Constitutional Court of Korea

Jurisdiction

Statistics

As of Feb 28, 2025

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Withdrawn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 52,816 1,140 16 2 144 51,514 40,615 10,899
Settled 51,417 1,094 7 2 129 50,185 39,829 10,356
Dismissed by Panel 32,923         32,923 26,814 6,109
Decided by
Full Bench		 Unconstitutional2 781 356       425 132 293
Nonconformity3 326 104       222 97 125
Conditionally
Unconstitutional4		 70 18       52 20 32
Conditionally
Constitutional5		 28 7       21   21
Constitutional 3,546 398       3,148 20 3,128
Upheld6 974   1 1 25 947 947  
Rejected 9,058   5   31 9,022 9,022  
Dismissed 2,470 81 1 1 52 2,335 1,857 478
Other 13       1 12 8 4
Withdrawn 1,228 130     20 1,078 912 166
Pending 1,399 46 9   15 1,329 786 543
  • 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.