on the new Police Law/Act NRW (Polizeigesetz NRW) in the legislative procedure.

8^th June 2018

Interview with SWR 1 on legal issues of extradition rights (inter alia in the case of the suspect who fled to Iraq in the Susanna case).

7^th June 2018

Statement in the Kölner Stadtanzeiger on the planned reform of the Police Act NRW (Polizeigesetz NRW).

28^th May 2018

Statement in the Spanish daily newspaper ELPAÍS on the decision of the Higher Regional Court Schleswig-Holstein in the Puigdemont extradition procedure.

6^th April 2018

Interview in ARD Morgenmagazin on the Puigdemont extradition procedure.

6^th April 2018

Discussion with Nikolaos Gazeas in Deutschlandfunk Kultur,  „Wortwechsel“.

3^rd Apil 2018

Interview with ZEIT online on the Puigdemont extradition procedure.

30^th March 2018

Statement in the French newspaper Le Monde on the Puigdemont extradition procedure.

26^th March 2018

Statements and Interviews on the Puigdemont case in ZDF heute journal, ARD Mittagsmagazin, n-tv Nachrichten am Mittag, ZEIT online, Legal Tribune Online,  Deutschlandfunk, El Pais, SRF, SPIEGEL online.

17^th February 2018

Statement in the SPIEGEL, issue 8/2018, p. 45, on Interpol and Red Notices in cases with political relevance.

9^th January 2018

Interview with Deutschlandfunk Nova on the issues of possible prosecution of the former Iranian “Death Judge” Sharudi in Germany.

18^th October 2017

Statement in Süddeutschen Zeitung p. 6, on the issues of criminal liability for espionage in Germany in connection with a current case before the federal Supreme Court and on the effects of the case law of the Federal Supreme Court.

11^th September 2017

Interview with Phoenix on the issues of state security and legal prosecution, especially in connection with the New Year’s Eve cases in Cologne 2016.

30^th / 31^st August 2017

Statement in FAZ.net, in Deutsche Welle and in ZEIT online on legal issues of securing mobile data of asylum seekers for the purpose of establishing identity and origin.

23^rd August 2017

Guest contribution in ZEIT online on the Akhanli case and the legal reasons why Spain is not legally obliged to extradite Dogan Akhanli to Turkey despite existing extradition agreements with Turkey.

22^nd / 23^rd August 2017

Statement in the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger and in the Berliner Zeitung in connection with legal questions regarding Interpol and the arrest and possible extradition in the Akhanli case.

21^st August 2017

Interview with Deutschlandfunk Nova on Interpol and its working methods in international cooperation.

21^st August 2017

Interview with Deutschlandfunk on questions of extradition rights in connection with the arrest of Dogan Akhanli in Spain at the request of Turkey.

20^th August 2017

Statement on tagesschau.de on the case of the German writer Dogan Akhanli arrested in Spain and on questions of extradition rights in connection with Turkey’s extradition request.

19^th August 2017

Statement in FAZ.net on the legal assessment of the new regulation on the search of data carriers of refugees.

29^th July 2017

Interview with Deutschlandfunk Nova on the case of 16-year-old Linda W. and on the question of a possible extradition from Iraq to Germany and the criminal investigation of the case in Germany.

14^th June 2017

Statement in Süddeutschen Zeitung on the consideration of the Conference of Ministers of Home Affairs to have minors monitored to a greater extent than hitherto by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution.

19^th May 2017

Interview with Deutsche Welle on the Assange case and the effects of the termination of the criminal proceedings against him in Sweden and a possible criminal case in Great Britain.

27. April 2017

Stellungnahme im ARD-Magazin Monitor zum geplanten neuen BKA-Gesetz.

28^th March 2017

Statement in Süddeutschen Zeitung, S. 6,  on the question of the criminal liability of spying on Gülen supporters and other Erdogan critics in Germany.

21^st March 2017

Statement in General-Anzeiger and in RP online on the judgment of the Regional Court Essen in connection with the attacks on the Sikh Temple in Essen.

22^nd February 2017

Interview with Legal Tribune Online about the planned authority to evaluate mobile phones and other data carriers of asylum seekers.

