E111/2026•Equal treatment of foreigners violated; judgment set aside
E111/2026Constitutional CourtJul 1, 2026Annulled
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The complainant challenged a judgment before the Constitutional Court. The Court held that the complainant had been violated in the constitutionally guaranteed right to equal treatment of foreigners under Art. I para. 1 of the Federal Constitutional Law BGBl No. 390/1973. The challenged judgment was set aside. In addition, the Federation, represented by the Federal Minister of the Interior, was ordered to reimburse process costs of EUR 3,144 to the complainant's legal representative within 14 days, under threat of execution.
Art. I Abs. 1 B-VG BGBl Nr 390/1973; equality of foreigners; constitutional complaint against a judgment. A violation of the constitutionally guaranteed right to equal treatment of foreigners leads to annulment of the challenged decision. If the complaint succeeds, the Federation is to reimburse the complainant's necessary procedural costs, ordered to the legal representative and enforceable within the statutory period.
I.Der Beschwerdeführer ist durch das angefochtene Erkenntnis im verfassungsgesetzlich gewährleisteten Recht auf Gleichbehandlung von Fremden untereinander (ArtI Abs1 Bundesverfassungsgesetz, BGBl Nr 390/1973) verletzt worden.
Das Erkenntnis wird aufgehoben.
II.Der Bund (Bundesminister für Inneres) ist schuldig, dem Beschwerdeführer zuhanden seiner Rechtsvertreterin die mit € 3.144,— bestimmten Prozesskosten binnen 14 Tagen bei sonstiger Exekution zu ersetzen.
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Whether the challenged judgment violated the constitutional right to equal treatment of foreigners.
Yes. The complainant was violated in the constitutionally guaranteed right to equal treatment of foreigners and the judgment had to be set aside.
The Court expressly held that the constitutional guarantee under Art. I para. 1 of the Federal Constitutional Law on equal treatment of foreigners was infringed.
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