Interim injunction extending ban on involuntary administration of atypical antipsychotics to psychiatric patient under protective custody

The German Federal Constitutional Court ordered the repetition of a prior interim injunction for an additional six months, effectively upholding the ban on forced medication with an atypical antipsychotic for a measure patient. The case involved a constitutional complaint challenging the continued involuntary administration of psychotropic substances to an individual subject to a psychiatric care order, where the patient sought to maintain the prohibition on forced treatment pending a final decision on the merits. The ruling relied on the doctrine of interim protection (einstweilige Anordnung) and the fundamental right to personal integrity and freedom from coercion, granting the applicant relief against the state’s enforcement of involuntary medical intervention.