20^th February 2017

Statement in ZEIT online on the federal government’s planned law to evaluate mobile phones and other data carriers of asylum seekers.

11^th January 2017

Statement in Wall Street Journal (print edition, p. A7) on the discussion about a tightening of security laws to combat terrorism on the occasion of the Anis Amri case.

10^th January 2017

Interview in Deutschlandfunk on the planned tightening of security laws on the occasion of the case of Anis Amri.

9^th January 2017

Statement in SPIEGEL online on the actions of the authorities in the Anis Amri case – terrorist attack on the Christmas market in Berlin – and on the discussion about tightening security laws.

7^th January 2017

Statement in SPIEGEL, issue 2/2017, p. 10 ff., on the actions of the authorities in the case of Anis Amri – terrorist attack on the Christmas market in Berlin – and on the discussion on tightening security laws – available here in English.

31^st December 2016

Stellungnahme inDeutschlandfunk on the legal processing of the New Year’s Eve incidents in Cologne exactly one year ago.

27^th December 2016

Statement in ZEIT online on the proposals of the CSU to change the security laws on the occasion of the terrorist attack in Berlin.

13^th December 2016

Interview in the ARD Magazin FAKT about the research results of FAKT, according to which German companies are apparently affected by US espionage.

24^th November 2016

Interview in Deutschlandfunk on the question of the interrogation of Edward Snowden before the NSA investigative committee after the decision of the investigating judge at the Federal Supreme Court and on the question of Germany’s obligation to extradite him to the USA.

1^st September 2016

Interview with ZDF heute journal about the investigation in Switzerland against Franz Beckenbauer in connection with the award of the 2006 World Cup.

5^th August 2016

Statement in Deutsche Welle on questions of extradition and diplomatic immunity of Venezuela’s Minister of Home Affairs and Venezuela’s military attaché in Germany with regard to their prosecution in the USA.

8^th July 2016

Statement in SPIEGEL online on the planned reform of the BND law.

9^th June 2016

Statement on the planned draft law of a new BND law on the surveillance of foreign countries abroad in the Süddeutsche Zeitung p. 5 and at sueddeutsche.de (8^th June 2016).

9^th June 2016

Statement in the Berliner Zeitung, Kölner Stadt Anzeiger and the Frankfurter Rundschau on the legal classification of investigations into planned terrorist attacks in Germany.

6^th June 2016

Interview in WDR 5 (programme “Politikum”) on the cooperation of security authorities in Germany in the fight against terrorism.

12^th April 2016

Interview in the ARD magazine Fakt  and statement in  SPIEGEL online on the verdict against former NATO employee Manfred Klag for traitorous spying.

4^th March 2016

Interview in Deutsche Welle on the judgment of the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court against the IS returnee Nils D.

18^th February 2016

Statement on Deutschlandfunk on the criminal law boundaries at the carnival celebrations (kissing, celebrating, dancing – and legal boundaries).

4^th February 2016

Interview on Deutschlandfunk on the criminal law boundaries at the carnival celebrations (kissing, celebrating, dancing – and legal boundaries).

8^th January 2016

Interview in ZEIT online and statement in the Kölner Stadt Anzeiger, p.3, on criminal and immigration law issues in connection with the attacks on New Year’s Eve in Cologne and elsewhere.

7^th January 2016

Interview with in SWR 2 aktuell on criminal and immigration law issues in connection with the attacks on New Year’s Eve in Cologne and elsewhere.

6^th January 2016

Interview in Deutsche Welle on criminal and immigration law issues in connection with the New Year’s Eve attacks in Cologne and elsewhere (englisch version).

7^th December 2015

Statement in Deutsche Welle zon the Julian Assange case in the causa interrogation by the Swedish law enforcement authorities in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London (translated into 11 languages and published in various international media, see the english version, spanish version, publication in Daily News Egypt).

3^rd December 2015

Statement in SPIEGEL online on the fundamental decision of the German Federal Court of 27^th October 2015, according to which the “Terrorcamp-Paragraph” 89a StGB is to be applied cautiously in a foreign context in crisis areas.

