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Financial institutions are realizing that they must capitalize on vast data and relationship advantages, providing enhanced advisory and digital delivery benefits. Open banking and partnering with third parties are seen as ways to improve customer acquisition and retention.
By Jim Marous, Co-Publisher of The Financial Brand, Owner/CEO of the Digital Banking Report and host of the Banking Transformed podcast.
For the ninth consecutive year, Temenos has partnered with Capgemini to conduct a comprehensive banking survey entitled, "Open for Business", covering areas such as banks' corporate and IT priorities, their challenges, and their view of the competitive environment. Consistent with last year, regulatory challenges are diminishing relative to the other challenges banks face, with customer retention becoming a greater focus due to increased competition.
Unlike last year, banks are now more concerned with threats from large legacy banking organizations more than non-bank entrants, mainly because of their significant resource capacity. Most banks still view the new generation of neo-banks and fintech firms as a potential threat as well.
To remain competitive, the survey found that banks are investing heavily in IT systems. They are investing in digital channels as well as in the modernization of the underlying operating systems that require significant upgrades. "Banks increasingly realize they will need full end-to-end systems, as well as data-analytical capabilities, if they are to provide rich and instant fulfillment, serving up insights that help customers make smarter financial decisions," stated the report.
Bankers More Open to Open Banking
In response to the need to retain customers and provide enhanced value, the banking industry's perception, understanding and willingness to test open banking increased from the previous study. In fact, the industry today accepts open banking as more of an opportunity than a threat, with banks ready to invest in APIs.
This year, 69% of respondents see open banking as much more of an opportunity than a threat compared to only 50% last year. As a result, open banking is now viewed as a priority by 51% of respondents up from just 30% a year ago. Finally, 48% of bankers indicated they are ready to invest in an API platform (up from 35% a year ago).
In addition to being impacted by regulatory changes (like PSD2), banks are responding to market pressures and the realization that partnering with a fintech firm is essential to remain relevant. This was reinforced by the recent study from CapGemini, LinkedIn and Efma, where 77% of financial services executives believe fintech firms provide a good opportunity for partnerships.
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Digital Channels are Top Corporate Priority
After a year when IT modernization was the top priority mentioned by participants in the Temenos survey, investment in digital channels retook the #1 position, with 25% of those surveyed indicating that digital channels was where money is flowing. As was the case last year, innovation was the second most mentioned priority at 22% of those surveyed. IT modernization (19%) rounded out the top three priorities, down slightly compared to last year.
Investments in digital channels in conjunction with IT renovation is imperative since one without the other leads to both ineffectiveness and inefficiencies. According to Temenos, "There is little point in having state-of-the-art digital channels if the data and content being served up is neither relevant nor timely and if the underlying fulfillment mechanisms are not instant and frictionless: user experience cannot be meaningfully enhanced under these conditions."
Mergers and acquisitions continued to be the least mentioned priority, with just 2% of the respondents saying that M&A activity was a top priority. This low prioritization underscores the focus on internal issues before expanding product sets of footprints in the coming year.
Core Banking and Digital Channels Remain Top IT Spending Priority
The banking industry's IT budgets are forcasted to be up strongly again in 2017. In fact, the gap between the number of financial institutions predicting their IT budgets will increase in the coming year compared to those expecting budgets to fall is at its highest level since the first survey in 2008.
As was the case last year, the top areas of spending for the upcoming year are for core banking systems, digital channels and analytics. As mentioned earlier, this makes sense since, in order to maximize the impact of investments in areas such digital channels, analytics and CRM, that a real-time, customer-centric core banking system is essential.
Potentially of a concern is the level investment growth for business intelligence, big data and analytics, given the need to improve personalization and real-time cognative learning to replicate the experience received from non-financial firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple.
Satisfying an Increasingly Demanding Customer
While a bit lower than in prior years, 'retaining customer loyalty' remained the top corporate challenge for bankers in this year's survey. According to Temenos, "The drop in importance relative to recent years likely reflects a more proactive view from bankers as they realize that, for example, leveraging data to improve customer experience is actually one of the best ways to retain customer loyalty."
Aligned with the 2017 Retail Banking Trends and Predictions Report, the need to effectively gather, analyze and apply consumer insights continues to be both a challenge and opportunity. It is not as much of a problem having enough data as it is knowing what data is important and moving the use of data from reports to the consumer. It is also a challenge because it requires banks to bring together disparate data sets and to draw real-time, useful insights from them.
