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Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova

The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova (CCM) is the only authority of constitutional jurisdiction in the Republic of Moldova.

The Constitutional Court is independent of any other public authority and is subject only to the Constitution.

The Constitutional Court guarantees the supremacy of the Constitution, ensures the implementation of the rule of law and the principle of separation of powers in the state, guarantees the responsibility of the state towards the citizen and of the citizen towards the state.

Principles of activity

The Constitutional Court operates on the basis of the principles of constitutionality, legality, independence, collegiality, adversarial proceedings and transparency.

Normative framework of operation

The organization, powers and procedure of the constitutional jurisdiction are regulated by the Constitution, by Law No. 74/2025 on the Constitutional Court and by the regulations approved by the Constitutional Court pursuant to the law.

Substantive competence of the Constitutional Court

(1) For the purpose of exercising the activity of constitutional jurisdiction, the Constitutional Court shall perform the following functional duties:

a) upon referral, exercises control over the constitutionality of laws and decisions of the Parliament, decrees of the President of the Republic of Moldova, decisions and ordinances of the Government, as well as international treaties to which the Republic of Moldova intends to become a party;

b) interprets the Constitution;

c) rules on initiatives to revise the Constitution;

d) confirms the results of republican referendums;

e) confirms the results of the election of the Parliament and the President of the Republic of Moldova, validates the mandates of the deputies in the Parliament and the mandate of the President of the Republic of Moldova;

f) ascertains the circumstances justifying the dissolution of the Parliament, the dismissal of the President of the Republic of Moldova, the interim office of the President, the impossibility of the President of the Republic of Moldova to exercise his or her powers for more than 60 days;

g) resolves the exceptions of unconstitutionality of the normative acts provided for in letter a), upon notification to the courts;

h) decides on issues that have as their object the constitutionality of a party.

(2) The control of constitutionality extends to normative acts both after and before their publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Moldova.

Presumption of constitutionality of normative acts

Any normative act shall be considered constitutional until its unconstitutionality is established in the process of constitutional jurisdiction.

Limits of jurisdiction

(1) The powers of the Constitutional Court are provided for by the Constitution and this law. In exercising its powers, the Constitutional Court shall establish its own jurisdiction.

(2) The jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court, established in accordance with paragraph (1), may not be contested by any public authority.

(3) When reviewing the constitutionality of the contested act, the Constitutional Court may also adopt a decision on other normative acts whose constitutionality depends in whole or in part on the constitutionality of the contested act, after requesting the opinion of the participants in the process.

(4) In exercising its constitutional jurisdiction, the Constitutional Court may request the European Court of Human Rights to issue an advisory opinion on matters of principle regarding the interpretation or application of the fundamental rights and freedoms set forth in the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms or in the protocols thereto.

Obligation to execute the requests of the Constitutional Court

Public authorities, natural and legal persons, regardless of the type of property and legal form of organization, are obliged to communicate information, to submit, within 15 days, the documents and acts they hold, requested by the Constitutional Court in order to exercise its powers.

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