Constitutional Council of Tunisia

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The Constitutional Council of Tunisia was the former highest constitutional authority responsible for reviewing the constitutionality of laws and overseeing key aspects of the political and electoral process in Tunisia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Constitutional Council of Tunisia canonical 1
Tunisian court 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court ⓘ
governmental body ⓘ
appliesTo Tunisian laws ⓘ
branch judicial branch of Tunisia ⓘ
capitalOfJurisdiction Tunis ⓘ
country Tunisia ⓘ
decisionType binding rulings on constitutionality ⓘ
dissolutionReason constitutional reforms following 2011 revolution ⓘ
dissolved after Tunisian Revolution ⓘ
domain constitutional law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
function oversee aspects of the electoral process ⓘ
oversee aspects of the political process ⓘ
review constitutionality of laws ⓘ
governmentTypeContext semi-presidential system of Tunisia ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver constitutionality of legislation in Tunisia ⓘ
independence formally independent from executive ⓘ
jurisdiction Tunisia ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Tunisia ⓘ
legalStatus former institution ⓘ
locatedIn Tunis ⓘ
nature specialized constitutional jurisdiction ⓘ
oversightArea elections ⓘ
presidential powers related to constitution ⓘ
referendums ⓘ
partOf political system of Tunisia ⓘ
replacedBy Constitutional Court of Tunisia ⓘ
Provisional Authority for the Control of the Constitutionality of Draft Laws ⓘ
role highest constitutional authority in Tunisia ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
subjectOf Tunisian constitutional law scholarship ⓘ
studies on democratic transition in Tunisia ⓘ
subordinateTo state of Tunisia ⓘ
supervises compliance of laws with the Constitution of Tunisia ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Tunisian Parliament → replaces → Constitutional Council of Tunisia ⓘ
Constitutional Democratic Rally → dissolutionDecisionBy → Tunisian court ⓘ
linked to: Constitutional Council of Tunisia