Estonia’s highest court, acting as the court of cassation and, through its Constitutional Review Chamber, as the constitutional court. It reviews the constitutionality of legislation and hears final appeals.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Supreme court and constitutional review body
- Jurisdiction
- National — cassation and constitutional review
- Seat
- Tartu
- Composition
- Justices sitting in civil, criminal, administrative and constitutional-review chambers.
- Appointment
- The Chief Justice is proposed by the President and appointed by the Riigikogu; justices are appointed by the Riigikogu on the Chief Justice’s proposal.
- Languages
- Estonian
Where an appeal goes next
None domestically; the European Court of Human Rights may follow.
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