Constitution of the Gabonese Republic 1991, as amended to 2020
Judicial Protection
  • English
    The Constitutional Court is the highest Jurisdiction of the State in constitutional matters. It is the judge of the constitutionality of the laws and of the regularity of the elections. It guarantees the fundamental rights of the human person and the public freedoms. … (Art. 83)
  • French
    La Cour Constitutionnelle est la haute Juridiction de l’Etat en matière constitutionnelle. Elle est juge de la constitutionnalité des lois et de la régularité des élections. Elle garantit les droits fondamentaux de la personne humaine et les libertés publiques. … (Art. 83)
Judicial Protection
  • English
    Any justiciable [person] may, by way of a process before an ordinary tribunal, raise a pleadings [exception] of constitutionality against a law or an ordinance which affects recognition [méconnaîtrait] of their fundamental rights.
    The presiding judge refers the Constitutional Court to [the matter] by way of prejudicial pleadings.
    … (Art. 86)
  • French
    Tout justiciable peut, à l'occasion d'un procès devant un tribunal ordinaire, soulever une exception d'inconstitutionnalité à l’encontre d'une loi ou d'une ordonnance qui méconnaîtrait ses droits fondamentaux.
    Le juge du siège saisit la Cour Constitutionnelle par voie d'exception préjudicielle.
    … (Art. 86)
1

Constitution of the Gabonese Republic 1991, as amended to 2020 (English), available in HeinOnline World Constitutions Illustrated Library (2019). According to Art. 2: “… The Gabonese Republic adopts French as the official working language. …”

2

Constitution of the Gabonese Republic 1991, as amended to 2011 (French); Law on the Revision of the Constitution of the Gabonese Republic 2020 (French), available in HeinOnline World Constitutions Illustrated Library (2021).

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