Constitutional Court of Ukraine

The Constitutional Court of Ukraine () is the sole body of constitutional jurisdiction in Ukraine. The Constitutional Court of Ukraine interprets the Constitution of Ukraine and decides whether laws and other legal acts are constitutional.

The Court initiated its activity on October 18, 1996. The first Court ruling was made on May 13, 1997.

On urgent matters the Constitutional Court rules within weeks but on matters deemed less urgent it can take months or even longer., Kyiv Post (March 1, 2010)

There have been political accusations of attempts to bribe and blackmail Constitutional Court judges in order to get a favourable ruling., Kyiv Post (March 29, 2010) by Anders Åslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2009, ISBN 9780881324273 (page 219), Kyiv Post (March 30, 2010), Official website of Yulia Tymoshenko (April 7, 2010)

Mission and authority

The authority of the Constitutional Court is derived from Ukraine's Constitution - Chapter XII

The Court:

• on the appeal of the President, no less than 45 members of the parliament, the Supreme Court of Ukraine, the Ombudsman, or the Crimean parliament, assesses the constitutionality of:
• laws and other legal acts of the parliament
• acts of the President
• acts of the Cabinet
• legal acts of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Crimean parliament)
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