Constitutional Court of Thailand

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The Constitutional Court of Thailand is the country’s highest constitutional tribunal, responsible for interpreting the constitution and ruling on the legality of laws, government actions, and political party activities.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court ⓘ
court ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ศาลรัฐธรรมนูญ ⓘ
appointmentProcess judges appointed by the King of Thailand ⓘ
judges selected from nominees proposed by selection committees ⓘ
branch judicial branch of Thailand ⓘ
canBePetitionedBy courts of justice in Thailand ⓘ
members of parliament ⓘ
the Attorney General of Thailand ⓘ
the Election Commission of Thailand ⓘ
the Ombudsman of Thailand ⓘ
composition panel of nine judges ⓘ
country Thailand ⓘ
established 1997 ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Thailand ⓘ
headquarters Bangkok ⓘ
independence formally independent from executive and legislative branches ⓘ
interprets Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand ⓘ
jurisdiction Thailand ⓘ
legalBasis Chapter on Constitutional Court in the Constitution of Thailand ⓘ
legalStatus highest constitutional tribunal in Thailand ⓘ
location Bangkok ⓘ
numberOfJudges 9 ⓘ
officialLanguage Thai ⓘ
power annul unconstitutional laws ⓘ
disqualify elected officials under constitutional provisions ⓘ
invalidate unconstitutional government actions ⓘ
order dissolution of political parties ⓘ
reorganizedUnder 2007 Constitution of Thailand ⓘ
2017 Constitution of Thailand ⓘ
role acts as guardian of the constitution ⓘ
adjudicates disputes regarding powers of state organs ⓘ
interprets the Constitution of Thailand ⓘ
protects constitutional order ⓘ
reviews constitutionality of laws ⓘ
rules on constitutionality of draft legislation upon request ⓘ
rules on constitutionality of emergency decrees ⓘ
rules on constitutionality of organic laws ⓘ
rules on constitutionality of political party regulations ⓘ
rules on dissolution of political parties ⓘ
rules on electoral disputes referred under the constitution ⓘ
rules on legality of government actions ⓘ
rules on loss of membership of the House of Representatives ⓘ
rules on loss of membership of the Senate ⓘ
rules on qualifications of members of parliament ⓘ
rules on qualifications of ministers ⓘ
typeOfCourt specialized constitutional jurisdiction ⓘ

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

Thai government → judicialBody → Constitutional Court of Thailand ⓘ
Council of Ministers of Thailand → subjectTo → Constitutional Court of Thailand (for constitutional review of actions) ⓘ
linked to: Constitutional Court of Thailand
Administrative Court of Thailand → distinctFrom → Constitutional Court of Thailand ⓘ
judicial branch of Thailand → hasComponent → Constitutional Court of Thailand ⓘ
judicial branch of Thailand → highestConstitutionalCourt → Constitutional Court of Thailand ⓘ
Military Courts of Thailand → distinctFrom → Constitutional Court of Thailand ⓘ
Election Commission of Thailand → worksWith → Constitutional Court of Thailand ⓘ
Acts of Parliament of Thailand → mayBeReviewedBy → Constitutional Court of Thailand ⓘ