Evolving Competitive Battlefield
One of the more dynamic areas followed by Temenos has been the impact of technology vendors, neo-bank and fintech competition. While the external threat from non-banks was front and center in the past, the threat from existing incumbents, new banks and fintechs increased in importance this year.
Dramatic drops were seen in the perceived threat from 'big tech' vendors (Google, Amazon, Apple, etc.) possibly because of the slow take-up in digital payments. General retailers also saw a drop in their level of perceived threat.
Large incumbent banks continue to be the strongest threat due to easy access to capital, an existing customer base and the ability to partner with fintech firms through acquisition of open banking APIs. Further, according to Temenos, "It also interesting to note that the industry seems less concerned by the threat of overseas banks entering their markets which indicates a (regulatory-induced) balkanization of banking services."
It is clear as we review last year's and this year's reports, that the importance of becoming a 'digital bank' has never been more important. From investing in core architecture upgrades, to providing a better digital experience to customers, the need to move quickly is evident.
Partnering and/or learning from fintech firms, challenger banks and even technology platforms is the way to become well placed for the future. Underlying all of these investment trends is the increasing need to leverage data to improve the customer experience through personalization, advanced advisory capabilities and contextual offers.
Ben Robinson, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer at Temenos, said, "As last year, there was significant year on year change in our survey results reflecting the rapid pace of change in the industry. We are not surprised that banks are placing much more focus on data since analytics are key to delivering the right level of customer experience and regulations like PSD2 will up the ante in the fight for banks to hold onto customers. What is more surprising is that respondents see less of a threat from external players, suggesting they see a path through open banking to take advantage of the innovation coming from the fintech sector to ward off the threat from internet platforms."
One way many banks are testing to achieve these goals is through open API banking. Prompted by both regulation changes and consumer demands, many banks believe open banking is a necessity for customer retention.
"One of the clearest indications of how the banking industry is changing is in its shift to embrace open banking and to partner with the FinTech community," said Anirban Bose, Head of Global Banking and Capital Markets, Capgemini. "With the potential to turn disruptions to business opportunities, open banking has evolved from a CIO/CTO discussion and is now a CEO and Board of Directors level topic. The use of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to drive FinTech collaboration, in particular, provides ways to open up new channels, increase revenues and encourage innovation, all of which in turn, strengthen customer loyalty."
Jim Marous is co-publisher of The Financial Brand, host of the Banking Transformed podcast and owner/CEO of the Digital Banking Report, a subscription-based publication that provides deep insights into the digitization of banking, with over 200 reports in the digital archive available to subscribers. You can follow Jim on Twitter and LinkedIn, or visit his professional website.
This article was originally published on January 8, 2017 . All content © 2021 by The Financial Brand and may not be reproduced by any means without permission.
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Enhancing Cybersecurity for Critical Business Infrastructure in Africa
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As the world continues to recover from the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine – Russia conflict, coping mechanisms such as increased use of virtual workspaces, online marketplaces and e-governance have become the norm. While this presents opportunities to revamp economies and streamline public service delivery, it may also heighten exposure to cybercrime.
According to a special report by Cybercrime Magazine, the global cost of cybercrime is expected to reach an estimated USD 6 trillion by the end of 2022 and USD 10.5 trillion by 2025. These estimates represent a significant leap in the frequency and scope of cybercrime which reached a record high of approximately USD 1 trillion in 2020. Out of the 2020 estimation, approximately USD 945 billion was lost due to cyber-attacks, and approximately USD 145 billion was spent on cyber security efforts. The increase in reported cybercrime has been attributed to various factors, including the increase in online activity which has resulted in increased reporting of incidents by governments and organisations.
Despite this trend, businesses have fallen behind in implementing robust cybersecurity measures. For instance, it is estimated that 20 percent of organisations worldwide do not have any cyber incident prevention plan in place. Similarly, a cybersecurity benchmarking study carried out in 2022 revealed that 41 percent of the polled executives were not confident that their security initiatives aligned with the current digital transformations. These vulnerabilities put organisations and their stakeholders at significant risk. Attacks on critical infrastructure, such as in the power, communications, financial, health and transportation sectors, are of particular concern given the impact that such disruptions can have on large segments of the population and the threat that they pose to national security.