9^th September 2015

Statement in Deutsche Welle on the criminal proceedings before the Koblenz Higher Regional Court in the case of espionage in connection with Turkey.

18^th August 2015

Statement in Deutsche Welle on the Julian Assange case.

10^th August 2015

Interview in Deutsche Welle on the investigations of the Federal Attorney General against the netzpolitik.org journalists for treason.

10^th August 2015

Statement in ZEIT online on the denied inspection of files by the Federal Attorney General in the netzpolitik.org case.

8^th August 2015

Statement in netzpolitik.org on the right of inspection of investigation files by the Federal Attorney General during investigative proceedings for treason against the netzpolitik.org journalist.

7^th August 2015

Statement in ZEIT online about the possible secret surveillance of the accused in connection with the treason investigations against the two journalists of netzpolitik.org.

22^nd June 2015

Statement in ZEIT online and in The Guardian on the arrest of Egyptial journalist Ahmend Mansur in Berlin in connection with the Egyptian extradition request.

5^th May 2015

Interview with Deutschlandfunk on legal questions in connection with the current BND-NSA-issue (findings on the nature and extent of the cooperation between the BND and NSA, use of selectors provided by the NSA to the BND; possible economic espionage, possible surveillance of French government officials and diplomats as well as members of the EU Commission).

11^th April 2015

Statement in SPIEGEL, issue 16/2015, pp. 28, on the legal admissibility of a search of medical practices and confiscation of medical records in the case of the co-pilot Lubitz (Germanwings crash).

24^th March 2015

Interview with Legal Tribune Online on the plans of the coalition fractions to tighten criminal law on terrorism (criminalization of departure and attempted departure for terrorist purposes and introduction of a criminal offence on terrorist financing).

2^nd March 2015

Statement in WDR Fernsehen (Aktuelle Stunde) on the suspension of criminal proceedings against Sebastian Edathy against payment of a fine.

15^th January 2015

Interview with WDR 2 on the legal issues of revoking extremists’ identity cards.

14^th November 2014

Interview in ZEIT online on the conviction of Al-Qaida members by the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court and on the current reform considerations to make the attempt to leave for a terror camp a punishable offence.

27^th October 2014

Statement in the SPIEGEL, issue 44/2014, p. 30, on the current plans of the Federal Government to tighten criminal law provisions regarding the fight against terrorism.

1^st October 2014

Interview on Deutschlandfunk on the current considerations in Germany to tighten laws against jihadists (blocking notice in identity cards, deprivation of the German citizenship and tightening of criminal law).

29^th September 2014

Statement in SPIEGEL, issue 40/2014, p. 16, on the considerations to tighten criminal law against jihadists on the occasion of the UN Security Council Resolution 2178 (2014) on the conviction of violent extremism of 24^th September 2014, also published on SPIEGEL online on 28^th September 2014.

5^th August 2014

Interview on WDR 5 (Morgenecho) on the legal background of the suspension of the criminal proceedings against Formula 1 Boss Ecclestone before the Munich District Court against a 100 Million USD fine payment.

29^th May 2014

Interview in NDR 2 (Kurier um 12) on the possible intention of the Federal Attorney General to refuse opening investigative proceedings in the NSA case.

27^th May 2014

Statement in ZDF Magazin Frontal 21 on the legal issues in connection with the interrogation of Edward Snowden as a witness by the German Parliamentary Committee investigation of the NSA spying scandal, in particular on the failure to issue an arrest warrant for Snowden in Germany.

8^th May 2014

Guest contribution Nikolaos Gazeas ” on ZEIT online “Germany is not obliged to extradite Snowden to the US”.

8^th May 2014

Interview with SWR 2 (aktuell) on the various legal questions in connection with the interrogation of Edward Snowden as a witness by the German Parliamentary Committee investigation of the NSA spying scandal.

8^th May 2014

Statement in Deutschen Welle on the first Federal Court of Justice judgment on § 89a StGB (preparation of a serious state endangering violent act).

3^rd May 2014

Interview on WDR 5 (Morgenecho) on the various legal questions in connection with the interrogation of Edward Snowden as a witness by the German Parliamentary Committee investigation of the NSA spying scandal.

