The Constitutional Court ( nl, Constitutioneel hof) is the
constitutional court for the
Republic of Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. Borders of Suriname, It is bordered by the Atlanti ...
. Its establishment was already foreseen in both the
constitution of Suriname
The current Constitution of Suriname ( nl, Grondwet van Suriname, links=no) was adopted on 30 September 1987, following a referendum. It marked the return to democracy after the Bouterse military dictatorship of the 1980s.
History
After the B ...
of 1975 and the current constitution of 1987, but it took until 4 October 2019 for the
National Assembly to enact a law providing for the establishment of a constitutional court. After some errors concerning the official proclamation of the establishment of the court were corrected,
the members of the court were installed on 7 May 2020.
The lack of a constitutional court became an imminent problem after the
court-martial
A court-martial or court martial (plural ''courts-martial'' or ''courts martial'', as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court. A court-martial is empowered to determine the guilt of memb ...
decided in 2015 that the 2012 amnesty law that should have halted the prosecution of the
December murders must be tested in the constitutional court first.
Composition
The composition of the court is as follows:
;President
*Gloria Karg-Stirling
;Vice President
*Kenneth Amoksi
;Members
*Anoeradha Akkal-Ramautar
*Rinette Djokarto
*Maya Fokké-Manohar
;Substitute members
*Bien Sojo
*Jornell Vinkwolk
*Roy Chitanie
See also
*
Constitutional Court of Sint Maarten
The Constitutional Court of Sint Maarten ( nl, Constitutioneel hof van Sint Maarten) is a court of Sint Maarten. As a constitutional court it evaluates the constitutionality of the provisions of legislation which is approved by the Estates of S ...
References
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Courts in Suriname
Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...
Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...
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