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The Constitutional Court (French: Cour Constitutionnelle) was established by the Constitution of the Third Republic on 18 February 2006 as the highest constitutional authority in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its role is to ensure the constitutionality of laws and statues created by government officials and organizations.
KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo's Constitutional Court on Tuesday rejected two legal challenges to the provisional results of a contested presidential election last month and ...
The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) has the following duties: Administration of justice; Exercise of the regulatory power; Control of Judicial Activities; General supervision of judicial personnel; Keeping seals and monitoring institutional reforms; Overseeing the prison system's ...
Congo's constitutional court on Tuesday upheld the results of last month's election that declared President Felix Tshisekedi the winner, rejecting a petition by an opposition candidate to annul ...
The chief court is the Supreme Court. In addition, Congo has a Constitutional Court which rules on constitutional matters. Congo is divided into 12 départements (counties or regions), each of which has its own local council. The old and new constitutions both reference several important texts with reference to basic human rights: The UN Charter
Congo's election commission said on Sunday that Tshisekedi had secured more than 73% of the vote in the Dec. 20 election, versus roughly 18% for his nearest challenger, businessman Moise Katumbi.
Under Article 90 of the Constitution of the Third Republic, [1] the government is composed of the Prime Minister, of ministers, of deputy ministers; and as the case may be, of deputy prime ministers, of ministers of state, and of minister delegates. The number of these ministers vary from one government to the next.
The Court of Cassation (French: Cour de cassation) is the main court of last resort in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1] It has its seat in the Kinshasa Palace of Justice. The Court judges final appeals with respect to the "normal" system of justice, excluding cases of administrative justice, which go before the Conseil d'État .