Constitution of Brandenburg

The constitution of the state of Brandenburg was adopted 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% of the valid votes. Since then, it has been amended seven times, most recently on May 16, 2019.

Basic law

The state constitution was the first full constitution of a German state since 1949. New for a German constitution were above all the inclusion of basic social rights, the recognition of permanent partnerships in addition to marriage, an expanded principle of equality: everyone owes everyone the recognition of their dignity, the obligation of radio and television to internal pluralism, an extensive catalogue for the protection of the environment and precise regulations for a total revision by a constitutional assembly. The abolition of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution contained in the first draft was deleted after intervention by the State Chancellery. The constitution was drawn up by a specially appointed constitutional committee of thirty members, half of whom were members of the state parliament and the other half were external figures appointed by the parliamentary groups.
The constitution is based on

the draft constitution of the Central Round Table in the GDR after the fall of the Wall,
the catalogue of fundamental rights of the Basic Law and
the draft constitution of the board of trustees for a democratically constituted Federation of German states from 1991.

It is strongly influenced by the freedom impetus of the civil movements from the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall: “Democracy Now”, “Initiative for Peace and Human Rights”, “New Forum”.
Further:

to Germany's democratic constitutional tradition
to the democratic traditions of Prussia
to the Constitution of Brandenburg of 6 February 1947

Miscellaneous

On 22 November 2013, the Brandenburg State Parliament included an anti-racism clause in Article 7a of the Constitution, which reads as follows:In addition, Article 12 was supplemented with the addition ‘ be favoured or disadvantaged on racial grounds’.

Literature

Brandenburgische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung:, Potsdam 2017
Christiane Büchner, Jochen Franzke: 5. Auflage. Brandenburgische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung, Potsdam 2010, ISBN 3-932502-09-4.
Helmut Simon, Dietrich Franke, Michael Sachs: Handbuch der Verfassung des Landes Brandenburg. Boorberg, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-415-01993-4.
Hasso Lieber, Steffen Iwers, Martina Ernst: Verfassung des Landes Brandenburg. Kommentar. Kommunal- und Schulverlag, Wiesbaden. Loseblatt, Stand Juni 2017. ISBN 978-3-8293-0654-6