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• Establishment of judicial council
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He shall be assisted by the High Council of the Judiciary.
The High Council of the Judiciary shall be charged with the progress of the careers of
Magistrates and shall advise on all questions of the independence of the judiciary.
The High Council of the Judiciary shall decide as Council of discipline for
Magistrates.
An organic law shall determine the organization, composition, attributes and
functioning of the High Council of the Judiciary.
The law shall equally determine rules of operation of the Judiciary with respect to
the principles contained in the present Constitution.
TITLE VIII: THE SUPREME COURT
• Structure of the courts
Article 83
The Supreme Court shall consist of:
• a Judicial section;
• an Administrative section;
• a Accounts section.
An organic law shall determine its organization, the rules of its operation as well as
the procedure followed before it.
• Supreme court selection
Article 84
The Supreme Court shall be presided over by a Magistrate of the judicial order
named by the President of the Republic upon a suitable proposition of the High
Council of the Judiciary.
The President of the Supreme Court shall be assisted by a Vice-President named
under the same conditions.
TITLE IX: THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
• Establishment of constitutional court
Article 85
• Constitutional interpretation
The Constitutional Court shall be the judge of the constitutionality of the law sand it
shall guarantee the fundamental rights of the human person and civil liberties.
It shall be the regulatory organ of the operation of the institutions and activities of
the Public Authorities.
Mali 1992
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