List of supreme courts by country

This is a list— by country — of the highest court (supreme court) in each country. Some countries have more than one "supreme" court.

List of supreme courts

An asterisk (*) indicates that the court is not independent of either the legislature and/or executive of that country.

States recognised by the United Nations

State	Court(s)
Afghanistan	Supreme Court of Afghanistan
Albania	Constitutional Court of Albania, Supreme Court of Albania
Algeria	Supreme Court of Algeria
Andorra	Superior Court of Justice
Angola	Supreme Court of Angola, Constitutional Court of Angola
Antigua and Barbuda	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (see below)
Argentina	Supreme Court of Argentina
Armenia	Constitutional Court of Armenia
Australia	High Court of Australia
Austria	Constitutional Court of Austria, Administrative Court of Austria, Supreme Court of Justice
Azerbaijan	Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan, Supreme Court of Azerbaijan
Bahamas	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Bahrain	High Civil Appeals Court of Bahrain
Bangladesh	Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Barbados	Supreme Court of Judicature
Belarus	Supreme Court of Belarus, Constitutional Court of Belarus*
Belgium	Court of Cassation
Belize	Supreme Court of Belize
Benin	Constitutional Court of Benin, Supreme Court of Benin, High Court of Justice
Bhutan	Supreme Court of Bhutan
Bolivia	Supreme Court of Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana	Court of Appeal
Brazil	Supreme Federal Court
Brunei	Supreme Court of Brunei, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Bulgaria	Supreme Court of Cassation of Bulgaria, Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria
Burkina Faso	Supreme Court of Burkina Faso
Burundi	Supreme Court of Burundi
Cambodia	Supreme Council of the Magistracy
Cameroon	Supreme Court of Cameroon*
Canada	Supreme Court of Canada
Cape Verde	Supreme Tribunal of Justice
Central African Republic	Supreme Court of the Central African Republic, Constitutional Court of the Central African Republic
Chad	Supreme Court of Chad, Constitutional Council of Chad
Chile	Supreme Court of Chile
China	Supreme People's Court*, Court of Final Appeal (Macau), Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)
Colombia	Supreme Court of Justice, Council of State, Constitutional Court of Colombia, Superior Council of the Judiciary
Comoros	Supreme Court of the Comoros
Congo-Brazzaville	Supreme Court of Republic of the Congo
Congo-Kinshasa	Constitutional Court, Court of Cassation
Costa Rica	Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica
Croatia	Supreme Court of Croatia
Cuba	People's Supreme Court of Cuba*
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
Djibouti	Supreme Court of Djibouti
Dominica	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (see below)
Dominican Republic	Supreme Court of Justice
East Timor	Supreme Court of Justice
Ecuador	Supreme Court of Ecuador*
Egypt	Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt
El Salvador	Supreme Court of El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea	Supreme Court of Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea	High Court of Eritrea
Estonia	Supreme Court of Estonia
Ethiopia	Federal Supreme Court
Fiji	Supreme Court of Fiji
Finland	Supreme Court of Finland, Supreme Administrative Court of Finland
France	Court of Cassation, Council of State, Constitutional Council
Gabon	Supreme Court of Gabon
Gambia	Supreme Court of the Gambia
Georgia	Constitutional Court of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia
Germany	Constitutional Court, Federal Court of Justice, Federal Administrative Court, Federal Finance Court, Federal Labour Court, Federal Social Court
Ghana	Supreme Court of Ghana
Greece	Court of Cassation, Council of State, Court of Audit
Grenada	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (see below)
Guatemala	Supreme Court of Justice, Constitutional Court
Guinea-Bissau	Supreme Court of Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Conakry	Supreme Court of Guinea
Guyana	Supreme Court of Judicature[1]
Haiti	Supreme Court of Haiti
Honduras	Supreme Court of Honduras
Hungary	Constitutional Court of Hungary
Iceland	Supreme Court of Iceland
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
Ireland	Supreme Court of Ireland
Israel	Supreme Court of Israel
Italy	Constitutional Court of Italy, Supreme Court of Cassation
Ivory Coast	Supreme Court of the Ivory Coast
Jamaica	Court of Appeal, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Japan	Supreme Court of Japan
Jordan	Court of Cassation
Kazakhstan	Supreme Court of Kazakhstan, Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan
Kenya	Supreme Court of Kenya
Kiribati	Court of Appeal of Kiribati, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Kuwait	High Court of Appeal of Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan	Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan*
Laos	People's Supreme Court of Laos
Latvia	Constitutional Court of Latvia
Lebanon	Court of Cassation, Constitutional Council
Lesotho	High Court of Lesotho
Liberia	Supreme Court of Liberia
Libya	Supreme Court of Libya
Liechtenstein	Supreme Court of Liechtenstein
Lithuania	Constitutional Court of Lithuania
Luxembourg	Superior Court of Justice, Constitutional Court, Administrative Court
Macedonia	Supreme Court of Macedonia, Constitutional Court of Macedonia
Madagascar	Supreme Court of Madagascar
Malawi	Supreme Court of Appeal
Malaysia	Federal Court of Malaysia*
Maldives	Supreme Court of the Maldives
Mali	Supreme Court of Mali
Malta	Constitutional Court of Malta, Court of Civil Appeals of Malta, Court of Criminal Appeals of Malta
Marshall Islands	Supreme Court of the Marshall Islands
Mauritania	Supreme Court of Mauritania
