Constitutional Council of Cambodia

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The Constitutional Council of Cambodia is the highest constitutional authority in Cambodia, responsible for interpreting the constitution, reviewing the constitutionality of laws, and resolving electoral disputes.

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Label Occurrences
Constitutional Council of Cambodia canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court ⓘ
government body ⓘ
bindingNature its decisions are binding on all state institutions ⓘ
its decisions are final ⓘ
branch judicial branch ⓘ
canBeSeizedBy King of Cambodia NERFINISHED ⓘ
President of the National Assembly ⓘ
President of the Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prime Minister of Cambodia NERFINISHED ⓘ
one-fourth of the members of the Senate ⓘ
one-tenth of the members of the National Assembly ⓘ
composition 9 members ⓘ
country Cambodia ⓘ
decisionForm decisions issued in writing ⓘ
decisionPublication decisions are published in the Official Gazette of Cambodia ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Cambodia of 1993 NERFINISHED ⓘ
function adjudication of disputes related to the election of members of the National Assembly ⓘ
adjudication of disputes related to the election of the Senate ⓘ
interpretation of the Constitution of Cambodia ⓘ
resolution of electoral disputes ⓘ
review of amendments to the Constitution ⓘ
review of constitutionality of laws ⓘ
review of organic laws ⓘ
headquartersLocation Phnom Penh NERFINISHED ⓘ
independence independent from the executive branch ⓘ
independent from the legislative branch ⓘ
jurisdiction Cambodia NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Khmer ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberAppointment members appointed by the King of Cambodia ⓘ
members elected by the National Assembly ⓘ
members elected by the Supreme Council of the Magistracy ⓘ
objective protection of constitutional order in Cambodia ⓘ
protection of fundamental principles of the Constitution ⓘ
power power to declare laws unconstitutional ⓘ
power to invalidate election results in case of serious irregularities ⓘ
responsibleFor ensuring conformity of laws with the Constitution ⓘ
ensuring regularity of national elections ⓘ
ensuring the supremacy of the Constitution ⓘ
reviewType abstract review of legislation ⓘ
concrete review in the context of electoral disputes ⓘ
role highest constitutional authority in Cambodia ⓘ
termLength 9-year term for members ⓘ
termStructure membership renewed by thirds ⓘ
typeOfCourt constitutional review body ⓘ
website official website of the Constitutional Council of Cambodia ⓘ

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

Supreme Court of Cambodia → isSeparateFrom → Constitutional Council of Cambodia ⓘ