Mapping Constitutional Review in the Middle East and North Africa: Historic Developments and Comparative Remarks

a priori Incidental/ concrete control Individual complaint Mauretania Constitutional Council Yes No No Lebanon Constitutional Council Yes No No Syria Constitutional Court Yes No No Egypt Constitutional Court Yes Yes No Tunisia Constitutional Court Yes Yes No Bahrain Constitutional Court Yes Yes No Morocco Constitutional Court Yes Since 2011 No Algeria Constitutional Council Yes Since 2016 No Saudi Arabia Supreme Court N/A Yes No UAE Supreme Court No Yes No Iraq Supreme Court No Yes No Jordan High Tribunal No Filtered (Cass. C) No Kuwait Constitutional Court Yes Yes Yes Libya Supreme Court Yes No Yes Sudan Constitutional Court No No Yes Yemen Supreme Court No Yes Since 1991