The Constitutional Court is the highest authority in Benin on matters of constitutionality. Composed of seven justices, it is the body that regulates...
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A constitutional court is a high court that deals primarily with constitutional law. Its main authority is to rule on whether laws that are challenged...
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president of Benin (French: Président de la République du Bénin) is both head of state and head of government in Benin. The Cabinet of Benin is under the...
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Politics of Benin take place in the framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, wherein the President of Benin is both head of state...
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of that country. Such recommendations are binding upon the President as per the Three Judges Cases "International Alliance of Constitutional Courts"...
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Joseph Djogbenou (category Leaders of political parties in Benin)
the current President of the Progressive Union for Renewal party. Djogbénou was the President of the Constitutional Court of Benin from 7 June 2018 until...
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Benin (/bɛˈniːn/ ben-EEN, /bɪˈniːn/ bin-EEN; French: Bénin [benɛ̃] , Fon: Benɛ, Fula: Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (French: République du Bénin)...
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Veto (section Emergence of modern vetoes)
Bulmer 2017, p. 19. Article 57 of the Constitution of Benin (1990) Bulmer 2017, p. 33. Constitutional Court of Benin (4 December 2008). "DCC08-171" (PDF)...
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abolished in Benin. It was abolished in 2016, as a result of a Constitutional Court of Benin ruling. The last execution took place in Benin in 1987. Before...
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People's Republic of Bénin on November 30, 1975, and then the Republic of Bénin on March 1, 1990, it has known a turbulent constitutional and political evolution...
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results of the legislative elections of 28 March 1995 Constitutional Court Machioudi Dissou (2002) Le Bénin et l'Épreuve Démocratique: Leçons des élections...
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parliament) High Court of Justice of Benin – made up of members of the Constitutional Court, Parliament and the president of the Supreme Court. It alone can...
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Cairo suburb of Maadi. The Supreme Constitutional Court is the highest judicial power. It alone undertakes the judicial control in respect of the constitutionality...
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Democratic backsliding by country (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from November 2021)
became the President of the Constitutional Court of Benin and has also been accused of authoritarian practices by using CRIET, a court to prosecute terrorism...
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Elections in Benin take place within the framework of a multi-party democracy and a presidential system. Both the President and the National Assembly are...
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to become a judge, Judge of the Supreme Court of Benin (c. 1970s), and Judge and President of the Constitutional Court of Benin (1993) Victorie Agbanrin-Elisha...
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Ahmed Ben Bella (category Presidents of Algeria)
Brigalia Bam (Chair of South Africa's Electoral Commission) and Elisabeth Pognon (former President of the Constitutional Court of Benin).[original research...
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The Panel of the Wise (PoW) is a consultative body of the African Union, composed of five appointed members who each serve three year terms. Its mandate...
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results of the legislative elections of 28 March 1995 Constitutional Court Machioudi Dissou (2002) Le Bénin et l'Épreuve Démocratique: Leçons des élections...
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decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, addressing the issue of abortion in 1975, two years after the United States Supreme Court decision...
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The Benin–Niger Crisis is an ongoing diplomatic crisis that was triggered by the coup d'état in Niger in July 2023, which overthrew elected Nigerien President...
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Abdoulaye Bio Tchané (category Finance ministers of Benin)
benin.org (in French). Constitutional Court of Benin. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 13 March 2016. Vincent Duhem, "Bénin :...
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Elisabeth Ekoué Pognon (category University of Poitiers alumni)
is Benin's first female judge, first woman member of its supreme court, and the first woman to be elected president of its stand-alone constitutional court...
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2021 Beninese presidential election (category 2021 in Benin)
Presidential elections were held in Benin on 11 April 2021 to elect the President of the Republic of Benin for a five-year term. Incumbent president Patrice...
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The Democratic Party of Benin (French: Parti Démocratique du Bénin, PDB) was a political party in Benin. The party was established by Soulé Dankoro in...
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2016 Beninese presidential election (category Presidential elections in Benin)
held in Benin on 6 March 2016, having been delayed by one week due to logistical constraints. Incumbent President Thomas Boni Yayi was at the end of his second...
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Department with 40.0%. "Benin: Family Code". SIGI. Archived from the original on Jul 1, 2010. Rotman, Anna, Benin's Constitutional Court: an Institutional Model...
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The Constitutional Court (French: Cour constitutionnelle) is the supreme authority on Burundi's constitutional law. The Constitutional Court deals with...
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2006 Beninese presidential election (redirect from Benin presidential election, 2006)
a ruling issued on 30 January 2006, the Constitutional Court accepted 26 candidacies, as the candidacies of Daniel Shalom, Vincent Emmanuel Ahounou,...
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Movement for Solidarity, Union and Progress (category Defunct political parties in Benin)
the Constitutional Court, but his case was deemed inadmissible. Elections in Benin African Elections Database Décision EL 95-049 Constitutional Court (in...
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