International Cooperation

CJCPLP

The Conference of the Constitutional Jurisdictions of Portuguese Speaking Countries is an initiative of the Courts of Portuguese Speaking Countries that, taking into account the deep historical links between people who have a common language, aims to joint representation of Speaking Portuguese countries in international forums, in addition to the consolidation and intensification of cooperation mechanisms and exchange of experience concerning the control of constitutionality.

It began appearing in November 2008 through the joint statement of interest to form such an association, and has existed officially since May 2010, when occurred the first Assembly. In the meantime, the Supreme Court of Brazil has created a repository of Decisions on its website to concentrate and disseminate the decisions of the courts involved. (portuguese only)

Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Portuguese Speaking Countries - CJCPLP

Comunity of the Portuguese Speaking Countries website

Caselaw databank (portuguese only)

Angola

Cape Verde

Guinea-Bissau

Mozambique

Portugal

São Tomé and Príncipe

East Timor


News

05/22/2012 2nd Meeting of the Conference of the Constitutional Jurisdictions of Portuguese Speaking Countries

29/09/2011 Judges from Mozambique follow the Plenary Session of the Supreme Court

04/06/2011 Officer from Angola's Constitutional Court visits Supreme Court to learn about the electronic data processing system

02/18/2011 Interview with Chief Advisor for International Affairs of STF on CPLP

12/17/2010 Constitutional Council of Mozambique celebrates its 7th anniversary

05/20/2010 1ª Meeting of the Conference of the Constitutional Jurisdictions of Portuguese Speaking Countries