Senegal’s Constitution of 2001 with Amendments through 2016

Judicial Independence

 
Article 88. The judicial power is independent of the legislative power and of the executive power. It is exercised by the Constitutional Council, the Supreme Court, the Court of Accounts and the Courts and Tribunals.
 

Judicial Council or Parallel Institution

 
Article 90. The magistrates other than the members of the Constitutional Council and of the Court of Accounts are appointed by the President of the Republic after the opinion of the Superior Council of the Magistrature. The magistrates of the Court of Accounts are appointed by the President of the Republic after the opinion of the Superior Council of the Court of Accounts. The judges are only subject to the authority of the law in the exercise of their functions. The presiding magistrates are irremovable. The competence, the organization and the functioning of the Superior Council of the Magistrature as well as the status of the magistrates are established by an organic law. The competence, the organization and the functioning of the Superior Council of the Court of Accounts as well as the status of the magistrates of the Court of Accounts are established by an organic law.