Court of Arbitration

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The Court of Arbitration, now known as the Constitutional Court of Belgium, is the country’s highest judicial body for reviewing the constitutionality of laws and protecting fundamental rights.

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Court of Arbitration canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court ⓘ
highest court ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constitutional Court of Belgium ⓘ
bindingForce its judgments are final ⓘ
canBeSeizedBy courts ⓘ
individuals under certain conditions ⓘ
public authorities ⓘ
competence review of decrees of communities and regions ⓘ
review of federal laws ⓘ
review of legislative acts ⓘ
review of ordinances of the Brussels-Capital Region ⓘ
composition judges ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
decisionEffect annulled provisions are removed from the legal order ⓘ
annulment decisions are binding erga omnes ⓘ
function annulment of unconstitutional laws ⓘ
constitutional review ⓘ
suspension of contested laws ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver community legislatures ⓘ
federal legislature ⓘ
regional legislatures ⓘ
independence independent from legislative and executive branches ⓘ
jurisdiction Belgium ⓘ
languageRegime Dutch ⓘ
French ⓘ
bilingual Dutch-French ⓘ
legalBasis Belgian Constitution ⓘ
legalSystem Belgian legal system ⓘ
level highest judicial body for constitutional review in Belgium ⓘ
locatedIn Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
protects equality and non-discrimination principles ⓘ
fundamental rights guaranteed by the Belgian Constitution ⓘ
purpose ensuring respect for fundamental rights in legislation ⓘ
guaranteeing supremacy of the Constitution ⓘ
replacedBy Constitutional Court of Belgium ⓘ
role protecting fundamental rights ⓘ
reviewing constitutionality of laws ⓘ
scope communities ⓘ
federal state ⓘ
regions ⓘ
separationOfPowersRole arbiter of conflicts of competence between levels of government ⓘ
subjectMatter constitutional law ⓘ
division of powers ⓘ
fundamental rights ⓘ
typeOfReview abstract review of legislation ⓘ
concrete review via preliminary questions ⓘ

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

Constitutional Court of Belgium → formerlyKnownAs → Court of Arbitration ⓘ
Constitutional Court of Belgium → renamedFrom → Court of Arbitration ⓘ