Constitution

 
 
 
 
 

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Article 24 
(Public Nature of Court Proceedings) 
Court hearings shall be public. Judgements shall be pronounced publicly. Exceptions 
shall be provided by law. 
Article 25 
(Right to Legal Remedies) 
Everyone shall be guaranteed the right to appeal or to any other legal remedy against 
the decisions of courts and other state authorities, local community authorities, and 
bearers of public authority by which his rights, duties, or legal interests are determined.
 
Article 26 
(Right to Compensation) 
Everyone has the right to compensation for damage caused through unlawful actions 
in connection with the performance of any function or other activity by a person or 
authority performing such function or activity within a state or local community authority 
or as a bearer of public authority. 
Any person suffering damage has the right to claim, in accordance with the law, 
compensation also directly from the person or authority that has caused such damage.
 
Article 27 
(Presumption of Innocence) 
Any person charged with criminal conduct shall be presumed innocent until found guilty 
by a final judgement. 
 
Article 28 
(Principle of Legality in Criminal Law) 
No one may be punished for an act which had not been declared a criminal offence 
under law or for which a penalty had not been prescribed at the time the act was 
performed.
Acts that are criminal shall be established and the resulting penalties pronounced 
according to the law that was in force at the time the act was performed, except where 
a more recent law adopted is more lenient towards the offender.

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