The Constitutional Court of Belarus was established in April 1994 under the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus. It reviews the constitutionality of normative legal acts through constitutional proceedings, in order to protect the constitutional order and the rights and freedoms of the person and citizen, and to ensure the supremacy and direct effect of the Constitution across the country. The court is formed of twelve judges chosen from among highly qualified specialists in law, and its Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson and judges are elected and dismissed by the All-Belarusian People's Assembly. Its organization and work rest on the Constitution, the Code on the Judicial System and Status of Judges, the Law on Constitutional Proceedings and its own Rules of Procedure. The court sits in Minsk at 4 Krasnoarmeyskaya Street.
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4 Krasnoarmeyskaya St., Minsk, Belarus.
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The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus (hereinafter ‒ the Constitutional Court) was established in April 1994 according to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus.
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1. Belarus Constitutional Court English site, general provisions page
Establishment
The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus (hereinafter ‒ the Constitutional Court) was established in April 1994 according to the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus.
Role of the court
The Constitutional Court exercises review of the constitutionality of normative legal acts in the state by means of constitutional proceedings in order to protect the constitutional order of the Republic of Belarus, the rights and freedoms of man and citizen guaranteed by the Constitution, to ensure the supremacy of the Constitution and its direct effect in the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
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The Constitution of the Republic of Belarus (hereinafter ‒ the Constitution), the Code of the Republic of Belarus on Judicial System and Status of Judges, the Law of the Republic of Belarus «On the Constitutional Proceedings», the Rules of Procedure of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus constitute the legal basis for the organisation and operation of the Constitutional Court.
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Piotr Petrovich Miklashevich (born 18 October 1954) is a Belarusian politician, currently serving as Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Belarus.
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