The CIA World Factbook Every edition, 1990 to 2025 Oceania
Judicial branch Nauru, in 36 editions.
The entry for Nauru published Judicial branch in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 7 editions. Each is shown as published. Judicial branch in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 7
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Judicial branch” (1990 to 2025).
field in that editiontext changed from the edition beforenot in that editionthe edition shownChoose an edition on the strip beside the text, or step through them with the arrows. Mark changes compares it with the edition before: the marks are ours, words added and words removed.
2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 1990 and 1991.
Supreme Court Chief of State and Head of Government--President Bernard DOWIYOGO (since 12 December 1989)
Supreme Court Chief of State and Head of Government--President Bernard DOWIYOGO (since 12 December 1989)
The same text in 21 editions, 1992 to 2012.
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Chief of State and Head of Government--President Bernard DOWIYOGO (since 12 December 1989)
The same text in 2013 and 2014.
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court (consists of a chief justice and 1 judge)
- judge selection and term of office:
- judges appointed by the president to serve until age 65
- subordinate courts:
- District Court, Family Court
Rewritten: too little of the 2012 text remains to mark the changes.
highest court(s):
Supreme Court (consists of a chief justice and 1 judge)
judge selection and term of office:
judges appointed by the president to serve until age 65
subordinate courts:
District Court, Family Court
The same text in 3 editions, 2015 to 2017.
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court (consists of a chief justice and 1 judge)
- judge selection and term of office:
- judges appointed by the president to serve until age 65
- subordinate courts:
- District Court, Family Court
highest court(s):
judge selection and term of office:
subordinate courts:
- highest courts:
- Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and several justices);
- note - in late 2017, the Nauruan Government revoked the 1976 High Court Appeals Act, which had allowed appeals beyond the Nauruan Supreme Court, and in early 2018, the government announced its intention to form its own appeals court
- judge selection and term of office:
- judges appointed by the president to serve until age 65
- subordinate courts:
- District Court, Family Court
highest court(s): courts: Supreme Court (consists of a the chief justice and 1 judge) several justices); note - in late 2017, the Nauruan Government revoked the 1976 High Court Appeals Act, which had allowed appeals beyond the Nauruan Supreme Court, and in early 2018, the government announced its intention to form its own appeals court
judge selection and term of office: judges appointed by the president to serve until age 65
subordinate courts: District Court, Family Court
The same text in 3 editions, 2019 to 2021.
- highest courts:
- Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and several justices);
- note - in late 2017, the Nauruan Government revoked the 1976 High Court Appeals Act, which had allowed appeals beyond the Nauruan Supreme Court, and in early 2018, the government formed its own appeals court
- judge selection and term of office:
- judges appointed by the president to serve until age 65
- subordinate courts:
- District Court, Family Court
highest courts: Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and several justices); note - in late 2017, the Nauruan Government revoked the 1976 High Court Appeals Act, which had allowed appeals beyond the Nauruan Supreme Court, and in early 2018, the government announced its intention to form formed its own appeals court
judge selection and term of office: judges appointed by the president to serve until age 65
subordinate courts: District Court, Family Court
The same text in 3 editions, 2022 to 2024.
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and several justices);
- note - in late 2017, the Nauruan Government revoked the 1976 High Court Appeals Act, which had allowed appeals beyond the Nauruan Supreme Court, and in early 2018, the government formed its own appeals court
- judge selection and term of office:
- judges appointed by the president to serve until age 65
- subordinate courts:
- District Court, Family Court
highest courts: court(s): Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and several justices); note - in late 2017, the Nauruan Government revoked the 1976 High Court Appeals Act, which had allowed appeals beyond the Nauruan Supreme Court, and in early 2018, the government formed its own appeals court
judge selection and term of office: judges appointed by the president to serve until age 65
subordinate courts: District Court, Family Court
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and several justices)
- judge selection and term of office:
- judges appointed by the president to serve until age 65
- subordinate courts:
- District Court, Family Court
note: in 2017, the Nauruan Government revoked the 1976 High Court Appeals Act, which had allowed appeals beyond the Nauruan Supreme Court, and in 2018, the government formed its own appeals court
highest court(s): Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and several justices); note - justices)
judge selection and term of office: judges appointed by the president to serve until age 65
subordinate courts: District Court, Family Court
note: in late 2017, the Nauruan Government revoked the 1976 High Court Appeals Act, which had allowed appeals beyond the Nauruan Supreme Court, and in early 2018, the government formed its own appeals court
judge selection and term of office: judges appointed by the president to serve until age 65
subordinate courts: District Court, Family Court
No edition has those words. Try a shorter word.
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. “Nauru: Judicial branch.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/nauru/judicial-branch.