Mauritius	Supreme Court of Mauritius, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Mexico	Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
Micronesia	Supreme Court of Micronesia
Moldova	Supreme Court of Justice of Moldova
Monaco	Supreme Court of Monaco
Mongolia	Constitutional Court of Mongolia, Supreme Court of Mongolia
Montenegro	Constitutional Court of Montenegro
Morocco	Supreme Court of Morocco
Mozambique	Supreme Court of Mozambique
Myanmar	Supreme Court of Myanmar, Constitutional Tribunal of Myanmar
Namibia	Supreme Court of Namibia
Nauru	Supreme Court of Nauru, High Court of Australia
Nepal	Supreme Court of Nepal
Netherlands	Supreme Court of the Netherlands, Council of State
New Zealand	Supreme Court of New Zealand
Nicaragua	Supreme Court of Nicaragua
Niger	Supreme Court of Niger, Constitutional Court of Niger
Nigeria	Supreme Court of Nigeria
North Korea	Supreme Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea*[2]
Norway	Supreme Court of Norway
Oman	Supreme Court of Oman*
Pakistan	Supreme Court of Pakistan
Palau	Supreme Court of Palau
Palestine	High Judicial Council
Panama	Supreme Court of Justice
Papua New Guinea	Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea
Paraguay	Supreme Court of Justice
Peru	Supreme Court of Peru
Philippines	Supreme Court of the Philippines
Poland	Supreme Court of Poland, Constitutional Tribunal
Portugal	Constitutional Court of Portugal, Supreme Court of Justice
Qatar	Court of Cassation of Qatar*
Romania	High Court of Cassation and Justice
Russia	Supreme Court of Russia
Rwanda	Supreme Court of Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (see below)
Saint Lucia	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (see below)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (see below)
Samoa	Court of Appeal of Samoa
San Marino	Council of Twelve
São Tomé and Príncipe	Supreme Court of São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia	Supreme Council of Justice
Senegal	Court of Cassation
Serbia	Supreme Court of Cassation
Seychelles	Supreme Court of Seychelles
Sierra Leone	Supreme Court of Sierra Leone
Singapore	Supreme Court of Singapore*
Slovakia	Supreme Court of Slovakia
Slovenia	Supreme Court of Slovenia
Solomon Islands	Court of Appeal of Solomon Islands
Somalia	Constitutional Court
South Africa	Constitutional Court of South Africa
South Korea	Supreme Court of South Korea, Constitutional Court of South Korea
South Sudan	Supreme Court of South Sudan
Spain	Supreme Court of Spain
Sri Lanka	Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Sudan	Supreme Court of Sudan*
Suriname	Court of Justice of Suriname
Swaziland	High Court of Swaziland
Sweden	Supreme Court of Sweden, Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden
Switzerland	Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland
Syria	Supreme Constitutional Court of Syria, High Judicial Council
Tajikistan	Supreme Court of Tajikistan*
Tanzania	Court of Appeal of Tanzania
Thailand	Supreme Court of Thailand
Togo	Supreme Court of Togo
Tonga	Court of Appeal of Tonga, Privy Council of Tonga (hereditary estates and titles)
Trinidad and Tobago	Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago,[3] Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Tunisia	Court of Cassation*
Turkey	Constitutional Court of Turkey
Turkmenistan	Supreme Court of Turkmenistan
Tuvalu	Tuvalu Court of Appeal, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Uganda	Supreme Court of Uganda
Ukraine	Supreme Court of Ukraine, Constitutional Court of Ukraine
United Arab Emirates	Federal Supreme Court
United Kingdom	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, High Court of Justiciary (Scotland–Criminal Appeals)
United States	Supreme Court of the United States
Uruguay	Supreme Court of Uruguay
Uzbekistan	Supreme Court of Uzbekistan
Vanuatu	Supreme Court of Vanuatu
Vatican City	Supreme Court of Vatican City
Venezuela	Supreme Tribunal of Justice
Vietnam	Supreme People's Court of Vietnam*
Yemen	Supreme Court of Yemen*
Zambia	Constitutional Court of Zambia, Supreme Court of Zambia
Zimbabwe	Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe, Supreme Court of Zimbabwe

States recognised by at least one United Nations member

State	Court(s)
Abkhazia	Supreme Court of Abkhazia
Cook Islands	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Kosovo	Supreme Court of Kosovo
Niue	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Northern Cyprus	Supreme Court of Northern Cyprus
Taiwan	Supreme Court of the Republic of China, Constitutional Court of the Judicial Yuan
South Ossetia	Supreme Court of South Ossetia
Western Sahara	Supreme Court of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

States not recognised by any United Nations members

State	Court(s)
Nagorno-Karabakh	Supreme Court of Nagorno-Karabakh
Somaliland	Constitutional Court of Somaliland
Transnistria	Supreme Court of Transnistria

Sui generis entities

State	Court(s)
European Union	European Court of Justice
Sovereign Military Order of Malta	Magistral Court of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta

International courts

There are a number of international courts that are the highest courts of appeal for the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), European Union (EU), and some of the countries of the Commonwealth of Nations respectively. However, the members of those organisations do sometimes 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.

Organisation	Court(s)
Benelux Union	Benelux Court of Justice
Caribbean Community	Caribbean Court of Justice
Commonwealth of Nations	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Council of Europe	European Court of Human Rights
European Free Trade Association	EFTA Court
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

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