Paraguay's highest court, sitting in constitutional, civil and criminal chambers. Its Sala Constitucional has exclusive jurisdiction over the action of unconstitutionality, which may be brought against both statutes and judicial decisions — the latter being unusual and making the chamber a de facto further instance of appeal.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Supreme court with a constitutional chamber
- Jurisdiction
- National
- Seat
- Asunción
- Established
- 1870
- Composition
- Nine ministers distributed among three chambers of three.
- Appointment
- Nominated by the Consejo de la Magistratura in a three-name list, appointed by the Senate with the agreement of the executive.
- Languages
- Spanish, Guaraní
Where an appeal goes next
Final domestically; then the Inter-American system.
Decisions worth knowing
- Acuerdo y Sentencia 13062013
Confirmed the constitutional limits on re-election, later central to the 2017 crisis.
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