Constitutional Court of Colombia (which handles constitutional review)

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constitutional court court judicial body

The Constitutional Court of Colombia is the country’s highest judicial body for constitutional matters, responsible for interpreting the Constitution and reviewing the constitutionality of laws and government actions.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Constitutional Court of Colombia	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional court ⓘ court ⓘ judicial body ⓘ
abbreviation	Corte Constitucional ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Constitutional Court of Colombia ⓘ surface form: Corte Constitucional de Colombia
appointmentBy	President of Colombia ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judicial branch of Colombia ⓘ
capital	Bogotá ⓘ
composition	nine magistrates ⓘ
confirmationBy	Senate of Colombia ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of Colombia ⓘ surface form: 1991 Constitution of Colombia
country	Colombia ⓘ
createdBy	1991 constitutional reform of Colombia ⓘ
decisionEffect	binding erga omnes in constitutional review cases ⓘ
ensures	supremacy of the Constitution of Colombia ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of Colombia ⓘ
establishedIn	1991 ⓘ
guarantees	fundamental rights under the Colombian Constitution ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	all public authorities in Colombia in constitutional matters ⓘ
highestCourtFor	constitutional matters in Colombia ⓘ
judgeTitle	magistrate ⓘ
jurisdiction	Colombia ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	Spanish ⓘ
legalSystem	Colombian legal system ⓘ
locatedIn	Bogotá ⓘ
numberOfJudges	9 ⓘ
partOf	judicial branch of the Government of Colombia ⓘ
power	annulment of unconstitutional laws ⓘ review of constitutional amendments for procedural defects ⓘ review of international treaties for constitutionality ⓘ review of states of exception decrees ⓘ review of statutory laws ⓘ review of tutela decisions selected for revision ⓘ
predecessor	Supreme Court of Colombia ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia (for some constitutional functions)
reelection	no immediate re-election for magistrates ⓘ
reviews	administrative acts with constitutional relevance ⓘ laws ⓘ legislative acts ⓘ presidential decrees ⓘ
role	constitutional review of laws ⓘ interpretation of the Constitution of Colombia ⓘ judicial review ⓘ protection of constitutional rights ⓘ review of government actions for constitutionality ⓘ
termLength	eight years ⓘ
typeOfReview	abstract review of constitutionality ⓘ concrete review of constitutionality ⓘ
website	https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co ⓘ

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Supreme Court of Colombia → differentiatedFrom → Constitutional Court of Colombia (which handles constitutional review) ⓘ

Supreme Court of Colombia → separatedFrom → Constitutional Court of Colombia (which handles constitutional review) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Court of Colombia