The Constitutional Court of
Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
is Algeria's highest judicial body.
It replaced the
Constitutional Council by the Algerian constitutional amendment of 2020 approved by
referendum
A referendum, plebiscite, or ballot measure is a Direct democracy, direct vote by the Constituency, electorate (rather than their Representative democracy, representatives) on a proposal, law, or political issue. A referendum may be either bin ...
. This revision of the Algerian constitution follows a series of protests known as
Hirak.
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See also
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Supreme Court of Algeria
The Supreme Court of Algeria is the highest court of appeal in Algeria. It can only review lower court decisions on questions of procedure. When overruled the case will be returned to the lower courts for retrial.
The court is located in Algi ...
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Constitutional Council (Algeria)
References
Constitutional courts
Law of Algeria