Legal Affairs Committee

A public hearing of the German Bundestag's Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection is scheduled for Wednesday, 7 October 2026, from 11:30 to 13:30 in Berlin. The hearing will examine the introduction of new consumer protection legislation. Social media users are circulating reminders to draw attention to the session and encourage public interest ahead of the hearing.

The International Committee of the Red Cross has delivered a statement at the United Nations General Assembly's Sixth Committee, the body that handles legal affairs. The statement forms part of the committee's ongoing session, where states and organisations address international law questions. No further details of the statement's content were given.

The United Nations General Assembly's Sixth Committee, which handles legal affairs, has opened its eighty-first session with speakers underlining the central importance of international law at a time when the world is beset by armed conflict and terrorism. Delegates stressed that strengthening the rule of law remains essential to resolving disputes and protecting civilians, as the committee begins its new session's work.

The full, unedited ten-hour recording of the 30 September 2026 session of Thuringia's state parliament legal affairs committee — the committee for justice, migration and consumer protection — has been made available online. The session centred on a debate over launching a review procedure concerning the AfD, the party that currently leads polls in the state.