Historically the most active constitutional court in francophone Africa, notable for accepting direct individual petitions without a filter, which produced an unusually large body of rights jurisprudence.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- constitutional
- Court type
- Constitutional court
- Jurisdiction
- National
- Seat
- Cotonou
- Established
- 1993
- Languages
- French
Where an appeal goes next
Final
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