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Composition and Appointment

Zimbabwe
  • English

    Appointments to the judiciary must reflect broadly the diversity and gender composition of Zimbabwe. (Sec. 184)

Composition and Appointment

South Africa
  • English
    (1) The President may appoint a woman or man to serve as an acting Deputy Chief Justice or judge of the Constitutional Court if there is a vacancy in any of those offices, or if the person holding such an office is absent. The appointment must be made on the recommendation of the Cabinet member responsible for the administration of justice acting with the concurrence of the Chief Justice, and an appointment as acting Deputy Chief Justice must be made from the ranks of the judges who had been appointed to the Constitutional Court in terms of section 174(4).
    … (Sec. 175)

Composition and Appointment

Mexico
  • English
    …
    The law will establish the form and procedures through open contest for the composition of the jurisdictional organs, observing the principle of parity of gender.
    … (Art. 94)
  • Spanish
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    La ley establecerá la forma y procedimientos mediante concursos abiertos para la integración de los órganos jurisdiccionales, observando el principio de paridad de género.
    … (Art. 94)

Composition and Appointment

South Africa
  • English
    (1) Any appropriately qualified woman or man who is a fit and proper person may be appointed as a judicial officer. Any person to be appointed to the Constitutional Court must also be a South African citizen.
    (2) The need for the judiciary to reflect broadly the racial and gender composition of South Africa must be considered when judicial officers are appointed.
    … (Sec. 174)

Composition and Appointment

Ecuador
  • English
    The members of the Constitutional Court shall be designated by a qualification commission comprised of two persons appointed by each one of the following branches of government: the legislative, the executive, and transparency and social monitoring. Members shall be elected from among the candidates submitted by the above-mentioned branches of government, through a public examination process, with citizen oversight and option for challenging the process. In the membership of the Court, efforts shall be made to ensure parity between men and women.
    … (Art. 434)
  • Spanish
    Los miembros de la Corte Constitucional se designarán por una comisión calificadora que estará integrada por dos personas nombradas por cada una de las funciones, Legislativa, Ejecutiva y de Transparencia y Control Social. La selección de los miembros se realizará de entre las candidaturas presentadas por las funciones anteriores, a través de un proceso de concurso público, con veeduría y posibilidad de impugnación ciudadana. En la integración de la Corte se procurará la paridad entre hombres y mujeres.
    … (Art. 434)

Composition and Appointment

Gambia
  • English
    (1) A person shall be qualified for appointment as Chief Justice if he or she is qualified to be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court and has been a judge of a superior court in a common law country for not less than ten years.
    (2) A person shall be qualified to be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court if he or she holds or has held office as a judge of the Court of Appeal, or as a judge of a court having similar jurisdiction in a common law country, in each case for not less than five years, or if he or she has practised as a legal practitioner before a court having unlimited jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters in a common law country for not less than twelve years.
    … (Sec. 139)

Composition and Appointment

Zimbabwe
  • English

    (1) A person is qualified for appointment as a judge of the Constitutional Court if he or she is a Zimbabwean citizen, is at least forty years old and has a sound knowledge of constitutional law and, in addition, possesses one of the following qualifications—
    (a) he or she has been a judge of a court with unlimited jurisdiction in civil or criminal matters in a country in which the common law is Roman-Dutch or English, and English is an officially recognised language; or
    (b) for at least twelve years, whether continuously or not, he or she has been qualified to practise as a legal practitioner—
    (i) in Zimbabwe; or
    (ii) in a country in which the common law is Roman-Dutch or English and English is an officially recognised language;
    and is currently so qualified to practise.
    …
    (2) To be appointed as a judge of the Constitutional Court a person must be a fit and proper person to hold office as a judge. (Sec. 177)

Composition and Appointment

Central African Republic
  • English
    The Constitutional Court consists of nine (9) members including at least four (4) women, who hold the title of Constitutional Judge.
    The duration of the mandate of the Constitutional Judges is of seven (7) years, non-renewable.
    The members of the Constitutional Court are designated as follows:
    – two (2) Magistrates including one women, elected by their peers;
    – two (2) Attorney including one woman, elected by their peers;
    – two (2) [members] of a Faculty of Law [enseignants-chercheurs de Droit] including one woman, elected by their peers;
    – one (1) member appointed by the President of the Republic;
    – one (1) member appointed by the President of the National Assembly;
    – one (1) member appointed by the President of the Senate.
    ... (Art. 99)
  • French
    La Cour Constitutionnelle comprend neuf (09) membres dont au moins quatre (4) femmes, qui portent Ie titre de Juge Constitutionnel.
    La durée du mandat des Juges Constitutionnels est de sept (07) ans non renouvelable.
    Les membres de la Cour Constitutionnelle sont désignés comme suit:
    - deux (2) magistrats dont une femme, élus par leurs pairs;
    - deux (2) avocats dont une femme, élus par leurs pairs;
    - deux (2) enseignants-chercheurs de Droit dont une femme, élus par leurs pairs;
    - un (1) membre nommé par Ie Président de la République;
    - un (1) membre nommé par Ie Président de l'Assemblée Nationale;
    - un (1) membre nommé par Ie Président du Sénat.
    ... (Art. 99)

Composition and Appointment

Uganda
  • English
    1. A person shall be qualified for appointment as-
    …
    d. a justice of Appeal, if he or she has served as a judge of the High Court or a court having similar or higher jurisdiction or has practised as an advocate for a period not less than ten years before a court having unlimited jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters or is a distinguished jurist and an advocate of not less than ten years' standing;
    … (Art. 143)2

Composition and Appointment

Burundi
  • English
    The judicial power is structured [de façon à] to reflect in its composition the whole of the population.
    The procedures of recruitment and appointment in the judicial corps submit [obéissant] imperatively to the concern [souci] to promote regional [and] ethnic equilibrium and the equilibrium of genders.
    The Magistrature includes at most 60% of Hutu and at most 40% of Tutsi. A minimum of 30% of women is assured. (Sec. 213)
  • Kirundi
    Ubutegetsi bw’ubutungane buringanizwa ku buryo abanyagihugu bose baruserukirwamwo bikwiye.
    Mu gutanga akazi no mu kugena abayobozi mu rwego rw’abacamanza, hategerezwa gucungerwa ko hitwararitswe kunganisha intara, ubwoko, n’ibitsina.
    Urwego rw'abacamanza rugizwe n'ibice bitarenga 60% vy'Abahutu n'ibice bitarenga 40% vy'Abatutsi Hategerezwa kubamwo n'imiburiburi ibice 30% vy'abagore. (Ingingo ya 213)
  • French
    Le pouvoir judiciaire est structuré de façon à refléter dans sa composition l’ensemble de la population.
    Les procédures de recrutement et nomination dans le corps judiciaire obéissent impérativement au souci de promouvoir l’équilibre régional, ethnique et l’équilibre entre genres.
    La magistrature comprend au plus 60% de Hutu et au plus 40% de Tutsi. Il est assuré un minimum de 30% de femmes. (Art. 213)