Niger · Courts
Court structure of Niger
Every tier of the judiciary, what it hears, and where an appeal goes next.
The hierarchy, top to bottom
- Supreme — Cour de cassation
- Final civil and criminal jurisdiction.
- Administrative — Conseil d'État
- Administrative jurisdiction.
- Appellate — Cours d'appel
- Niamey and Zinder.
- First instance — Tribunaux de grande instance
- General jurisdiction; customary assessors sit in personal status cases.
- Regional — CCJA (Abidjan)
- Final OHADA commercial jurisdiction.
Every court in the hierarchy
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