The CIA World Factbook Edition 1993 Government

Judicial branch In 36 editions of 36.

Judicial branch was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1993 edition carries it in 232 entries, in its Government section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1993 edition
232
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Judicial branch” (1990 to 2025).

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Africa

56 entries

Algeria

Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

Angola

Supreme Court (Tribunal da Relacrao)

Benin

Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

Botswana

High Court, Court of Appeal

Burkina now Burkina Faso

Appeals Court

Burundi

Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Supremo Tribunal de Justia)

Cameroon

Supreme Court

Central African Republic

Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

Chad

Court of Appeal

Comoros

Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

Congo now Republic of the Congo

Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

Cote d'Ivoire

Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

Djibouti

Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

Egypt

Supreme Constitutional Court

Equatorial Guinea

Supreme Tribunal

Eritrea

Judiciary

Swaziland now Eswatini

High Court, Court of Appeal

Ethiopia

Supreme Court

Gabon

Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

The Gambia

Supreme Court

Ghana

Supreme Court

Guinea

Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel)

Guinea-Bissau

none; there is a Ministry of Justice in the Council of Ministers

Kenya

Court of Appeal, High Court

Lesotho

High Court, Court of Appeal

Liberia

People's Supreme Court

Libya

Supreme Court

Madagascar

Supreme Court (Cour Supreme), High Constitutional Court (Haute Cour Constitutionnelle)

Malawi

High Court, Supreme Court of Appeal

Mali

Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

Mauritania

Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

Mauritius

Supreme Court

Mayotte

Supreme Court (Tribunal Superieur d'Appel)

Morocco

Supreme Court

Mozambique

Supreme Court

Namibia

Supreme Court

Niger

State Court (Cour d'Etat), Court of Appeal (Cour d'Apel)

Nigeria

Supreme Court, Federal Court of Appeal

Reunion

Court of Appeals (Cour d'Appel)

Rwanda

Constitutional Court (consists of the Court of Cassation and the Council of State in joint session)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

Supreme Court

Sao Tome and Principe

Supreme Court

Senegal

Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

Seychelles

Court of Appeal, Supreme Court

Sierra Leone

Supreme Court (suspended after coup of 29 April 1992)

Somalia

Supreme Court (non-functioning)

South Africa

Supreme Court

Sudan

Supreme Court, Special Revolutionary Courts

Tanzania

Court of Appeal, High Court

Togo

Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel), Supreme Court (Cour Supreme)

Tunisia

Court of Cassation (Cour de Cassation)

Uganda

Court of Appeal, High Court

Zambia

Supreme Court

Zimbabwe

Supreme Court

Antarctic Region

1 entry

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

High Court (Landsret)

Iceland

Supreme Court (Haestirettur)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

an interim Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has been appointed, but a new court system has not yet been organized

Armenia

Supreme Court

Azerbaijan

Supreme Court

Bangladesh

Supreme Court

Bhutan

High Court

China

Supreme People's Court

Georgia

Supreme Court

India

Supreme Court

Japan

Supreme Court

Kazakhstan

Supreme Court

Korea, North now North Korea

Central Court

Korea, South now South Korea

Supreme Court

Kyrgyzstan

Supreme Court

Maldives

High Court

Mongolia

Supreme Court serves as appeals court for people's and provincial courts, but to date rarely overturns verdicts of lower courts

Nepal

Supreme Court (Sarbochha Adalat)

Pakistan

Supreme Court, Federal Islamic (Shari'at) Court

Russia

Constitutional Court, Supreme Court

Sri Lanka

Supreme Court

Tajikistan

NA

Turkmenistan

Supreme Court

Uzbekistan

Supreme Court

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

High Court

Antigua and Barbuda

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

Aruba

Joint High Court of Justice

The Bahamas

Supreme Court

Barbados

Supreme Court of Judicature

Belize

Supreme Court

British Virgin Islands

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

Cayman Islands

Grand Court, Cayman Islands Court of Appeal

Costa Rica

Supreme Court (Corte Suprema)

Cuba

People's Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo Popular)

Dominica

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

Dominican Republic

Supreme Court (Corte Suprema)

El Salvador

Supreme Court (Corte Suprema)

Grenada

Supreme Court

Guadeloupe

Court of Appeal (Cour d'Appel) with jurisdiction over Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique

Guatemala

Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia)

Haiti

Court of Appeal (Cour de Cassation)

Honduras

Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justica)

Jamaica

Supreme Court

Martinique

Supreme Court

Montserrat

Supreme Court

Netherlands Antilles

Joint High Court of Justice

Nicaragua

Supreme Court (Corte Suprema)

Panama

Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia), 5 superior courts, 3 courts of appeal

Puerto Rico

Supreme Court

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

Saint Lucia

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

Trinidad and Tobago

Court of Appeal, Supreme Court

Turks and Caicos Islands

Supreme Court

Virgin Islands

US District Court:
handles civil matters over $50,000, felonies (persons 15 years of age and over), and federal cases
Territorial Court:
handles civil matters up to $50,000, small claims, juvenile, domestic, misdemeanors, and traffic cases

Europe

46 entries

Albania

Supreme Court

Andorra

Supreme Court of Andorra at Perpignan (France) for civil cases, the Ecclesiastical Court of the bishop of Seo de Urgel (Spain) for civil cases, Tribunal of the Courts (Tribunal des Cortes) for criminal cases

Austria

  • Supreme Judicial Court (Oberster Gerichtshof) for civil and criminal cases,
  • Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) for bureaucratic cases,
  • Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof) for constitutional cases

