Last Change:

03/31/2026

Test law2

Year: 1949

Type: Domestic law

Rights Category: Access to justice, Adequate standard of living, Administrative assistance, Asylum, Civil documentation, Documentation, Education, Family life, Freedom of movement, Health, Housing, land & property, Identity documentation, Internally Displaced Person (IDP) definition, Liberty & security of person, Nationality & facilitated naturalization, Non-discrimination, Social protection, Travel documents, Work & Workplace rights

Link to external source: https://www.refworld.org/legal/legislation/natlegbod/1949/en/80610?prevDestination=search&prevPath=/search?order=desc&sm_country_name%5B%5D=Germany&sm_keywords_name%5B%5D=Constitutional+law&sort=score&result=result-80610-en
Description

The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is the country's constitution. Most fundamental rights are guaranteed in Articles 1 to 19, such as personal freedoms, freedom of faith, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, freedom of movement, the right of inviolability of the home and right of asylum. They are subjective public rights with the constitutional rank which bind all institutions and functions of the state. Although the German Constitution does not contain a specific provision guaranteeing a comprehensive access to justice, such a right is widely recognized to follow from general constitutional principles. The Federal Constitutional Court bases this right both on the rule-of-law principle (Rechtsstaatprinzip) under Art. 20 (2), (3) GG and the fundamental rights of the parties to the respective dispute.