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Article 17: [Right of petition]
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Right of petition
Every person shall have the right individually or jointly with others to address
written requests or complaints to competent authorities and to the legislature.
Article 17a: [Restriction of basic rights in specific
instances]
1.
Laws regarding military and alternative service may provide that the basic right
of members of the Armed Forces and of alternative service freely to express and
disseminate their opinions in speech, writing and pictures (first clause of
paragraph (1) of Article 5), the basic right of assembly (Article 8), and the right of
petition (Article 17) insofar as it permits the submission of requests or
complaints jointly with others, be restricted during their period of military or
alternative service.
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Restrictions on the armed forces

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2.
Laws regarding defence, including protection of the civilian population, may
provide for restriction of the basic rights of freedom of movement (Article 11)
and inviolability of the home (Article 13).
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Freedom of movement
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Right to privacy
Article 18: [Forfeiture of basic rights]
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Constitutional court powers
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Telecommunications
Whoever abuses the freedom of expression, in particular the freedom of the press
(paragraph (1) of Article 5), the freedom of teaching (paragraph (3) of Article 5), the
freedom of assembly (Article 8), the freedom of association (Article 9), the privacy of
correspondence, posts and telecommunications (Article 10), the rights of property
(Article 14), or the right of asylum (Article 16a) in order to combat the free
democratic basic order shall forfeit these basic rights. This forfeiture and its extent
shall be declared by the Federal Constitutional Court.