National
Constitutional Court of Colombia
- Spanish: Corte Constitucional
Governs Colombia
Official website (corteconstitucional.gov.co) Report a problem with this page
Source: constituteproject.org, checkedWho sits on it
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President of the Constitutional Court
Chosen by the Constitutional Court of Colombia from among its members
- Paola Andrea Meneses Mosquera since February 2026
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9 justices of the Constitutional Court
Appointed by the Senate of the Republic
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Sources for who sits on it
- President of the Constitutional Court constituteproject.org · checked
- Paola Andrea Meneses Mosquera as President of the Constitutional Court cambiocolombia.com · checked
- Justice of the Constitutional Court constituteproject.org · checked
What it can do
- Guards the supremacy of the Constitution
Safeguards the integrity and supremacy of the Constitution: rules on constitutional challenges to laws and constitutional amendments, reviews decrees under states of exception and treaties, and reviews tutela rulings (Constitution Art. 241).
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Sources for what it can do
- Guards the supremacy of the Constitution constituteproject.org · checked
Sources
- constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Colombia Constitution of 1991 with amendments through 2015 (English), read 2026-10-12: Arts. 112, 114, 115, 150, 171, 176, 189-190, 202, 208, 234-235, 239, 241 for the structure, selection and competences of the presidency, cabinet, Congress and high courts. Seat counts for the 2026-2030 Congress also from Wikipedia, 2026 Colombian parliamentary election (en.wikipedia.org), read 2026-10-12. Authority websites from the bodies themselves. For: Constitutional Court of Colombia
- constituteproject.org · checked Spanish official names of the Colombian bodies and offices as used in the Constitution of 1991 and the bodies own sites, read 2026-10-12. Cabinet name Consejo de Ministros is marked unofficial (the Constitution calls it Gobierno Nacional). For: Constitutional Court of Colombia in Spanish
- constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Colombia Constitution 1991 as amended to 2015 (English), read 2026-10-12: article cited in the description. For: Guards the supremacy of the Constitution
- constituteproject.org · checked Constitute Project, Colombia Constitution 1991 as amended to 2015, read 2026-10-12: selection method and seats of this office (Arts. 112, 171, 176, 189, 190, 202, 231, 239). Seat totals for 2026-2030 (Senate 100+2+1, Chamber 161+2+1+1+1+16+1) from Wikipedia, 2026 Colombian parliamentary election, read 2026-10-12, cross-checked with CNE declaration of the Senate (El Universal, 2026-07-14). Court sizes (9 and 23) from Law 270 of 1996, not re-read this run. For: President of the Constitutional Court, Justice of the Constitutional Court
- cambiocolombia.com · checked Cambio Colombia, Paola Meneses y Natalia Angel Cabo, las nuevas directivas de la Corte Constitucional, Feb 2026, read 2026-10-12: elected president of the Constitutional Court, took office 10 February 2026 (also Wikidata P39). Fallback: news, because corteconstitucional.gov.co was not read. For: Paola Andrea Meneses Mosquera as President of the Constitutional Court
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