22^nd April 2014

Statement on the legal questions regarding a possible testimony by Edward Snowden before the German Parliamentary Committee investigation of the NSA spying scandal as well as on the question of whether Germany has an extradition obligation towards the USA in the Kölner Stadt Anzeiger, the Berliner Zeitung and the Mitteldeutschen Zeitung.

27^th February 2014

Statement on the former Federal minister Hans-Peter Friedrich’s criminal liability in the Edathy case in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, p. 5.

24^th February 2014

Live interview on WDR 5 (Morgenecho) on the various legal questions in the Edathy case (criminal liability of child pornography, Sebastian Edathy’s criminal complaint against members of the public prosecutor’s officer Hannover, former Federal minister Hans-Peter Friedrich’s criminal liability).

18^th February 2014

Statement in ARD Tagesthemen on the question of criminal liability of child pornography as well as on the current reform considerations on the occasion of the Edathy case.

18^th February 2014

Interview in ZEIT online on the question of criminal liability of former Federal minister Hans-Peter Friedrich in the Edathy case.

15^th February 2014

Interview on ZEIT online on the question of criminal liability of members of the SPD party (Federal minister Sigmar Gabriel, faction leader Thomas Oppermann and Federal Minister Fank-Walter Steinmeier) in the Edathy case.

3^rd February 2014

Statement on the question of Amada Knox’s extradition by the USA to Italy after her murder conviction in the SPIEGEL, issue 6/2014, p. 81, in parts published on SPIEGEL online.

8^th January 2014

Statement on the criminal liability of German intelligence services’ liaison officers in  CICERO online.

15^th November 2013

Statement on the bilateral agreement between Germany and the USA regarding intelligence services in theSüddeutschen Zeitung, p 6.

4^th November 2013

Statement on the legal possibilities of a secured residence for Snowden in Germany and on the German obligation to extradite him to the USA in the SPIEGEL title issue 45/2013, p. 27.

26^th October 2013

Interview with WDR (Mittagsecho) and NDR Info on the investigations by the Public Prosecutor’s Office regarding possible surveillance of the Chancellor’s mobile phone.

26^th October 2013

Statement in the Deutsche Welle on the question whether a surveillance by the USA is permitted under applicable law (in english, portuguese, turkish ,croatian).

25^th October 2013

Interview on ZEIT online on the question whether the Public Prosecutor’s Office should initiate investigative proceedings into a possible surveillance of the Chancellor’s mobile phone.

25^th October 2013

Statement on Süddeutsche.de on the No-Spy-Agreement with the USA as a reaction to the NSA scandal.

10^th August 2013

Interview on the topic “NSA and BND: boundaries of data exchange” in WDR 5 Morgenecho.

2^nd August 2013

Interview on ZEIT online on the issue of the rights of spied on citizens in the of the NSA data espionage in Germany.

31^st July 2013

Statement in an article in the Deutsche Welle on the conviction of US soldier Bradley Manning and on the question whether a similar judgment would be possible in Germany.

27^th July 2013

Interview on ZEIT online on the question of criminal liability of members of German authorities for aiding and abetting in the NSA data espionage case.

25^th July 2013

Interview in ZEIT online on the question of admissibility of data transmission and of access of NSA data by the BND and Office for the Protection of the Constitution as well as on the criminal liability of an unlawful transfer of data by the BND in the NSA data espionage case.

15^th July 2013

Statement in the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger on the question of Germany’s obligation to extradite Edward Snowden to the USA.

9^th July 2013

English version of the statement on the question of Germany’s obligation to extradite Edward Snowden to the USA in SPIEGEL online.

8^th July 2013

Statement on the question of Germany’s obligation to extradite Edward Snowden to the USA in the SPIEGEL title issue 28/2013, p. 21: A German duty to extradite Snowden is ultimately denied because, according to the relevant considerations, it is a political offence under German law in which there is no obligation to extradite under the existing extradition treaty with the USA.

2^nd July 2013

Statement on the criminal liability in the NSA data espionage case in an article by Thomas Darnstädt (US-Datenskandal: Amerikas millionenfacher Rechtsbruch) on SPIEGEL online.