Constitutional Council of Tunisia

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The Constitutional Council of Tunisia was the former highest constitutional authority responsible for reviewing the constitutionality of laws and overseeing key aspects of the political and electoral process in Tunisia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Constitutional Council of Tunisia canonical 1
Tunisian court 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court
governmental body
appliesTo Tunisian laws
branch judicial branch of Tunisia
capitalOfJurisdiction Tunis
country Tunisia
decisionType binding rulings on constitutionality
dissolutionReason constitutional reforms following 2011 revolution
dissolved after Tunisian Revolution
domain constitutional law
public law
function oversee aspects of the electoral process
oversee aspects of the political process
review constitutionality of laws
governmentTypeContext semi-presidential system of Tunisia
hasAuthorityOver constitutionality of legislation in Tunisia
independence formally independent from executive
jurisdiction Tunisia
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
French
legalBasis Constitution of Tunisia
legalStatus former institution
locatedIn Tunis
nature specialized constitutional jurisdiction
oversightArea elections
presidential powers related to constitution
referendums
partOf political system of Tunisia
replacedBy Constitutional Court of Tunisia
Provisional Authority for the Control of the Constitutionality of Draft Laws
role highest constitutional authority in Tunisia
status defunct
subjectOf Tunisian constitutional law scholarship
studies on democratic transition in Tunisia
subordinateTo state of Tunisia
supervises compliance of laws with the Constitution of Tunisia

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

Tunisian Parliament replaces Constitutional Council of Tunisia
Constitutional Democratic Rally dissolutionDecisionBy Constitutional Council of Tunisia
this entity surface form: Tunisian court