National
Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court
- Spanish: Sala Constitucional de la Corte Suprema de Justicia
Governs Costa Rica
Official website (salaconstitucional.poder-judicial.go.cr) Report a problem with this page
Source: pdba.georgetown.edu, checkedConstitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court in plain words
- What it's for
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Chamber IV of the Supreme Court has seven magistrates elected by the Legislative Assembly. It decides whether laws and acts are constitutional and hears amparo and habeas corpus appeals; its rulings bind everyone.
Who sits on it
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7 Magistrates of the Constitutional Chamber
Appointed by the Legislative Assembly
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Sources for who sits on it
- Magistrate of the Constitutional Chamber pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
- Anamari Garro Vargas as Magistrate of the Constitutional Chamber diariolibre.com · checked
- Fernando Cruz Castro as Magistrate of the Constitutional Chamber diariolibre.com · checked
- Jorge Araya García as Magistrate of the Constitutional Chamber diariolibre.com · checked
- Luis Fernando Salazar Alvarado as Magistrate of the Constitutional Chamber diariolibre.com · checked
- Paul Rueda Leal as Magistrate of the Constitutional Chamber diariolibre.com · checked
What it can do
- Constitutional review
Declaring laws and other acts unconstitutional (Constitution art. 10).
- Protecting rights
Deciding habeas corpus and amparo appeals for the protection of constitutional rights (Constitution art. 48).
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Sources for what it can do
- Constitutional review pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
- Protecting rights pdba.georgetown.edu · checked
Sources
- pdba.georgetown.edu · checked Constitution of Costa Rica (Political Constitution of 1949, as amended), read 2026-10-12: Executive (arts. 130-148), Legislative Assembly (arts. 105-121), Judiciary (arts. 152-158). Names from presidencia.go.cr, asamblea.go.cr and poder-judicial.go.cr. For: Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court
- pdba.georgetown.edu · checked Constitution of Costa Rica, read 2026-10-12. For: What it's for
- presidencia.go.cr · checked Spanish official names from presidencia.go.cr, asamblea.go.cr, poder-judicial.go.cr and the Constitution (Spanish text), read 2026-10-12. For: Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court in Spanish
- pdba.georgetown.edu · checked Constitution of Costa Rica, read 2026-10-12: article cited in the description. For: Constitutional review, Protecting rights
- pdba.georgetown.edu · checked Constitution of Costa Rica, read 2026-10-12: selection method, term and size of each office (arts. 106-107, 130-139, 158); minister offices follow the portfolios listed at https://www.presidencia.go.cr/gabinete/. For: Magistrate of the Constitutional Chamber
- diariolibre.com · checked Press reports (Observador CR on term expiries Araya 2026-10-31, Rueda 2027-06-26, Cruz 2028-10-18, Garro 2028-02-12, Salazar 2029-12-03; EFE July 2026), read 2026-10-12: five of seven sitting magistrates. Fallback: press, because the Poder Judicial site was not reachable; two seats and the chamber president are not sourced (see ticket). For: Anamari Garro Vargas as Magistrate of the Constitutional Chamber, Fernando Cruz Castro as Magistrate of the Constitutional Chamber, Jorge Araya García as Magistrate of the Constitutional Chamber, Luis Fernando Salazar Alvarado as Magistrate of the Constitutional Chamber, Paul Rueda Leal as Magistrate of the Constitutional Chamber
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