Constitutional Court of Belgium

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constitutional court court judicial body

The Constitutional Court of Belgium is the highest judicial body responsible for reviewing the constitutionality of laws and safeguarding the division of powers and fundamental rights within the Belgian federal state.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Belgian Constitutional Court 1
Cour constitutionnelle de Belgique 1
Grondwettelijk Hof van België 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court ⓘ
court ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constitutional Court of Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Belgian Constitutional Court

Constitutional Court of Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Cour constitutionnelle de Belgique

Constitutional Court of Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Grondwettelijk Hof van België
appliesLaw Constitution of Belgium ⓘ
laws on the reform of the institutions ⓘ
rules on division of powers between federal state communities and regions ⓘ
special institutional laws of Belgium ⓘ
appointmentBy King of the Belgians ⓘ
checksCompatibilityWith Articles on equality and non-discrimination in the Belgian Constitution ⓘ
Constitution of Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Title II of the Belgian Constitution

rules on allocation of powers between federal communities and regions ⓘ
composition 12 judges ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
dateFounded 1984 ⓘ
decidesOn annulment actions against laws decrees and ordinances ⓘ
prejudicial questions from other courts ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Belgium ⓘ
special law of 6 January 1989 ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs Court of Arbitration ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver decrees of communities ⓘ
decrees of regions ⓘ
federal laws ⓘ
ordinances of Brussels-Capital Region ⓘ
hasPart Dutch-speaking group of judges ⓘ
French-speaking group of judges ⓘ
headquarters Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels
highestCourtFor constitutional review of legislative acts in Belgium ⓘ
judgesNominatedBy Federal Parliament of Belgium ⓘ
surface form: federal parliament of Belgium
jurisdiction Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Belgian federal state

Belgium ⓘ
languageRegime Dutch ⓘ
French ⓘ
bilingual institution ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
locatedIn Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels
mandatoryRetirementAge 70 ⓘ
renamedFrom Court of Arbitration ⓘ
renamedIn 2007 ⓘ
role annulment of unconstitutional laws ⓘ
arbitration of conflicts of competence ⓘ
judicial review of legislation ⓘ
preliminary rulings on constitutionality questions ⓘ
protection of fundamental rights ⓘ
review of constitutionality of laws ⓘ
safeguarding division of powers ⓘ
startOfOperation 1985 ⓘ
termLength life tenure until retirement age ⓘ
website https://www.const-court.be ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Constitutional Court of Belgium → alsoKnownAs → Constitutional Court of Belgium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cour constitutionnelle de Belgique
Constitutional Court of Belgium → alsoKnownAs → Constitutional Court of Belgium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grondwettelijk Hof van België
Constitutional Court of Belgium → alsoKnownAs → Constitutional Court of Belgium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian Constitutional Court
Constitution of Belgium → definesInstitution → Constitutional Court of Belgium ⓘ
Title VI – The Constitutional Court → grantsPowerTo → Constitutional Court of Belgium ⓘ
Regions of Belgium → hasDisputeMechanism → Constitutional Court of Belgium ⓘ
Title V – The Federal Government → interpretedBy → Constitutional Court of Belgium ⓘ