Created under the Taif Agreement that ended the civil war. Individuals have no access: only listed officials or a bloc of ten deputies may refer a statute, and the Council has been unable to function for extended periods when appointments were not made, which limits its practical role.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- constitutional
- Court type
- Constitutional review body
- Jurisdiction
- Review of the constitutionality of statutes on referral by the President, the Prime Minister, the Speaker or ten members of parliament, and adjudication of parliamentary election disputes.
- Seat
- Beirut
- Established
- 1993
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