Constitutional Court of Croatia

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The Constitutional Court of Croatia is the highest body for the protection of constitutionality and legality in Croatia, empowered to review laws, resolve jurisdictional disputes, and safeguard fundamental rights.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court ⓘ
court ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
appealFrom no appeal against its decisions ⓘ
branch judicial branch ⓘ
composition judges elected by the Croatian Parliament ⓘ
country Croatia ⓘ
decisionEffect annulled provisions cease to have legal effect ⓘ
decisions are binding on all ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Croatia of 1990 ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of Croatia ⓘ
language Croatian ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Croatia ⓘ
Constitutional Act on the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia ⓘ
locatedIn Zagreb ⓘ
memberCount 13 judges ⓘ
notPartOf regular court hierarchy of Croatia ⓘ
officialName Ustavni sud Republike Hrvatske ⓘ
oversees constitutionality of acts of the Croatian Parliament ⓘ
constitutionality of acts of the Government of Croatia ⓘ
constitutionality of regulations of local and regional self-government units ⓘ
power annulment of unconstitutional laws ⓘ
annulment of unlawful regulations ⓘ
constitutional complaints by individuals ⓘ
deciding on the impeachment of the President of Croatia for violation of the Constitution ⓘ
interpretation of constitutional provisions in its decisions ⓘ
judicial review of laws ⓘ
monitoring the constitutionality and legality of elections and referendums ⓘ
resolution of jurisdictional disputes between legislative, executive and judicial authorities ⓘ
resolution of jurisdictional disputes between state bodies ⓘ
review of the conformity of laws with the Constitution of Croatia ⓘ
review of the conformity of other regulations with the Constitution and laws ⓘ
review of the constitutionality of international treaties before ratification ⓘ
precededBy Constitutional Court of the Socialist Republic of Croatia ⓘ
reappointment judges may be re-elected ⓘ
reportsTo no higher court ⓘ
role guardian of the Constitution of Croatia ⓘ
highest body for the protection of constitutionality in Croatia ⓘ
highest body for the protection of legality in Croatia ⓘ
protector of fundamental human rights and freedoms ⓘ
seat Zagreb ⓘ
shortName Ustavni sud RH ⓘ
subjectMatter constitutional law ⓘ
electoral disputes ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
termLength 8 years ⓘ
typeOfCourt specialized court outside the regular judiciary ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Constitution of Croatia → establishesInstitution → Constitutional Court of Croatia ⓘ
Constitutional Court of Croatia → precededBy → Constitutional Court of the Socialist Republic of Croatia ⓘ
linked to: Constitutional Court of Croatia
Constitutional Court of Croatia → officialName → Ustavni sud Republike Hrvatske ⓘ
linked to: Constitutional Court of Croatia
Constitutional Court of Croatia → shortName → Ustavni sud RH ⓘ
linked to: Constitutional Court of Croatia
Croatian presidential elections → disputeResolutionBody → Constitutional Court of Croatia ⓘ
Trg svetog Marka, Zagreb → seatOf → Constitutional Court of Croatia ⓘ