Constitution of the State of Brandenburg

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Basic data
Title: Constitution of the State of Brandenburg
Short title: Brandenburg Constitution (not official)
Abbreviation: BbgVerf (not official)
Type: State Law
Scope: Brandenburg
Legal matter: Constitutional law
References : Sa BbgLR 100-4
Issued on: August 20, 1992
( GVBl. I p. 298)
Entry into force on: August 21, 1992
Last change by: Art. 1 AMG of 16 May 2019
(GVBl. I No. 16 p. 1)
Effective date of the
last change: 		January 1, 2020
(Art. 2 Amendment Act of May 16, 2019)
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The constitution of the state of Brandenburg was passed as a draft by the state parliament on April 14, 1992 and approved by the population in a referendum on June 14 with 94.04 percent of the valid votes. It has been changed seven times since then, most recently on May 16, 2019.

Basics

The state constitution was the first full constitution of a German state since 1949. The main new features of a German constitution were the inclusion of basic social rights, the recognition of permanent partnerships alongside marriage, an expanded principle of equality: everyone owes everyone the recognition of his or her dignity. (Article 7 II), the obligation of radio and television to maintain an internal plurality, a comprehensive catalog to protect the environment (Article 39) and precise regulations for a total revision by a constituent assembly (Article 116). The abolition of the protection of the constitution contained in the first draft was deleted from the State Chancellery after intervention. The constitution was drawn up by a specially appointed, thirty-person constitutional committee, half of which consisted of members of parliament and the other half of external personalities named by the parliamentary groups.

The constitution ties in

It is strongly influenced by the freedom impetus of the citizens' movements from the time of reunification: “ Democracy Now ”, “ Initiative Peace and Human Rights ”, “ New Forum ”.

Furthermore:

Others

On November 22, 2013, the Landtag of Brandenburg included an anti-racism clause in Article 7a of the Constitution, which reads as follows:

"The country protects the peaceful coexistence of people and opposes the spread of racist and xenophobic ideas."

- Constitution of the State of Brandenburg - Art. 7a

In addition, Article 12 (2) has been supplemented with the addition "[Nobody may ...] for racist reasons [be preferred or disadvantaged]".

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Der Spiegel , No. 34/1991: Land without secret service .
  2. ↑ Version of June 29, 1991, in: Board of Trustees for a Democratically Constituted Federation of German States (ed.), From the Basic Law to the German Constitution , 1991, pp. 73, 144 f.
  3. ↑ Landtag Brandenburg: Landtag Brandenburg resolves anti-racism clause in the state constitution. November 22, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.