JUDGMENTS
Judgments
All 725 judgments of the Constitutional Court since 2008, with an English summary of each. The full text is published in Portuguese.
725 judgments
- 1145/202609 SEP 2026
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 1401-A/2025 · Rapp. Maria de Fátima de Lima d'Almeida Baptista da SilvaSOGESTER – Sociedade Gestora de Terminais, S.A. lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment ordering it to pay compensation, alleging that its evidence, the defences it raised…
- 1144/202609 SEP 2026
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 1417-A/2025 · Rapp. João Carlos António PaulinoThe appellant, convicted of sexual offences against a minor, lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment upholding his conviction, alleging disregard of the forensic medical…
- 1141/202608 SEP 2026
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 1501-A/2026 · Rapp. Carlos Alberto Bravo Burity da SilvaThe appellant, a defendant in criminal proceedings, appealed against the order of the President of the Supreme Court upholding the rejection, as inadmissible by law, of his appeal from a Luanda Court of Appeal judgment, alleging…
- 1140/202608 SEP 2026
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 1480-D/2026 · Rapp. Victória Manuel da Silva IzataThe appellant brought an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a judgment of the Supreme Court's Full Court and Appeals Division upholding a plea of lis pendens in his action for damages he attributed to…
- 1139/202608 SEP 2026
Political parties and coalitions (unspecified interim measure)
Case No. 1407-C/2013 · Rapp. Lucas Manuel João QuilundoA group of members of the Partido Humanista Angolano (PHA) applied for an unspecified interim measure against the National Assembly and the party to prevent the swearing-in of the PHA's nominee to the National Electoral…
- 1138/202607 SEP 2026
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 1443-C/2026 · Rapp. Maria de Fátima de Lima d'Almeida Baptista da SilvaTwo citizens sentenced to 26 and 16 years for aggravated homicides appealed against the Supreme Court judgment upholding their convictions, alleging the territorial incompetence of the judge of guarantees, errors in evaluating…
- 1137/202607 SEP 2026
Political parties and coalitions (interim measure)
Case No. 1526-B/2026 · Rapp. João Carlos António PaulinoA member of the MPLA applied for an interim measure suspending the decision of the Candidacies Subcommittee of the National Preparatory Commission for the party's Ninth Congress declaring his candidacy for party President null,…
- 1136/202607 SEP 2026
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (habeas corpus)
Case No. 1454-B/2026 · Rapp. Emiliana Margareth Morais Nangacovie QuessongoA convicted citizen lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against the order of the President of the Supreme Court refusing his habeas corpus application, alleging excessive pre-trial detention because…
- 1135/202606 AUG 2026
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 1434-C/2026 · Rapp. Gilberto de Faria MagalhãesA citizen sentenced by the Uíge District Court to two years and six months' imprisonment, upheld by the Uíge Court of Appeal, lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality, invoking a fair trial, the right of…
- 1134/202606 AUG 2026
Political parties and coalitions (unspecified interim measure)
Case No. 1410-B/2025 · Rapp. Lucas Manuel João QuilundoMembers of the FNLA sought an unspecified interim measure against the party's President, alleging breaches of the Statutes, removal of party officials and an intention to postpone the 6th Ordinary Congress due in September 2026.…
- 1133/202606 AUG 2026
Political parties and coalitions
Case No. 1334-B/2025 · Rapp. Vitorino Domingos HossiThe Partido Humanista de Angola (PHA), represented by its President, brought an action to annul a resolution suspending the party's President against several members presenting themselves as members of the National Political…
- 1132/202605 AUG 2026
Appeal to the Plenary (harmonisation of case law)
Case No. 1425-A/2025 · Rapp. Maria de Fátima de Lima d'Almeida Baptista da SilvaThe appellant appealed to the Plenary seeking harmonisation of case law, alleging a conflict between Judgment No. 1050/2025, delivered in his criminal case, and Judgment No. 883/2024 concerning the assessment of evidence and…
- 1131/202605 AUG 2026
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 1429-A/2026 · Rapp. Carlos Alberto Bravo Burity da SilvaThe Associação Instituto Jean Piaget de Angola lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment overturning a decision of the Benguela Provincial Court in an action for the return…
- 1130/202605 AUG 2026
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (habeas corpus)
Case No. 1455-C/2025 · Rapp. Gilberto de Faria MagalhãesA defendant appealed against a judgment of the Criminal Chamber of the Luanda Court of Appeal rejecting his habeas corpus application, alleging that the pre-trial detention time limits had expired and that their extensions were…
- 1129/202605 AUG 2026
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 1364-D/2025 · Rapp. Amélia Augusto VarelaA citizen convicted in summary proceedings lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against the Luanda Court of Appeal judgment upholding his conviction, alleging evidence obtained under coercion, denial…
- 1128/202605 AUG 2026
Appeal to the Plenary
Case No. 1460-D/2026 · Rapp. Maria de Fátima de Lima d'Almeida Baptista da SilvaThe Installation Committee of the Partido pela Verdade e Estabilidade para o Desenvolvimento (PVED) appealed to the Plenary against the order of the President of the Court rejecting the party's registration and cancelling the…
- 1127/202604 AUG 2026
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 1448-D/2026 · Rapp. Lucas Manuel João QuilundoThe appellant, a National Police officer sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment for homicide, lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against a Supreme Court judgment upholding his conviction, claiming he…
- 1126/202604 AUG 2026
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 1263-C/2025 · Rapp. João Carlos António PaulinoThe appellant, whose image had been used without consent in alcoholic drinks advertising by a commercial establishment, appealed against the Supreme Court judgment overturning the compensation awarded at first instance for lack…
- 1125/202604 AUG 2026
Political parties and coalitions
Case No. 1373-A/2025 · Rapp. Gilberto de Faria MagalhãesFounding members of the Partido Humanista Angolano (PHA) sought annulment of the party's First Ordinary National Convention of August 2025 and the acts resulting from it, and recognition of the composition of the National…
- 1124/202604 AUG 2026
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality
Case No. 1388-D/2025 · Rapp. Carlos Alberto Bravo Burity da SilvaThe appellant, who had sought recognition of his ownership of a property bought under a private contract, lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against the Supreme Court judgment upholding the dismissal…