High Court of Eritrea

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The High Court of Eritrea is the final court of appeal in Eritrea and the highest court in the Eritrean judicial hierarchy. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction.

A panel of three judges hears all original cases while when the High Court is court of final appeal, a panel of five judges hears the trial.

The High Court took an average of 2 months to decide if it would hear an appeal, and at year's end had a backlog of approximately 200 cases.^[1]

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1. ^ Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (2005). Retrieved on 2006-08-01.