List of national supreme courts

This is a list of supreme courts by country.

Contents 1 List of supreme courts by continent 1.1 Africa 1.2 Americas 1.3 Asia 1.4 Europe 1.5 Oceania 2 Supranational Supreme Courts 3 References

List of supreme courts by continent

Asterisks indicate that the court is not independent of either the legislature and/or executive of that country.

Africa

Country	Name of Court(s)
Algeria	Supreme Court of Algeria
Angola	Supreme Court of Angola
Benin	Constitutional Court of Benin, Supreme Court of Benin
Botswana	High Court of Botswana
Burkina Faso	Supreme Court of Burkina Faso
Burundi	Supreme Court of Burundi
Cameroon	Supreme Court of Cameroon*
Cape Verde	Supreme Tribunal of Justice
Central African Republic	Supreme Court of the Central African Republic
Chad	Supreme Court of Chad
Comoros	Supreme Court of Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the ! Dem. Rep. of the Congo	Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Court of Cassation
Congo, Republic of the ! Rep. of the Congo	Supreme Court of Republic of the Congo
Côte d'Ivoire	Supreme Court of Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti	Supreme Court of Djibouti
Egypt	Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt
Equatorial Guinea	Supreme Court of Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea	High Court of Eritrea
Ethiopia	Federal Supreme Court
Gabon	Supreme Court of Gabon
Gambia, The ! The Gambia	Supreme Court of The Gambia
Ghana	Supreme Court of Ghana
Guinea	Supreme Court of Guinea
Guinea-Bissau	Supreme Court of Guinea-Bissau
Kenya	High Court of Kenya
Lesotho	High Court of Lesotho
Liberia	Supreme Court of Liberia
Libya	Supreme Court of Libya
Madagascar	Supreme Court of Madagascar
Malawi	Supreme Court of Appeal
Mali	Supreme Court of Mali*
Mauritania	Supreme Court of Mauritania
Mauritius	Supreme Court of Mauritius, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see Supranational Supreme Courts below)
Morocco	Supreme Court of Morocco
Mozambique	Supreme Court of Mozambique
Namibia	Supreme Court of Namibia
Niger	Supreme Court of Niger, Constitutional Court of Niger
Nigeria	Supreme Court of Nigeria
Rwanda	Constitutional Court of Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe	Supreme Court of São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal	Constitutional Court of Senegal
Seychelles	Seychelles Court of Appeal
Sierra Leone	Supreme Court of Sierra Leone
Somalia	Supreme Court of Somalia
South Africa	Constitutional Court of South Africa, Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa
Sudan	Supreme Court of Sudan*
Swaziland	High Court of Swaziland
Tanzania	Court of Appeal of Tanzania
Togo	Court of Appeal of Togo
Tunisia	Court of Cassation*
Uganda	Supreme Court of Uganda
Zambia	Supreme Court of Zambia
Zimbabwe	Supreme Court of Zimbabwe

Americas

Country	Name of Court(s)
Antigua and Barbuda	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (see Supranational Supreme Courts below)
Argentina	Supreme Court of Argentina
Bahamas, The ! The Bahamas	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see Supranational Supreme Courts below)
Barbados	Supreme Court of Judicature
Belize	Supreme Court of Belize
Bolivia	Supreme Court of Bolivia
Brazil	Supreme Federal Court
Canada	Supreme Court of Canada
Chile	Supreme Court of Chile
Colombia	Supreme Court of Colombia, Council of State of Colombia, Constitutional Court of Colombia, Superior Council of the Judiciary
Costa Rica	Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica
Cuba	Supreme Court of Cuba*
Dominica, Commonwealth of ! Commonwealth of Dominica	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (see Supranational Supreme Courts below)
Dominican Republic	Supreme Court of Justice
Ecuador	Supreme Court of Ecuador*
El Salvador	Supreme Court of El Salvador
Grenada	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (see Supranational Supreme Courts below)
Guatemala	Constitutional Court of Guatemala
Guyana	Supreme Court of Judicature[1]
Haiti	Supreme Court of Haiti
Honduras	Supreme Court of Honduras
Jamaica	Court of Appeal, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see Supranational Supreme Courts below)
Mexico	Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
Nicaragua	Supreme Court of Nicaragua
Panama	Supreme Court of Justice
Paraguay	Supreme Court of Justice
Peru	Supreme Court of Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (see Supranational Supreme Courts below)
Saint Lucia	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (see Supranational Supreme Courts below)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (see Supranational Supreme Courts below)
Suriname	Court of Justice of Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago	Supreme Court of Judicature[2], Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see Supranational Supreme Courts below)
United States	Supreme Court of the United States
Uruguay	Supreme Court of Uruguay
Venezuela	Supreme Tribunal of Justice

