 | ||
The Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal (Spanish: Tribunal Constitucional Plurinacional) is a national court in Bolivia charged with adjudicating the constitutionality of laws, government power, and treaties in accordance with the country's 2009 Constitution, which created it. The Tribunal is headquartered in Sucre and consists of seven members. It was first seated on 2 January 2012. Its powers are set out in Articles 196–204 of the 2009 Constitution, the Law of the Judicial Organ (Law 025, promulgated on 24 June 2010), and Law of the Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal (Law 027, promulgated 6 July 2010). The Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal replaces the Constitutional Tribunal of Bolivia, which operated from 1999 to 2011.
Contents
President and Members
History
Prior to the creation of the Constitutional Tribunal in 1999, the Supreme Court of Bolivia was the sole body at the highest level of the country's judiciary.
Constitutional Tribunal, 1999–2011
The 1994 reform of Bolivia's Constitution authorized a Constitutional Tribunal. However, the body did not begin to function until 1999. Its procedures were established by Law 1836, the Law of the Constitutional Tribunal passed on 1 April 1998.