The final interpreter of the Constitution, hearing abstract actions of unconstitutionality with general effect and final appeals in the constitutional guarantees of amparo, habeas corpus, habeas data and cumplimiento. It also resolves competence disputes between organs of state, which has repeatedly put it at the centre of conflicts between the President and Congress.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- constitutional
- Court type
- Constitutional court
- Jurisdiction
- National
- Seat
- Lima
- Established
- 1996
- Composition
- Seven magistrates serving non-renewable five-year terms.
- Appointment
- Elected by Congress with a two-thirds majority following a public selection procedure.
- Languages
- Spanish, Quechua
Where an appeal goes next
Final domestically; then the Inter-American system.
Filing at this court
- Recurso de agravio constitucional
- 10 days from an adverse second-instance ruling
Decisions worth knowing
- Expediente 0006-2003-AI2003
Set limits on congressional impeachment procedure and due process.
- Expediente 00006-2023-CC2023
Resolved a competence conflict between Congress and the judiciary over the Junta Nacional de Justicia.
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