Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe

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apex court constitutional court court

The Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe is the country’s highest court on constitutional matters, responsible for interpreting the constitution and adjudicating fundamental rights and governance disputes.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe canonical	6
Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe (when sitting as such)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	apex court ⓘ constitutional court ⓘ court ⓘ
appealFrom	no court on constitutional matters (final instance) ⓘ
appointmentProcess	judges appointed by the President of Zimbabwe on advice of the Judicial Service Commission ⓘ
bindingForce	its decisions are binding on all other courts in Zimbabwe ⓘ
branchOf	Judiciary of Zimbabwe ⓘ
canHear	direct constitutional applications ⓘ referrals from lower courts on constitutional questions ⓘ
canIssue	declaratory orders ⓘ interdicts ⓘ orders of constitutional invalidity ⓘ
capitalJurisdiction	Harare ⓘ
competence	constitutional interpretation ⓘ fundamental rights adjudication ⓘ governance disputes ⓘ
composition	Chief Justice of Zimbabwe ⓘ Deputy Chief Justice of Zimbabwe ⓘ other judges of the Constitutional Court ⓘ
country	Zimbabwe ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of Zimbabwe ⓘ Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013 ⓘ
establishedInYear	2013 ⓘ
headedBy	Chief Justice of Zimbabwe ⓘ
highestCourtFor	constitutional matters in Zimbabwe ⓘ
jurisdiction	Zimbabwe ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalAuthority	Chapter 8 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe ⓘ
legalSystem	Zimbabwean legal system ⓘ
locatedIn	Harare ⓘ
partOf	Judiciary of Zimbabwe ⓘ
precededBy	Supreme Court of Zimbabwe ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Zimbabwe (as constitutional court)
role	adjudicates disputes between organs of state on constitutional matters ⓘ can declare legislation unconstitutional ⓘ can invalidate unconstitutional executive actions ⓘ hears constitutional complaints by individuals ⓘ interprets the Constitution of Zimbabwe ⓘ protects fundamental rights and freedoms ⓘ provides final authority on constitutional interpretation in Zimbabwe ⓘ reviews constitutionality of laws ⓘ
seat	Harare ⓘ
subjectMatter	amendments to the Constitution of Zimbabwe ⓘ electoral disputes with constitutional issues ⓘ human rights ⓘ presidential election challenges ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
tenure	judges hold office until prescribed retirement age ⓘ
typeOfLawApplied	constitutional law ⓘ public law ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judiciary of Zimbabwe → hasCourt → Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe ⓘ

Declaration of Rights → enforceableBy → Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe ⓘ

subject surface form: Declaration of Rights (Zimbabwe)

Supreme Court of Zimbabwe → distinctFrom → Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe ⓘ

Chief Justice of Zimbabwe → hasAuthorityOver → Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe (when sitting as such)

Judicial Service Commission of Zimbabwe → oversees → Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe ⓘ

Zimbabwean general election, 2013 → legalChallenge → Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe ⓘ

Zimbabwean general election, 2018 → resultChallengedAt → Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe ⓘ