page_title: Constitutional Court of Thailand
section_title: 2007 Constitution
hierarchical_section_title: Constitutional Court of Thailand / Composition / 2007 Constitution
caption_attribution_description: English: The diagram shows the composition of the Constitutional Court of Thailand under the 2007 Constitution of Thailand.
context_page_description: The Constitutional Court of the Kingdom of Thailand is an independent Thai court created by the 1997 Constitution with jurisdiction over the constitutionality of parliamentary acts, royal decrees, draft legislation, as well as the appointment and removal of public officials and issues regarding political parties. The current court is part of the judicial branch of the Thai national government.
  The court, along with the 1997 Constitution, was dissolved and replaced by a Constitutional Tribunal in 2006 following the 2006 Thai coup d'état. While the Constitutional Court had 15 members, seven from the judiciary and eight selected by a special panel, the Constitution Tribunal had nine members, all from the judiciary. A similar institution, consisting of nine members, was again established by the 2007 Constitution.
  The Constitutional Court has provoked much public debate, both regarding the court's jurisdiction and composition as well as the initial selection of justices. A long-standing issue has been the degree of control exerted by the judiciary over the court.
  The decisions of the court are final and not subject to appeal.
context_section_description: After the Constitutional Court was abolished by the Council for Democratic Reform and was replaced by the Constitutional Tribunal under the 2006 Constitution, the 2007 Constitution reestablishes the Constitutional Court and makes various changes to it. The Court is back with greater vigour and is also empowered to introduce to the National Assembly the draft laws concerning the Court itself.
  Under the 2007 Constitution, the Constitutional Court has nine members, all serving for nine year terms and appointed by the king with senatorial advice:
  Three are SCJ judges and are selected by the SCJ plenum through secret ballot.
  Two are SAC judges and are selected by the SAC plenum through secret ballot.
  Two are experts in law approved by the Senate after having been selected by a special panel. Such panel is composed of the SCJ president, the SAC president, the president of the House of Representatives, the opposition leader and one of the chiefs of the constitutional independent agencies (chief ombudsman, president of the election commission, president of the National Anti-Corruption Commission or president of the State Audit Commission).
  Two are experts in political science, public administration or other field of social science and are approved by the Senate after having been selected by the same panel.
caption: The composition of the Constitutional Court of Thailand under the 2007 Constitution.
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