The single apex court since it absorbed the Supreme Economic Court in 2014, exercising supervisory review over all lower courts and trying certain grave cases at first instance. Death sentences passed by regional courts are reviewed here; Belarus remains the only European state carrying out executions.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Supreme court
- Jurisdiction
- Belarus — civil, criminal, economic and administrative supervision
- Seat
- Minsk
- Composition
- Judges in judicial collegia and a Plenum, appointed by the President.
- Languages
- Belarusian, Russian
Where an appeal goes next
Supervisory review within the Supreme Court; clemency petition to the President.
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