Constitutional Court of Slovenia

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The Constitutional Court of Slovenia is the country’s highest body for constitutional review, responsible for safeguarding the constitutionality of laws and protecting fundamental rights.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court ⓘ
court ⓘ
abbreviation US RS ⓘ
appointmentBy President of Slovenia ⓘ
bindingForceOfDecisions binding on all natural and legal persons ⓘ
binding on all state authorities ⓘ
branch judicial branch ⓘ
canAnnul unconstitutional laws ⓘ
unconstitutional regulations ⓘ
canReview acts of the Government of Slovenia ⓘ
acts of the National Assembly of Slovenia ⓘ
local government regulations ⓘ
canSuspend implementation of challenged acts in certain cases ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Chapter on the Constitutional Court in the Constitution of Slovenia ⓘ
country Slovenia ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Slovenia ⓘ
hasNumberOfJudges 9 ⓘ
hearsCasesOn constitutional complaints by individuals ⓘ
petitions by other authorized applicants for review of constitutionality ⓘ
requests by regular courts for constitutional review ⓘ
independence independent from executive branch ⓘ
independent from legislative branch ⓘ
judgeElectionConfirmedBy National Assembly of Slovenia ⓘ
judgeTermLength 9 years ⓘ
judgeTermRenewable no ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Slovenia ⓘ
linked to: Slovenia
languageOfProceedings Slovene ⓘ
legalSystem Slovenian legal system ⓘ
locatedIn Ljubljana ⓘ
locatedInCountry Slovenia ⓘ
power constitutional complaint procedure ⓘ
deciding jurisdictional disputes between state authorities ⓘ
deciding on impeachment of the President of Slovenia ⓘ
deciding on the unconstitutionality of acts and activities of political parties ⓘ
judicial review of constitutionality of laws ⓘ
review of constitutionality of general acts ⓘ
review of constitutionality of international treaties before ratification ⓘ
review of constitutionality of regulations ⓘ
review of electoral disputes in certain cases ⓘ
proceduralLaw Constitutional Court Act of Slovenia ⓘ
protects human rights and fundamental freedoms ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
role guardian of constitutionality of laws in Slovenia ⓘ
highest body for constitutional review in Slovenia ⓘ
protector of fundamental rights in Slovenia ⓘ
seat Beethovnova ulica, Ljubljana ⓘ
typeOfBody independent state authority ⓘ
website https://www.us-rs.si ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Slovenian parliamentary elections → supervisingBody → Constitutional Court of Slovenia ⓘ
Constitutional Court of Slovenia → predecessor → Constitutional Court of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia ⓘ
subject linked to: Constitutional Court
linked to: Constitutional Court of Slovenia
Constitutional Court of Slovenia → nativeName → Ustavno sodišče Republike Slovenije ⓘ
subject linked to: Constitutional Court
linked to: Constitutional Court of Slovenia
Procedure for Amending the Constitution (Slovenia) → involvesInstitution → Constitutional Court of Slovenia ⓘ