Constitutional Court of Korea

Jurisdiction

Statistics

As of Mar 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Withdrawn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 53,033 1,142 16 2 145 51,728 40,790 10,938
Settled 51,609 1,094 12 2 129 50,372 39,977 10,395
Dismissed by Panel 33,069         33,069 26,925 6,144
Decided by
Full Bench		 Unconstitutional2 781 356       425 132 293
Nonconformity3 326 104       222 97 125
Conditionally
Unconstitutional4		 70 18       52 20 32
Conditionally
Constitutional5		 28 7       21   21
Constitutional 3,550 398       3,152 20 3,132
Upheld6 976   1 1 25 949 949  
Rejected 9,091   10   31 9,050 9,050  
Dismissed 2,476 81 1 1 52 2,341 1,863 478
Other 13       1 12 8 4
Withdrawn 1,229 130     20 1,079 913 166
Pending 1,424 48 4   16 1,356 813 543
  • 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.