Constitutional Court of The Czech Republic - Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction

The major part of the court's workload consists of individual petitions of citizen's alleged violations of their constitutional rights after all other remedies were exhausted (including appeals to the Supreme Court or the Supreme Administrative Court).

According to Article 87 of the Constitution, the Constitutional Court shall rule on:

• repeal of laws or individual provisions thereof should they contravene the constitutional order,
• repeal of other legal regulations or individual provisions thereof should they contravene the constitutional order or the law,
• constitutional complaints filed by territorial self-government bodies against illegal interventions by the State,
• constitutional complaints filed against final decisions and other interventions by agencies of public authority, violating constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights and freedoms,
• appeals against decisions in matters of confirmation of the election of a Deputy or Senator,
• reservations on loss of eligibility and on incompatibility of holding the office of Deputy or Senator according to Article 25,
• impeachment by the Senate of the President of the Republic under Article 65, par. 2,
• the Presidential proposal to repeal a decision of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate according to Article 66 (decision on execution of selected presidential duties being handed over to the Prime Minister in case of President's inability to execute them himself for a serious reason),
• measures essential for the implementation of a ruling by an international court, which is binding for the Czech Republic, unless it can be implemented in a different manner,
• whether a decision on the dissolution of a political party, or another decision regarding the activity of a political party, conforms to constitutional or other laws,
• disputes regarding the scope of the jurisdiction of state agencies and territorial self-government agencies, unless such disputes are under the jurisdiction of a different body,
• on the remedy against a decision adopted by the President of the Republic not to announce a referendum concerning the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union, on whether the procedure of the referendum concerning the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union is in accordance with the Constitutional Act on Referendum concerning the Accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union and the implementing regulation related thereto.

Also, in cases when an already abolished law contrary to the constitutional order should be applied by a general court, it shall it shall submit the issue to the Constitutional Court (Art. 95 par. 2).