Английская Википедия:Constitutional Court of the State of Berlin
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The Constitutional Court of the State of Berlin (Шаблон:Lang-de; abbreviated Шаблон:Abbr) is the state constitutional court of Berlin. It has its seat at the Kammergericht building in the Schöneberg district of Berlin. Since November 2019, Шаблон:Ill is the president of the court.
Jurisdiction
The jurisdiction and duties of the Constitutional Court of the State of Berlin are regulated in Article 84 of the Шаблон:Ill, as well as in the Шаблон:Lang.Шаблон:Sfn The court is mainly responsible for deciding the following types of claims:
- Verfassungsbeschwerden (Article 84(2) No 5 Шаблон:Lang). In 2015, almost 96 percent of all petitions received by the court were constitutional complaints.Шаблон:Sfn
- Шаблон:Lang proceedings (Шаблон:Lang; Article 84(2) No 1 Шаблон:Lang)Шаблон:Sfn
- Abstract judicial review of statutes (Шаблон:Lang; Article 84(2) No 4 Шаблон:Lang)Шаблон:Sfn
- Specific judicial review of statutes (Шаблон:Lang; Article 84(2) No 2 Шаблон:Lang)Шаблон:Sfn
- Electoral complaints (Шаблон:Lang; Section 14(2) No 1 and 2 Шаблон:Lang)Шаблон:Sfn
- Complaints concerning popular initiatives, petitions for referendums and referendums (Section 41 of the Шаблон:Lang)Шаблон:Sfn
History
Institutional history
The Шаблон:Ill of 1 September 1950 contained in its Article 72 a mandate to establish a state constitutional court for Berlin. However, due to the special political and legal position of Berlin before the German reunification, such a court was not established and the mandate for the constitution of the court was abolished in 1974.Шаблон:Sfn Therefore, no state constitutional court existed in Berlin until 1992.Шаблон:Sfn
To rectify this situation, the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin passed a law on the establishment of a Berlin constitutional court in 1990, which entered into force on 2 December 1990.Шаблон:Sfn But even before the first election of judges for the newly established court, scheduled for 21 February 1991, the law had to be amended.Шаблон:Sfn The main reason for this were the rules on the compensation of the court's judges which were deemed to be unreasonably generous.Шаблон:Sfn
On 26 March 1992, the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin finally elected the first nine judges of the court and on 21 May 1992 the newly established court rendered its first decision.Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Ill was elected to serve as the court's first president and Шаблон:Ill was chosen as its first vice-president.Шаблон:Sfn
From 2007 to 2012, a woman headed the court for the first time – Шаблон:Ill.Шаблон:Sfn
Major decisions
The decision of 12 January 1993 (VerfGH 55/92),Шаблон:Efn that the prosecution of Erich Honecker, the former Chairman of the State Council of East Germany, was incompatible with human dignity as enshrined in Article 1 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany due to his state of health, caused considerable controversy.Шаблон:Sfn
On 16 November 2022 (VerfGH 154/21),Шаблон:Efn the court declared the 2021 Berlin state election void and ordered a repeat election within 90 days due to "serious systematic deficiencies in the preparation" of the 2021 election.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The repeat election will happen on the last possible Sunday within this 90 days-period, thus on 12 February 2023.Шаблон:Sfn The annulment of the election was the first court-ordered voidance of a German state election since the 1991 Hamburg state election.Шаблон:Sfn
Composition and judges
Composition and election
The Constitutional Court of the State of Berlin is composed of nine judges including its president and vice-president (Article 84(1) Шаблон:Ill).Шаблон:Sfn Three of the nine judges must be professional judges (Шаблон:Lang) and three others must be qualified to hold judicial office (Шаблон:Ill).Шаблон:Sfn All judges are elected by the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin with a two-thirds majority (Article 84(1) Шаблон:Lang) for a seven-year term without the possibility of re-election.Шаблон:Sfn
Only persons who have reached the age of 35 and are eligible for election to the Bundestag may serve as judges of the court. Men and women must each make up at least three of the Constitutional Court judges. All judges serve in an honorary capacity and only receive a small reimbursement.Шаблон:Sfn
Presidents
President | Tenure
(as justice) |
Tenure
(as president) |
Tenure length
(as president) |
Proposal | Шаблон:Abbr | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Шаблон:Ill | Шаблон:Dts – March 2000 |
Шаблон:Dts – March 2000 |
8 years | CDU | Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn |
2 | Шаблон:Ill | Шаблон:Dts – April 2007 |
Шаблон:Dts – April 2007 |
7 years, 1 month | CDU | Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn |
3 | Шаблон:Ill | Шаблон:Dts – March 2012 |
Шаблон:Dts – March 2012 |
4 years, 11 month | SPD | Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn |
4 | Шаблон:Ill | Шаблон:Dts – 31 October 2019 |
Шаблон:Dts – 31 October 2019 |
Шаблон:Ayd | SPD | Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn |
5 | Шаблон:Ill | Шаблон:Dts – Incumbent |
Шаблон:Dts – Incumbent |
Incumbent | SPD | Шаблон:Sfn |
Vice-Presidents
Vice-President | Tenure
(as justice) |
Tenure
(as vice-president) |
Tenure length
(as vice-president) |
Proposal | Шаблон:Abbr | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Шаблон:Ill | Шаблон:Dts – March 1997 |
Шаблон:Dts – March 1997 |
5 years | SPD | Шаблон:Sfn |
2 | Шаблон:Ill | Шаблон:Dts – June 2004 |
Шаблон:Dts – June 2004 |
7 years, 1 month | SPD | Шаблон:Sfn |
3 | Шаблон:Ill | Шаблон:Dts – March 2012 |
Шаблон:Dts – April 2007 |
2 years, 10 month | SPD | Шаблон:Sfn |
4 | Шаблон:Ill | Шаблон:Dts – July 2014 |
Шаблон:Dts – July 2014 |
7 years, 3 month | CDU | Шаблон:Sfn |
5 | Шаблон:Ill | Шаблон:Dts – Incumbent |
Шаблон:Dts – Incumbent |
Incumbent | CDU | Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn |
Notes
References
Bibliography
- Шаблон:Cite press release
- Шаблон:Cite web
- Шаблон:Cite news
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- Шаблон:Cite news
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- Шаблон:Cite book
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Further reading
External links
- Шаблон:Official website
- Gesetz über den Verfassungsgerichtshof (VerfGHG) of 8 November 1990
- Geschäftsordnung des Verfassungsgerichtshofes des Landes Berlin of 22 January 2016
- Английская Википедия
- 1992 establishments in Germany
- Politics of Berlin
- Constitutional courts
- Courts in Germany
- Courts and tribunals established in 1992
- Organisations based in Berlin
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