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Art. 26 Verfassung des Kantons Bern (KV) - Rechtsschutz
Grundrechte, Sozialrechte, Sozialziele - Grundrechte
Art. 26 Verfassung des Kantons Bern (KV) · Rechtsschutz
1. Jede Person hat ein unantastbares Recht auf unabhängige, unparteiische und vom Gesetz vorgesehene Richterinnen und Richter.
2. Die Parteien haben in allen Verfahren ein Recht auf Anhörung, auf Akteneinsicht, auf einen begründeten Entscheid innert angemessener Frist sowie auf eine Rechtsmittelbelehrung.
3. Minderbemittelte haben ein Recht auf unentgeltlichen Rechtsschutz.
4. Jede Person gilt als unschuldig, bis sie in einem gerichtlichen Verfahren rechtskräftig verurteilt ist. Im Zweifel ist zugunsten der Angeschuldigten zu entscheiden.
5. Die Verurteilung wegen einer Handlung oder Unterlassung, die zur Zeit ihrer Begehung nicht strafbar war, ist in keinem Fall zulässig.
Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (39)
100 2019 385 · be (Art. 26 Abs. 2 KV)
Student Grant Calculation Disclosure and Stepfather Income Inclusion Appeal
Cited in the reasoning (E. 2.3) as the cantonal basis for the duty to provide reasons, but not explicitly cited in the final orders (1-5).
100 2013 62 · be (Art. 26 Abs. 2 KV)
Farmer's Claim for Real Estate Substitution Over Land Expropriation Denied
Cited in the context of the general requirement for full compensation in expropriation cases.
100 2013 58 · be (Art. 26 Abs. 2 KV)
Revocation of Settlement Permit Due to Severe Drug Offenses and Recidivism
Cited in relation to the right to be heard (rechtliches Gehör).
100 2013 58 · be (Art. 26 Abs. 3 KV)
Revocation of Settlement Permit Due to Severe Drug Offenses and Recidivism
Cited in the reasoning about the limits of the cantonal constitutional guarantee regarding free legal aid.
100 2024 360 · be (Art. 26 Abs. 2 KV)
Appeal Concerning Building Permit, Private Restriction, and Aesthetic Objections
Cited in consideration 3.2 regarding the right to be heard, but not explicitly cited in the final orders.
100 2025 213 · be (Art. 26 Abs. 2 KV)
Indefinite Resident Permit Holder v. Municipal Migration Authorities (Procedural Delay and Legal Aid Denial)
Cited in the reasoning (point 3.1) as the cantonal basis for the prohibition of delay in proceedings, which is the main subject of the appeal dismissed in order 1.
100 2025 81 · be (Art. 26 Abs. 2 KV)
Municipality Appeal Regarding Official Disqualification for Building Permit Suggestion
Cited as cantonal constitutional basis for the right to be heard.
100 2024 179 · be (Art. 26 Abs. 2 KV)
Foreign National Residency Permit Denial Over Disability Discrimination
The court implicitly relies on the cantonal right to be heard when analyzing the violation of the duty to provide reasons.
200 2024 94 · be (Art. 26 Abs. 2 KV)
Taxpayer Challenge to Compulsory Substitute Service Tax Validity and Constitutionality
Cited as part of the legal basis establishing the right to be heard, which was found to be violated by the lower authority, although the violation was subsequently cured.
200 2024 177 · be (Art. 26 Abs. 2 KV)
Municipality v. Social Assistance Recipients on Grounds of Undeclared Work and Lack of Cooperation
Cited in the reasoning regarding the right to be heard, but not explicitly in the dispositive.
100 2023 216 · be (Art. 26 Abs. 2 KV)
Landowner Challenge to Betterment Levy Based on Flawed Valuation and Violation of Right to be Heard
Basis for the finding that the lower authority violated the right to be heard (legal basis for the successful appeal ground mentioned in the reasoning for the annulment).
120 2024 47 · be (Art. 26 Abs. 2 KV)
Appeal Against Administrative Delay in Construction Decision Dismissed
Cited in the reasoning as the cantonal constitutional basis for the prohibition of unreasonable delay in proceedings.
100 2022 360 · be (Art. 26 Abs. 2 KV)
Neighbor v. Municipality Regarding Retrospective Permit for Health Center in Residential Zone
Mentioned in the reasoning regarding the right to be heard, but not explicitly cited in the final orders (dispositive).
200 2023 320 · be (Art. 26 al. 2 de la Constitution du canton de Berne (ConstC))
Appeal Regarding Reduction of Social Welfare Benefits and Reimbursement of Undue Aid
Cited in the context of the right to be heard.
100 2022 161 · be (Art. 26 Abs. 2 der Verfassung des Kantons Bern [KV; BSG 101.1])
Pastor Termination and Salary Reduction Dispute
Cited as the cantonal constitutional basis for the right to a hearing, which the court analyzed in relation to the appeal concerning the termination of employment.