In Africa, many countries have seen a rise in reports of digital threats and malicious cyber activities. The results include sabotaged public infrastructure, losses from digital fraud and illicit financial flows, and national security breaches involving espionage and intelligence theft by militant groups. Addressing these vulnerabilities requires a greater commitment to cybersecurity. This requires enforceable policy safeguards, risk prevention and management approaches, along with technologies and infrastructure that can protect each country's cyber environment, as well as individual and corporate end-user assets. This, therefore, helps institutions, and public and private entities to mitigate risks associated with cybercrime and to enhance cybersecurity.
Africa's digital transformation has made information much more valuable and many countries are in the process of ensuring that there are conducive legal and regulatory frameworks, in order to prevent information from being accessed illegally and without consent. In a bid to create these frameworks, governments are also aware that they should not underpin the growth of the digital space. For instance, a 2022 survey done by the Central Bank of Kenya reveals that 92 percent of banks and 86 percent of microfinance banks identified cyber-risks as one of the top three innovation-related risks. In a way, the world of cybersecurity is an evolving one as malicious individuals and organisations are constantly looking for improved ways of accessing data and information. It has been clear that the digital revolution has positively affected some industries more than others such as banking & finance, media & telecommunications and technology. Despite the positives, the risks are also quite significant.
Given the vulnerability of various industries to cybercrime, significant effort must go towards planning for the prevention of cyber-attacks and, where prevention is not possible, mitigating their effects when they do occur. Protecting critical infrastructures, such as power stations, transportation, telecommunications, financial services, and water supply is particularly important given the significant risk that any disruption poses. Below are some of the critical mitigating risk factors that should be put in place.
A critical step is to create awareness of how cyber-attacks may be perpetrated. The most frequent form of a cyber-attack on critical infrastructure globally has been through malware, including ransomware, which compromises internal systems disrupting their functionality. Additionally, these attacks cost countries significant losses especially if there is a disruption in power supply as a result. Therefore, governments and private entities must step up measures to educate the public on how these attacks may be carried out.
It is important to train those who interact with the infrastructure on how they may prevent or mitigate cyber-attacks. Crucially, given the interconnectedness and interdependence of the supply chain systems, cybersecurity preparedness should take a collaborative approach. For instance, the banking and finance and telecommunications sectors in Africa have become interdependent and operate in the same ecosystem, especially because of mobile banking which is crucial for most businesses.
Design, Auditing and Monitoring
For new systems being developed, 'resilience by design' should be considered, which includes cybersecurity as a parameter in the design of the infrastructure. This will reduce the chances of an attack taking place. To ensure that the critical infrastructure is secure enough, an audit ought to be undertaken to identify any faults or improvements that may need to be made. Furthermore, several tools exist which constantly monitor relevant threats by identifying indicators of compromise affecting technological systems on a real-time basis.
Risk Management Plan
A plan in the form of a risk management manual should be laid down. This plan should require the infrastructure and related systems to be evaluated frequently. In the event of a cyber-attack, it is important to have a team that is well versed in crisis management in the context of cybersecurity. This requires having the people with the right skills to quickly enable the affected organisation to identify the root causes of the cyber-attack, address the problem and move on from the situation better prepared to mitigate such risks in the future.
As Africa continues to grow in leaps and bounds within the digital space, vigilance should be a guiding principle. Governments should ensure that they are able to invest in cybersecurity and monitor malicious activity without invading the privacy of their citizens. To ensure that they can achieve all this comprehensively, they must involve the public in the decisions they make as well as come up with legislative changes that can be enforced in incidents of cyber-attacks.
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Time Bandits: The Watches Seen on the 'Avengers' Tour
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by Degen Pener and Laurie Brookins
The cast of 'Avengers: Infinity War' is hitting the red carpet in some of the most stylish watches in the galaxy, from Robert Downey Jr.'s astronomically priced Greubel Forsey ($600k+) to solid-gold Rollies worn by Heimdall and Vision.
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With a few notable exceptions (Chadwick Boseman in David Yurman bracelets; Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige sporting an iPhone watch), the legion of stars from Avengers: Infinity War has hit the promotional tour for the record-breaking movie wearing a host of impressive Swiss timepieces.
Zealously devoted watch collector Robert Downey Jr. wore a $605,000 ticker featuring a spinning 3D globe by independent brand Greubel Forsey to the Los Angeles premiere. Watch company ambassadors Bradley Cooper (who's on IWC's roster), Gwyneth Paltrow (Frederique Constant), Benedict Cumberbatch (Jaeger-LeCoultre) and Chris Hemsworth (TAG Heuer) sported the latest from those brands, while Idris Elba and Paul Bettany were out and about in trusty Rolexes. Even though they may live in a futuristic world onscreen, these stars prefer to keep time in mechanical fashion.