Belarus

Supreme Court

Belgium

Supreme Court of Justice (Flemish - Hof van Cassatie, French - Cour de Cassation)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Supreme Court, Constitutional Court

Bulgaria

Supreme Court, Constitutional Court

Croatia

Supreme Court, Constitutional Court

Czech Republic now Czechia

Supreme Court, Constitutional Court

Denmark

Supreme Court

Estonia

Supreme Court

Faroe Islands

none

Finland

Supreme Court (Korkein Oikeus)

France

Constitutional Court (Cour Constitutionnelle)

Germany

Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht)

Gibraltar

Supreme Court, Court of Appeal

Greece

Supreme Judicial Court, Special Supreme Tribunal

Guernsey

Royal Court

Holy See (Vatican City)

none; normally handled by Italy

Hungary

Constitutional Court

Ireland

Supreme Court

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

Court of Tynwald

Italy

Constitutional Court (Corte Costituzionale)

Jersey

Royal Court

Latvia

Supreme Court

Liechtenstein

Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof) for criminal cases, Superior Court (Obergericht) for civil cases

Lithuania

Supreme Court, Court of Appeals

Luxembourg

Superior Court of Justice (Cour Superieure de Justice)

Malta

Constitutional Court, Court of Appeal

Moldova

Supreme Court

Monaco

Supreme Tribunal (Tribunal Supreme)

Netherlands

Supreme Court (De Hoge Raad)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

Constitutional Court, Judicial Court of the Republic

Norway

Supreme Court (Hoyesterett)

Poland

Supreme Court

Portugal

Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Supremo Tribunal de Justica)

Romania

Supreme Court of Justice, Constitutional Court

San Marino

Council of Twelve (Consiglio dei XII)

Serbia and Montenegro

Savezni Sud (Federal Court), Constitutional Court

Slovakia

Supreme Court

Slovenia

Supreme Court, Constitutional Court

Spain

Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo)

Sweden

Supreme Court (Hogsta Domstolen)

Switzerland

Federal Supreme Court

Ukraine

being organized

United Kingdom

House of Lords

Middle East

15 entries

Bahrain

High Civil Appeals Court

Cyprus

Supreme Court; note - there is also a Supreme Court in the Turkish area

Iran

Supreme Court

Iraq

Court of Cassation

Israel

Supreme Court

Jordan

Court of Cassation

Kuwait

High Court of Appeal

Lebanon

four Courts of Cassation (three courts for civil and commercial cases and one court for criminal cases)

Oman

none; traditional Islamic judges and a nascent civil court system

Qatar

Court of Appeal

Saudi Arabia

Supreme Council of Justice

Syria

  • Supreme Constitutional Court,
  • High Judicial Council,
  • Court of Cassation,
  • State Security Courts

Turkey now Turkiye

Court of Cassation

United Arab Emirates

Union Supreme Court

Yemen

Supreme Court

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

Supreme Court

Canada

Supreme Court

Mexico

Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Superior Tribunal of Appeals (Tribunal Superieur d'Appel)

United States

Supreme Court

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

High Court

Australia

High Court

Cook Islands

High Court

Fiji

Supreme Court

French Polynesia

  • Court of Appeal,
  • Court of the First Instance,
  • Court of Administrative Law

Guam

Federal District Court, Territorial Superior Court

Kiribati

Court of Appeal, High Court

Marshall Islands

Supreme Court

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

Supreme Court

Nauru

Supreme Court

New Caledonia

Court of Appeal

New Zealand

High Court, Court of Appeal

Niue

Appeal Court of New Zealand, High Court

Norfolk Island

Supreme Court

Northern Mariana Islands

  • Commonwealth Supreme Court,
  • Superior Court,
  • Federal District Court

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the (Palau) now Palau

  • Supreme Court,
  • National Court,
  • Court of Common Pleas

Papua New Guinea

Supreme Court

Pitcairn Islands

Island Court

Western Samoa now Samoa

Supreme Court, Court of Appeal

Solomon Islands

High Court

Tokelau

High Court in Niue, Supreme Court in New Zealand

Tonga

Supreme Court

Tuvalu

High Court

Vanuatu

Supreme Court

Wallis and Futuna

none; justice generally administered under French law by the chief administrator, but the three traditional kings administer customary law and there is a magistrate in Mata Utu

South America

14 entries

Argentina

Supreme Court (Corte Suprema)

Bolivia

Supreme Court (Corte Suprema)

Brazil

Supreme Federal Tribunal

Chile

Supreme Court (Corte Suprema)

Colombia

  • Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justical),
  • Constitutional Court,
  • Council of State

Ecuador

Supreme Court (Corte Suprema)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

Supreme Court

French Guiana

Court of Appeals (highest local court based in Martinique with jurisdiction over Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana)

Guyana

Supreme Court of Judicature

Paraguay

Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia)

Peru

Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia)

Suriname

Supreme Court

Uruguay

Supreme Court

Venezuela

Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justicia)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

Supreme Court

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

none; Council of People's Justices was abolished after the coup of 18 September 1988

Cambodia

Supreme People's Court pending a national election in 1993, the incumbent SOC faction's Supreme People's Court is the only functioning national judicial body

Christmas Island

none

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Supreme Court

Hong Kong

Supreme Court

Indonesia

Supreme Court (Mahkamah Agung)

Laos

Supreme People's Court

Macau

Supreme Court

Malaysia

Supreme Court

Philippines

Supreme Court

Singapore

Supreme Court

Taiwan

Judicial Yuan

Thailand

Supreme Court (Sarndika)

Vietnam

Supreme People's Court

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1993, “Judicial branch”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/judicial-branch/1993.

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