Educating Germany 

Your correspondence could be sent to each of the Ministers of Parliament, but be aware there are 622 of them!



Instead 5 letters to the Ministry for Education and Research, the Ministry for Family, Elderly, Women and Youth, the Ministry for Justice the German Federal Chancellor and the Petitions Committee would be well-directed.



Federal Minister Dr Annette Schavan (known to speak French (but uses a translator))

Ministry of Education and Research

Hannoversche Straße 28-30

10115 Berlin

Germany

Tel +49 3018 57-0

Fax +49 3018 57-8-5500

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Email


Organisational Structure





Federal Minister Ursula von der Leyen (known to speak French + English)

Ministry of Family, Eldery, Women and Youth

Dienstsitz Berlin

Alexanderstraße 3

10178 Berlin

Germany

Tel +64 3018 555-0

Fax +64 3018 555-1145

Web

Email


Organisational Structure





Federal Minister Brigitte Zypries (unknown foreign language ability)

Ministry of Justice

Mohrenstrasse 37

10117 Berlin

Germany

Tel: +49 1888 580-0

Fax: +49 1888 580-9525

Email




Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (known to speak English and Russian)

Bundeskanzleramt

Willy-Brandt-Straße 1

10557 Berlin

Germany

Web

Email

Tel: +49 180 272 00 00







Petitions Committee:

The Petitions Committee learns at first hand what sort of impact legislation has on citizens. Letters addressing requests or complaints to the Bundestag are passed on to the Committee, which examines and deliberates on these petitions. This makes it a seismograph that records the prevailing mood of the population. Its members are best placed to judge whether legislation is achieving its intended goals or causing new problems and therefore needs to be critically examined once again. They are also able to make recommendations as to whether the Bundestag should take action on particular matters.

Chairwoman Kersten Naumann (unknown foreign language ability)

Petitionsausschuss

Deutscher Bundestag

Platz der Republik 1

11011 Berlin

Germany

Tel: +49 30 227 35257

Fax: +49 30 227 36053

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"Serving the Citizen" flyer (english) is about the jurisdiction of the committee and the provision under Article 17 German Basic Law for a citizen to make a petition.

Detailed english pdf about Petitions.

If you are resident, and fluent in the German language there is an online Petition form you can fill in instead.



Thats just 5 letters to support human rights through home education law reform in Germany.



Here is a pdf of the various law courts in Germany for your general information