Bettany, who plays android Avengers superhero Vision, wore his Rolex President Day-Date (Ref. #118205) in EverRose rose gold to the UK fan event on April 8. Paul Altieri of online sales site Bob's Watches calls the Day-Date in gold a watch "synonymous the world over for power and prestige" and a "bold statement piece." Selling new for $30,000+, this watch, which features the day of the week spelled out in full and is cast in Rolex's patented alloy of gold and copper, joined the brand's line in 2012. "This Day-Date blends classic style with several modern luxuries such as a COSC certified calibre 3155 perpetual movement, a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, and a double-sealed waterproof Twinlock screw-down crown," says Altieri. Bettany's collection has also included a Patek Philippe Calatrava watch, a gift from his wife Jennifer Connelly for his 40th birthday.
At the Tokyo and Los Angeles premieres, the Spider-Man actor wore a 38mm hand-wound Piaget Altiplano 900p in white gold on a black alligator strap, a piece that has been in his personal collection for a while. The ultra-thin timepiece has a case that's just 3.65mm in profile and is priced at $26,500. Earlier this year, Holland wore a skeletonized automatic version of this watch to the Oscars and sported a Cartier Santos at the world premiere of Spider-Man: Homecoming last year.
Downey Jr., who showed off what GQ calls his "epic watch collection" in a 2016 video produced by the magazine, has owned pieces by Breitling, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Omega, Rolex, Baume & Mercier, Bell & Ross, and Patek Philippe (an elegantly sporty Nautilus given to him by his wife). Lately, the Tony Stark/Iron Man actor has gotten more avant-garde in his watch choices both on- and off-screen, wearing a spaceship-like Urwerk UR-110 in Spider-Man:Homecoming, showing off a $70,000 Urwerk UR-105 TA "Raging Gold" (with a red-gold front plate finished in a hobnail pattern, in a limited edition of 22) on his Instagram in 2016, and wearing a futuristic rectangular $19,950 Devon Tread 1, which is powered by a system of belts, in a scene with Paltrow in Avengers: Infinity War. At the L.A. premiere of the film, he wore Greubel Forsey's $605,000 hand-wound GMT in red gold (available in Los Angeles at Westime), a 43.5mm showstopper featuring a rotating globe, a tourbillon and a 24-city world-time disk (on the back of the watch). He was so taken with the watch he even showed it off in a short video on his Instagram.
The Hulk/Bruce Banner actor's current watch of choice, Frederique Constant's innovative new Hybrid Manufacture, benefits his charity of choice, The Solutions Project, a nonprofit which he co-founded that works to transition the economy to renewable energy. Earlier this year, the Swiss watchmaker hosted a launch party for this new mechanical watch with smartwatch functions in New York with Ruffalo as guest of honor and it donated two of the first Hybrid Manufacture timepieces for an auction to benefit The Solutions Project. The 42mm Hybrid Manufacture incorporates an in-house automatic mechanical movement with an electronic digital module, which offers connected features including activity tracking, sleep monitoring, a world-time function, fitness coaching and analytics that track the mechanical movement. "It's a perfect combination between old-world technology and smart phone tech. it's traditional and it works with your iPhone," said Ruffalo, who has been wearing the $3,695 version in steel with a navy guilloche-decorated dial, in February.
The actor, who plays the Jabari tribal leader M'Baku, was seen wearing David Yurman's Classic Chronograph watch. The $4,600 stainless-steel 43.5mm timepiece in sleek grey features an automatic Swiss movement, date window, seconds and 30-minute counters and anthracite-matte alligator strap. Steel wore a steel Rotonde de Cartier watch to the Oscars earlier this year.
Less than a week before the Avengers: Infinity War premiere in L.A., Paltrow was in San Francisco to catch the pre-Broadway opening of Head Over Heels, the musical based on everyone's favorite '80s girl band, the Go-Go's (Paltrow is among the show's producers). On that red carpet she wore a metallic jumpsuit by up-and-coming New York label Retrofête by Ohad Seroya and Aviad Klin, and paired the look with Frederique Constant's Classics Art Deco watch in yellow gold-plated stainless steel. The following Monday in L.A., Paltrow would once again wear Retrofête, the label's gold-beaded Selma minidress, on the Avengers: Infinity War red carpet; the billowing sleeves on the dress made it impossible to tell if she once again was sporting the timepiece. (Paltrow was named Frederique Constant's Global Charity Ambassador in March 2016; her work supports DonorsChoose, an organization that enables direct donations to public-school classrooms around the U.S.) But with the dress currently available for pre-order on fwrd.com for $577, and her Frederique Constant retailing for $1,425, Paltrow knows how to make style look good without spending into the stratosphere. No wonder Tony Stark loves Pepper Potts.
