Constitutional Court of Korea

Jurisdiction

Statistics

As of May 31, 2024

Type
Filed
Settled
Dismissed by Panel
Decided by
Full Bench		 Unconstitutional2
Nonconformity3
Conditionally
Unconstitutional4
Conditionally
Constitutional5
Constitutional
Upheld6
Rejected
Dismissed
Other
Withdrawn
Pending
Type Total Constitutionality of Statutes1 Impeachment Dissolution of a Political Party Competence Dispute Constitutional Complaint
Sub total §68 I §68 II
Filed 50,867 1,121 7 2 133 49,604 39,260 10,344
Settled 49,579 1,083 5 2 124 48,365 38,484 9,881
Dismissed by Panel 31,446         31,446 25,707 5,739
Decided by
Full Bench		 Unconstitutional2 778 356       422 130 292
Nonconformity3 317 102       215 92 123
Conditionally
Unconstitutional4		 70 18       52 20 32
Conditionally
Constitutional5		 28 7       21   21
Constitutional 3,449 389       3,060 16 3,044
Upheld6 940   1 1 22 916 916  
Rejected 8,920   3   31 8,886 8,886  
Dismissed 2,412 81 1 1 52 2,277 1,811 466
Other 10         10 8 2
Withdrawn 1,209 130     19 1,060 898 162
Pending 1,288 38 2   9 1,239 776 463
  • This type of "Constitutionality of Statutes" case refers to the constitutionality of statutes cases brought by ordinary courts, i.e., any court other than the Constitutional Court.
  • "Unconstitutional" : Used in Constitutionality of Laws cases.
  • "Nonconformity" : This conclusion means the Court acknowledges a law's unconstitutionality but merely requests the National Assembly to revise it by a certain period while having the law remain effective until that time.
  • "Conditionally Unconstitutional" : In cases challenging the constitutionality of a law, the Court prohibits a particular way of interpretation of a law as unconstitutional, while having other interpretations remain constitutional.
  • "Conditionally Constitutional" : This means that a law is constitutional if it is interpreted according to the designated way.This is the converse of "Unconstitutional, in certain context". Both are regarded as decisions of "partially unconstitutional".
  • "Upheld" : This conclusion is used when the Court accepts a Constitutional Complaint which does not include a constitutionality of law issue.