Comoros · Courts
Court structure of Comoros
Every tier of the judiciary, what it hears, and where an appeal goes next.
The hierarchy, top to bottom
- Final appellate — Supreme Court
- Apex court; also exercises constitutional jurisdiction since 2018.
- Appellate — Cour d'appel
- Appeals in civil and criminal matters.
- First instance — Tribunaux de première instance
- Civil, commercial and criminal matters at first instance.
- Religious — Qadi courts
- Apply Islamic personal status law on marriage, divorce and inheritance.
- Island — Island jurisdictions
- Local courts operating within each island's autonomous structure.
Every court in the hierarchy
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