Asia

Country	Name of Court(s)
Afghanistan	Afghan Supreme Court
Armenia	Constitutional Court of Armenia
Azerbaijan	Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan, Supreme Court of Azerbaijan
Bahrain	High Civil Appeals Court of Bahrain
Bangladesh	Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Bhutan	Supreme Court of Appeal
Brunei	Supreme Court of Brunei, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see Supranational Supreme Courts below)
Burma	Supreme Court of Burma
Cambodia	Supreme Council of the Magistracy
China ! People's Republic of China	Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China*
Georgia	Constitutional Court of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia
India	Supreme Court of India
Indonesia	Supreme Court of Indonesia, Constitutional Court of Indonesia
Iran	Supreme Court of Iran, High Council of the Judiciary
Iraq	Supreme Court of Iraq
Israel	Supreme Court of Israel
Japan	Supreme Court of Japan
Jordan	Court of Cassation
Kazakhstan	Supreme Court of Kazakhstan, Constitutional Council
Korea, North !North Korea	Central Court*
Korea, South ! South Korea	Supreme Court of South Korea, Constitutional Court of South Korea
Kuwait	High Court of Appeal of Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan	Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan*
Laos	People's Supreme Court of Laos
Lebanon	Courts of Cassation, Constitutional Council
Malaysia	Federal Court of Malaysia*
Maldives	Supreme Court of the Maldives
Mongolia	Constitutional Court of Mongolia, Supreme Court of Mongolia
Nepal	Supreme Court of Nepal
Oman	Supreme Court of Oman*
Pakistan	Supreme Court of Pakistan
Philippines	Supreme Court of the Philippines
Qatar	Court of Cassation of Qatar*
Saudi Arabia	Supreme Council of Justice
Singapore	Supreme Court of Singapore*
Sri Lanka	Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Syria	Supreme Constitutional Court of Syria
Taiwan (Republic of China) ! Republic of China (Taiwan)	Supreme Court of the Republic of China, Constitutional Court of the Judicial Yuan
Tajikistan	Supreme Court of Tajikistan*
Thailand	Supreme Court of Thailand
Timor-Leste	Court of Appeals of Timor-Leste[3]
Turkey	Constitutional Court of Turkey
Turkmenistan	Supreme Court of Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates	Federal Supreme Court
Uzbekistan	Supreme Court of Uzbekistan
Vietnam	Supreme People's Court of Vietnam*
Yemen	Supreme Court of Yemen*

Europe

Country	Name of Court(s)
Albania	Constitutional Court, Court of Cassation
Andorra	Superior Court of Justice
Austria	Constitutional Court of Austria, Administrative Court of Austria, Supreme Court of Austria
Belarus	Supreme Court of Belarus, Constitutional Court of Belarus*
Belgium	Court of Cassation
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria	Supreme Court of Cassation of Bulgaria, Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria
Croatia	Supreme Court of Croatia
Cyprus	Supreme Court of Cyprus
Czech Republic	Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Court of the Czech Republic
Denmark	Supreme Court of Denmark
England & Wales	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Estonia	Supreme Court of Estonia
Finland	Supreme Court of Finland, Supreme Administrative Court of Finland
France	Court of Cassation, Council of State, Constitutional Council of France
Germany	Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
Greece	Court of Cassation, Council of State, Chamber of Accounts
Hungary	Constitutional Court of Hungary
Iceland	Supreme Court of Iceland
Ireland	Supreme Court of Ireland
Italy	Constitutional Court of Italy, Court of Cassation
Kosovo	Supreme Court of Kosovo
Latvia	Constitutional Court of Latvia
Liechtenstein	Supreme Court of Liechtenstein
Lithuania	Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania
Luxembourg	Superior Court of Justice
Macedonia	Supreme Court of Macedonia, Constitutional Court of Macedonia, Republican Judicial Council
Malta	Constitutional Court of Malta
Moldova	Supreme Court of Justice of Moldova
Monaco	Supreme Court of Monaco
Montenegro	Constitutional Court of Montenegro
Netherlands	Supreme Court of the Netherlands
Norway	Supreme Court of Norway
Northern Ireland	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Poland	Supreme Court of the Republic of Poland, Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland
Portugal	Portuguese Constitutional Court
Romania	High Court of Cassation and Justice
Russia	Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
San Marino	Council of Twelve
Scotland	High Court of Justiciary (Criminal), Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (Civil)
Serbia	Supreme Court of Serbia
Slovakia	Supreme Court of Slovakia
Slovenia	Supreme Court of Slovenia
Spain	Supreme Court of Spain
Sweden	Supreme Court of Sweden, Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden
Switzerland	Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland
Ukraine	Supreme Court of Ukraine, Constitutional Court of Ukraine
Vatican City	Cassation Court of Vatican City

Oceania

Country	Name of Court(s)
Australia	High Court of Australia
Cook Islands	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see Supranational Supreme Courts below)
Fiji	Supreme Court of Fiji
Kiribati	Court of Appeal of Kiribati, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see Supranational Supreme Courts below)
Marshall Islands	Supreme Court of the Marshall Islands
Micronesia	Supreme Court of the Federated States of Micronesia
Nauru	Supreme Court of Nauru, High Court of Australia
New Zealand	Supreme Court of New Zealand
Niue	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see Supranational Supreme Courts below)
Palau	Supreme Court of Palau
Papua New Guinea	Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea
Samoa	Court of Appeal of Samoa
Solomon Islands	Court of Appeal of the Solomon Islands
Tonga	Supreme Court of Tonga
Tuvalu	High Court of Tuvalu, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see Supranational Supreme Courts below)
Vanuatu	Supreme Court of Vanuatu

Supranational Supreme Courts

The following are Supranational that are the highest courts of appeal for the member states of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), European Union (EU), United Nations (UN) and the Commonwealth of Nations respectively. However, the members of those organizations do have high courts of their own and their jurisdiction may be limited: for example the EU's court of justice can only interpret EU law and treaties, domestic cases cannot be appealed.

• Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
• European Court of Justice of the EU
• International Court of Justice of the UN
• International Criminal Court of the UN
• Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of the UK (for the Commonwealth of Nations)

References