The Latest Breaking News from the Constitutional Court

The civil code, published in 1865, declared that a child born to an Italian citizen was also an Italian citizen. However, a controversial law passed by the Italian government last year restricted citizenship for those born abroad. The Constitutional Court has now ruled in favour of the government after the…

Guatemala’s newly selected Constitutional Court needs to rebuild public trust after years of rulings that critics say protect powerful interests

Military-appointed Senate will play no role in choosing the next prime minister as the Southeast Asian nation seeks to move on from a prolonged period of political and strategic instability, Shweta Sharma writes

Corporal punishment – usually referring to adults hitting children – was abolished in South Africa in 1997. The Constitutional Court had already ruled it incompatible with the bill of rights in 1995. In that judgement, the chief justice said that in his view, “juvenile whipping is cruel, it is inhuman…

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has formally removed the country’s impeached police chief

Critics say the law could fuel anti-Muslim sentiment and a similar proposal to ban head coverings for girls in 2020 was rejected by the Constitutional Court because it targeted only Muslims.

The Central African Republic is approaching a key election next month, with President Faustin-Archange Touadéra running for a third time under a new constitution that removed term limits. Speaking to RFI in Bangui, he says his country has made real progress – from peace deals with armed groups to the…

The law was passed by the centre-right parliamentary majority after the Constitutional Court rejected the original text in July, judging it as being overly severe on family members of immigrants who wanted to join them.

The decision was met with mixed reactions