Cooper has been wearing IWC watches almost exclusively on red carpets for several years, and in January the brand made it official, naming the actor who plays the irascible Rocket from Guardians of the Galaxy as its latest brand ambassador. On the Avengers: Infinity War red carpet in L.A., Cooper wore the same watch seen in the relationship's just-released ad campaign: The Big Pilot's Watch Edition "Le Petit Prince," which features a 7-day power-reserve indicator at the 3 o'clock position and the date at 6 o'clock on IWC's signature blue dial in a 46.2mm stainless-steel case. The brown leather strap adds to the sporty feel of the $12,900 Big Pilot, but it's nonetheless luxe, crafted as part of the collaboration between IWC and Italian shoemaker Santoni. Cooper's next red-carpet appearance promises to be equally high-profile: His A Star is Born remake, in which Cooper both directs and co-stars with Lady Gaga, is set for release October 5.
A Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Perpetual played a key role in 2016's Doctor Strange, and recently the watch brand is doing the same for Benedict Cumberbatch. In January he was named the latest Jaeger-LeCoultre ambassador and often has been seen wearing the limited-edition Polaris Memovox, the latest update of the classic, water-resistant style that's celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Featuring luminescent numerals on a black dial in a 42mm stainless-steel case, the $12,600 Polaris Memovox also allows the wearer to set an alarm that will chime for appointments or other reminders. And while the Polaris is technically considered a dive watch, last month Cumberbatch told The New York Times that he appreciates the watch because it's "elegantly simple, light and sleek." On the L.A. Avengers: Infinity War premiere red carpet, the piece paired nicely with his chocolate-brown velvet Made to Measure suit by Giorgio Armani.
A watch enthusiast who's been spotted on red carpets wearing everything from Panerai to Chopard to Montblanc and more, Pratt opted for a watch that's both stylish and buzzworthy for the Avengers: Infinity War L.A. premiere: the Santos de Cartier in 18-karat yellow gold. The $37,000 dress watch paired nicely with Pratt's three-piece O'Connor suit by Tom Ford. The roots of the Santos can be traced back to 1904, when Louis Cartier invented the timepiece, considered the very first men's wristwatch, for his friend, Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont. In March Cartier debuted an updated style as part of its collaboration with Mr. Porter, and soon after announced Jake Gyllenhaal as the face of the latest Santos de Cartier campaign (the yellow-gold style worn by Pratt is exclusive to Cartier.com). This new Santos also comes with both a gold bracelet and a brown alligator strap; each can be changed out easily via a new "QuickSwitch" system that debuted in January.
He wields a mighty hammer as Thor, but the watch Hemsworth – a TAG Heuer ambassador since 2015 – wore on the Avengers: Infinity War red carpet with his John Varvatos three-piece suit more closely favors another of his roles, as Formula 1 driver James Hunt in 2013's Rush. The TAG Heuer Monaco Calibre 11 automatic chronograph was made famous by Steve McQueen in the 1971 film Le Mans and has been considered an icon among racing fans and watch collectors alike ever since. Instantly recognizable for its square case in brushed and polished stainless steel, matte-blue dial and two square subdials – a minute chronograph counter at 9 o'clock and a running second counter at 3 o'clock – this ultra-classic version of the Monaco includes a black perforated calfskin strap and retails for $5,900.
Like his co-star Bettany, Idris Elba, who plays the Asgardian Heimdall, is a fan of Rolex's classic Day-Date. He's opted for the version in yellow gold with a dark dial, which he wore on Apr. 27 to a Formula E event in Paris.
While he hasn't worn a timepiece during the latest Avengers tour, the Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier actor does like to dress up his tuxedos with a fine watch on the red carpet. At this year's Golden Globes, he stepped out wearing Montblanc's 38mm Heritage Chronometrie Automatic ($3,935), in stainless steel with a red-gold bezel and alligator strap. On Oscar night, he hit the Elton John and Vanity Fair parties wearing Bulgari's 41mm automatic Octo Watch in yellow gold with a black dial, alligator strap and 56 diamonds totaling 1.68 carats ($33,200).


