Constitutional justice is crucial for the protection and promotion of human rights. American and European models of constitutional justice aim to limit abuses resulting from the non-classification of norms.
In the framework of their recent democratization process, several Arab states, such as Lebanon and Morocco, have established constitutional justice as the foundation of their institutional system. In order to ensure compatibility between laws and the constitution, these countries had to create a certain number of institutions. The important influence of local cultures, customs, or even the complexity of religious laws, which differ strongly from Western-influenced international norms, makes this process somewhat more difficult.
As a result, it has been really difficult to protect and promote human rights in Arabic countries as they seldom match the ideas and principles of religion and customs. That is one of the reasons why Arab states have often been criticized by Western societies for failing to enforce Western style human rights.
The effectiveness of constitutional justice in the Arab world depends on constitutional amendments that will ensure the respect and application of fundamental rights without interference from any obstacle to the hierarchy of norms.
