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In this paper, the author analyzes the issue of protection of human rights and freedoms within the constitutional judiciary, which was often questioned because of supremacy of parliamentary acts in the face of any other legal acts. However, after the end of World War II, a large number of constitutions of different countries incorporated in their provisions a large body of human rights and freedoms, which practically influenced constitutional democracy to incorporate the issue of the protection of those rights and freedoms within the competence of the constitutional judiciary. The aim of this paper is by explaining and assessing the role of the Constitutional Court in protection of human rights and freedoms in Republic of North Macedonia using: normative legal method, comparative legal method, and the quantitative methods by presenting numerical data from the annual reports of this court as well as the qualitative methods by analyzing the proceedings before this court related to this matter, to focus on the specific analysis of ineffectiveness of this court in the practice, which is due to the reduced trend of submitted requests from citizens, because there is no fully covered protection of all rights and freedoms by the constitution of this country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the author analyzes the position, prospects and challenges of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Macedonia, in light of the fiftieth anniversary of the existence of this institution which in the socialist past suffered from complete marginalization, and people's conscience of its significance is yet to be built. This article aims to explain and assess the constitutional concept of the Constitutional Court of this country as a public authority which consists of the organizational and functional aspects. The organizational aspect involves the composition of the Constitutional Court, the election of the judges and their legal position. The functional aspect involves the issue of jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court, the legal procedure for carrying out such responsibilities and the legal effect of its decisions. Finally, the paper refers to the functioning of the Constitutional Court in the period 2008-2012, analyzing statistical data on the structure of the Court's decisions by various parameters, by highlighting the relevant findings on its situation and prospects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]