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Professor Debbie Lisle is the chief editor of the world-leading peer-reviewed journal International Political Sociology - one of the 7 main journals published by the International Studies Association. IPS responds to the need for more productive collaboration among sociologists, international relations specialists and sociopolitical theorists.
As part of our strategy to encourage the best bioscience undergraduate students to progress to a career in scientific research, we offer research project placements and a Summer Studentship Scheme which provides students with the opportunity to work in research laboratories.
PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
We are working towards gaining a SWAN Bronze Award in 2020 which will reflect the work of our merged School to:
improve career development and progression, especially for female staff.
improve and promote work-life balance and a family friendly environment for all staff.
improve gender equality and academic progression for students, especially women.
create a more egalitarian workplace culture.
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As a University, Queen's was the first in the UK to receive an institutional Silver Athena Award, one of only nine others in the UK to do so.
RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES
We invest millions in the development of our research facilities to ensure that our staff, students and collaborators have the very best equipment to help them in their work.
Our state-of-the-art research facility containing a large suite of open plan multipurpose research laboratories including numerous tissue culture, molecular biology, biochemistry and microbiology laboratories. A number of our facilities are also available for use in commercial testing and consultancy.
The School houses a number of shared technical resources including a flow cytometry platform (multicolour cell acquisition and sorting capabilities), a pre-clinical retinal imaging unit (confocal ophthalmoscopy, ERG), histology services (wax and frozen tissue processing staining) and equipment for assessing cell and tissue metabolism (Seahorse).
Research within the centre is further underpinned by Faculty core facilities providing support in genomics (next generation sequencing), advanced imaging (multiphoton, TIRF, electron microscopy), bioinformatics (high performance computing), proteomics (mass spectrometry), and a modern biological services unit (conventional and SPF).
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Das Psychischkrankengesetz (PsychKG M-V) ist ein Landesgesetz in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Das Gesetz regelt
1. die Hilfen für Menschen mit psychischen Krankheiten,
2. die Maßnahmen gegenüber Menschen mit psychischen Krankheiten,
3. a) die Unterbringung von Menschen mit psychischen Krankheiten nach diesem Gesetz, soweit das Verfahren nicht in dem Gesetz über das Verfahren in Familiensachen und in den Angelegenheiten der freiwilligen Gerichtsbarkeit geregelt ist,
b) den Vollzug der als Maßregel der Besserung und Sicherung angeordneten Unterbringung nach § 61 Nummer 1 und 2 des Strafgesetzbuches (Maßregelvollzug), insbesondere auch auf der Grundlage der §§ 7 und 73 des Jugendgerichtsgesetzes und der §§ 81 und 126a der Strafprozessordnung.

2016 wurde die Neufassung verabschiedet.

Im Juli 2017 entschied das Bundesverfassungsgericht im Falle einer Zwangsbehandlung zugunsten einer Patientin (Beschluss vom 19. Juli 2017, Az. 2 BvR 2003/14). Ihr wurde 2014 mit steigenden Dosen unter Gewaltanwendung von Pflegern, Ärzten und Schwestern Zypadhera verabreicht. Der Richter am Amtsgericht Waren (Müritz) führte der Klägerin gegenüber aus, dass die Zwangsmedikation notwendig sei, weil ihr jegliche Krankheits- und Behandlungseinsicht fehle. Die 14-tägige Behandlung mit einer Depotspritze sei zudem nicht mit erheblichen Gefahren für ihre Gesundheit verbunden. Sollte das verabreichte Medikament unerwünschte, nicht unerhebliche Nebenwirkungen entfalten, könne dies mit den behandelnden Ärzten besprochen werden und gegebenenfalls eine Medikamentenumstellung erfolgen. Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hingegen kritisierte das Fehlen des . Unter anderem war der Patientin das Medikament unter Anwendung von Gewalt durch Pfleger, Arzt und Schwester verabreicht worden.

Insbesondere entschied das Bundesverfassungsgericht:

Die mit der Verfassungsbeschwerde mittelbar angegriffene Norm wurde bereits 2016 außer Kraft gesetzt und neu gefasst. Ähnliche Formulierungen sind jedoch noch in drei anderen Bundesländern gültig, wie der Senat selbst bemerkte.

Einzelnachweise

Rechtsquelle (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
Medizinrecht (Deutschland)
Betreuungsrecht (Deutschland)
Psychiatrie (Deutschland)

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