Kyrgyzstan · Courts
Court structure of Kyrgyzstan
Every tier of the judiciary, what it hears, and where an appeal goes next.
The hierarchy, top to bottom
- Constitutional — Constitutional Court of the Kyrgyz Republic
- Restored as a separate court by the 2021 Constitution; open to individual petition.
- Final appellate — Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz Republic
- Cassation instance; its plenum issues binding clarifications.
- Appellate — Oblast courts and the Bishkek and Osh city courts
- Appeal instance in civil, criminal and administrative matters.
- First instance — District and city courts
- General jurisdiction, with inter-district courts for economic and administrative cases.
- Customary — Aksakal (elders') courts
- Elected local bodies deciding minor disputes by custom under the Law on Aksakal Courts 2002.
Every court in the hierarchy
- constitutionalBishkekConstitutional Court of the Kyrgyz RepublicReview of the constitutionality of statutes and other normative acts on application by any person, and interpretation of the Constitution.
- supremeBishkekSupreme Court of the Kyrgyz RepublicCassation review in civil, criminal, economic and administrative matters, and supervision of the lower courts.
- appellateOblast centres and BishkekOblast CourtsAppeals from the local courts of the region, and first-instance jurisdiction over the most serious criminal matters.
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