Holds the exclusive power to review the constitutionality of laws and to resolve conflicts of jurisdiction between judicial bodies. Its rulings are final and binding on all state organs.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- constitutional
- Court type
- Apex constitutional court
- Jurisdiction
- National
- Seat
- Cairo
- Established
- 1979
- Composition
- President and a plenary body of counsellors, sitting with a Commissioners' Body that reports on each case
- Appointment
- Presidential appointment; the President of the Court is selected from among its most senior members
- Languages
- Arabic
Where an appeal goes next
Final
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