Disciplinary measures for possession of child pornography: applicable sentencing criteria under § 184 Abs. 5 StGB a.F.

The Federal Administrative Court permitted the appeal for review, granting the appellant's request to elevate the case for a definitive ruling on the applicable sentencing guidelines; the prior lower instance decisions remain pending this judicial clarification. The dispute concerns the disciplinary assessment of a public servant charged with unlawfully acquiring and possessing pornographic writings depicting the sexual abuse of children, which also constituted a criminal offense. The court identified the need to clarify the specific assessment criteria for determining the requisite disciplinary measure under § 184 para. 5 of the former German Criminal Code, processed under the procedural provisions of § 132 para. 2 no. 1 of the Administrative Court Code in conjunction with § 65 para. 1 of the Hamburg Administrative Civil Servants Act.