Public Prosecutor General Düsseldorf

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Public Prosecutor General Düsseldorf
- GStA Düsseldorf -

State level country
position Middle judicial authority
Supervisory authority Ministry of Justice NW
Headquarters Düsseldorf , Steinwartstr. 31
Authority management Emil Brachthäuser , GStA
Web presence gsta-duesseldorf.nrw.de

The General Public Prosecutor's Office in Düsseldorf is one of 24 public  prosecutor's offices in Germany and, alongside the general public prosecutor's offices in Hamm and Cologne, one of three in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .

tasks

The General Public Prosecutor's Office in Düsseldorf performs judicial and administrative tasks as an intermediate authority. The most important task is the exercise of the technical and official supervision over the public prosecutor's offices of the district and over their employees in order to guarantee a uniform decision-making practice. It is carried out by handling complaints, evaluating reports and business reviews.

In North Rhine-Westphalia only the Attorney General's Office Dusseldorf is responsible for investigations because of state security offenses , for example because of high treason , peace treason , treason or offenses against the external security that need not be within the scope of federal jurisdiction of the Federal Supreme Public Prosecutor General are pursued. To this end, it carries out its own investigative activities.

As the public prosecutor's office at the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court, the General Public Prosecutor's Office participates in all criminal matters to be decided by the Higher Regional Court and submits applications. This includes in particular decisions on revisions to criminal convictions of official and district courts , through legal complaints against decisions fining decisions of the district courts, appeals against decisions of the district courts and the ex officio after six months (and then at least every three months), pre-trial detention to be carried out habeas corpus .

In judicial mutual legal assistance , the Public Prosecutor's Office is responsible for extradition procedures for extraditions to foreign countries and decides on the approval of extradition and transit requests.

The General Public Prosecutor's Office is the intermediate authority responsible for all administrative matters, in particular in the area of ​​personnel, organizational and budgetary matters as well as the use of information technology . It also decides on claims made against the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for compensation due to criminal prosecution measures and represents the state in civil proceedings . Ultimately, she works on and participates in professional judicial matters against lawyers , auditors and tax consultants .

In the area of ​​the administration of justice, the authority acts as “General Public Prosecutor Düsseldorf”, and as an intermediate authority in administrative matters as “The General Public Prosecutor in Düsseldorf”.

Central Office for Terrorism Tracking

In April 2018, the central office for the prosecution of terrorist and terrorist-motivated crimes in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (ZenTer NRW) was set up at the Attorney General in Düsseldorf . ZenTer NRW conducts proceedings which the Federal Prosecutor General at the Federal Court of Justice submits to the General Prosecutor in Düsseldorf. It is also responsible nationwide for criminal proceedings:

  • Preparation of a serious act of violence endangering the state ( § 89a StGB );
  • Establishing relationships to commit a serious act of violence endangering the state ( Section 89b StGB);
  • Terrorist financing ( § 89c StGB);
  • Recruiting for foreign military service ( Section 109h of the Criminal Code), insofar as the “foreign power” in favor of which the recruiting takes place is exercised by a terrorist organization;
  • Money laundering / concealment of unlawfully obtained assets ( Section 261 StGB), insofar as the act serves to finance terrorism;
  • due to other criminal offenses, as far as a terrorist motivation is recognizable on the basis of actual indications in the specific case;
  • against persons who, based on actual indications, can be expected to commit serious acts of violence that endanger the state (so-called threats ).

construction

The General Public Prosecutor's Office in Düsseldorf is headed by a General Public Prosecutor . Several senior public prosecutors are department heads , one is also deputy to the general public prosecutor. There are several senior public prosecutors in each department .

The General Public Prosecutor's Office in Düsseldorf comprises four departments with the following responsibilities:

district

The district of the General Public Prosecutor's Office Düsseldorf with around 4.7 million inhabitants includes the districts of the following public prosecutor's offices :

history

The General Public Prosecutor's Office in Düsseldorf is the youngest of the three North Rhine-Westphalian public prosecutor's offices. It was set up in 1906 at the same time as the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court and took over the districts of the former district courts of Cleve , Düsseldorf and Elberfeld from the Cologne Public Prosecutor's Office and the district of the Duisburg Regional Court from the Hamm Public Prosecutor's Office .

See also

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ § 2 Justice Act North Rhine-Westphalia
  2. ↑ a b General Prosecutor's Office: Duties of a General Prosecutor's Office. In: The Attorney General in Düsseldorf. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
  3. ↑ ZenTer NRW: Central Office for Terrorism Tracking North Rhine-Westphalia. In: The Attorney General in Düsseldorf. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Business allocation plan. (PDF) In: The Attorney General in Düsseldorf. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b Greetings from the head of the authority. In: The Attorney General in Düsseldorf. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 20.8 "  N , 6 ° 45 ′ 43.3"  E