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GCHQ-NSA: DATA SURVEILLANCE: Expert opinion from Douwe Korff, Emeritus Professor of International Law, prepared for the Committee of Inquiry of the Bundestag into the “5EYES” global surveillance systems revealed by Edward Snowden

06 June 2014

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"This paper seeks to provide answers to the questions put to me by the Committee of Inquiry, under the heading “’Leitfragen’ für die Sachverständigengutachten – Anhörung 3, Teil 2 – Rechtslage Völker- und Europarecht”...In addressing the questions, I have tried to be systematic, distinguishing between different areas of (international) law, and between subjects of the law involved, substantive standards and remedies (both individual and inter-state)."

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