Reviews the constitutionality of laws, decrees and other normative acts, but only on referral by the President, the chambers of the National Assembly, the Supreme Court or the Council of Ministers. There is no individual constitutional complaint, and it also conducts mandatory review of adopted laws since 2022.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- constitutional
- Court type
- Constitutional court
- Jurisdiction
- Belarus — conformity of normative acts with the Constitution
- Seat
- Minsk
- Composition
- Twelve judges — six appointed by the President and six elected by the Council of the Republic — for eleven-year terms.
- Languages
- Belarusian, Russian
Where an appeal goes next
None; its decisions are final.
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