Constitutional Court of Korea

Jurisdiction

Statistics

As of Aug 31, 2025

Type
Filed
Settled
Dismissed by Panel
Decided by
Full Bench		 Unconstitutional2
Nonconformity3
Conditionally
Unconstitutional4
Conditionally
Constitutional5
Constitutional
Upheld6
Rejected
Dismissed
Other
Withdrawn
Pending
Type Total Constitutionality of Statutes1 Impeachment Dissolution of a Political Party Competence Dispute Constitutional Complaint
Sub total §68 I §68 II
Filed 54,233 1,149 16 2 146 52,920 41,775 11,145
Settled 52,776 1,098 15 2 133 51,528 40,925 10,603
Dismissed by Panel 33,989         33,989 27,713 6,276
Decided by
Full Bench		 Unconstitutional2 781 356       425 132 293
Nonconformity3 327 105       222 97 125
Conditionally
Unconstitutional4		 70 18       52 20 32
Conditionally
Constitutional5		 28 7       21   21
Constitutional 3,614 401       3,213 20 3,193
Upheld6 989   2 1 25 961 961  
Rejected 9,207   12   31 9,164 9,164  
Dismissed 2,510 81 1 1 53 2,374 1,883 491
Other 14       1 13 9 4
Withdrawn 1,247 130     23 1,094 926 168
Pending 1,457 51 1   13 1,392 850 542
  • This type of "Constitutionality of Statutes" case refers to the constitutionality of statutes cases brought by ordinary courts, i.e., any court other than the Constitutional Court.
  • "Unconstitutional" : Used in Constitutionality of Laws cases.
  • "Nonconformity" : This conclusion means the Court acknowledges a law's unconstitutionality but merely requests the National Assembly to revise it by a certain period while having the law remain effective until that time.
  • "Conditionally Unconstitutional" : In cases challenging the constitutionality of a law, the Court prohibits a particular way of interpretation of a law as unconstitutional, while having other interpretations remain constitutional.
  • "Conditionally Constitutional" : This means that a law is constitutional if it is interpreted according to the designated way.This is the converse of "Unconstitutional, in certain context". Both are regarded as decisions of "partially unconstitutional".
  • "Upheld" : This conclusion is used when the Court accepts a Constitutional Complaint which does not include a constitutionality of law issue.