Functions and Powers

Constitution
of the Republic of Lithuania
 

The Conference of European Constitutional Courts
 

   
The Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania adopted by the 25 October 1992 referendum stipulates that in Lithuania the constitutional control is carried out by the Constitutional Court.

The activities of the Constitutional Court are regulated by the Law on the Constitutional Court passed on 3 February 1993. The Constitutional Court was formed and began its activities in 1993.

In 1997 the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania was admitted to Full Membership in the Conference of the European Constitutional Courts.

At the XIIIth Congress of European Constitutional Courts which was held in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 16-18 May 2005, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania was chosen to hold chairmanship of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts for the next 3 years.