Generational Justice Act

The Intergenerational Justice Act (Bundestag printed matter 16/3399) is a legislative initiative by over 100 young MPs from almost all parties on intergenerational justice . This calls for the inclusion of the sentence “The state must observe the principle of sustainability in its actions and protect the interests of future generations” as Article 20b of the Basic Law . Article 109, which adapts public budgets to economic requirements, should be amended accordingly.

The first reading of the draft took place in the 118th session of the sixteenth Bundestag on October 11, 2007. After several speeches by 13 MPs, the draft was referred to the committees, with the Legal Affairs Committee acting in the lead. At the end of the electoral term, the legislative procedure was done.

literature

• Wolfgang Kahl (lawyer) : 'Social justice' or 'Generational justice'. On the need to revive a constitutional debate on current occasions. , in: Journal for Legal Policy (ZRP) 2014, 17-21

See also

• Intergenerational contract
• Generativity
• solidarity

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German Bundestag plenary proceedings 16/118 11 October, 2007, accessed on 14 September 2013

Web links

• Documentation and information system for parliamentary processes : Generational Justice Act
• Draft of a law amending the Basic Law to anchor generational justice (Generational Justice Act ) (PDF; 66 kB), printed matter 16/3399