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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.
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 .
The Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan is a constitutional Islamic religious court, established in 1980 to scrutinise all Pakistani laws and determine if they conform to Islamic values "as laid down in the Quran and the Sunnah". [9] If a law is found to be 'repugnant', the Court notifies the relevant government, specifying the reasons for its ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo, is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world.