A permanent court standing outside the ordinary judiciary, with exclusive power to annul statutes for unconstitutionality and to hear amparo appeals from every other court. Its rulings bind all authorities, and it gives binding prior opinions on bills touching constitutional matters.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- constitutional
- Court type
- Constitutional court
- Jurisdiction
- National
- Seat
- Guatemala City
- Established
- 1986
- Composition
- Five titular magistrates and five substitutes, serving five-year terms.
- Appointment
- Each magistrate is named by a different institution: the Supreme Court, Congress, the President, the University of San Carlos, and the bar association.
- Languages
- Spanish
Where an appeal goes next
Final domestically; individual complaints may proceed to the Inter-American system.
Decisions worth knowing
- Expediente 1523-20112011
Confirmed that ILO Convention 169 consultation duties apply to mining licences affecting indigenous communities.
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