Selbstbelastungsfreiheit und Internal Investigations

»The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination and Internal Investigations«: The work deals with the still problematic handling of employee interviews in the context of internal company investigations. Based on a comprehensive presentation of the derivation and scope of the privilege against self-incrimination, the admissibility of compelled employee information in criminal proceedings is discussed in particular. On the basis of the solution approaches the regulations on internal investigations in the VerSanG-draft from 2020 are then critically evaluated.