The highest court, sitting in plenary and in Constitutional, Civil, Criminal and Contentious-Administrative chambers. International monitors including the Inter-American Commission report that it does not operate independently of the executive.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Supreme court
- Jurisdiction
- National
- Seat
- Managua
- Established
- 1825
- Composition
- Sixteen magistrates elected for five-year terms.
- Appointment
- Elected by the National Assembly from lists proposed by the President and by deputies.
- Languages
- Spanish
Where an appeal goes next
Final domestically. Nicaragua denounced the OAS Charter, with withdrawal effective in 2023, which complicates access to the Inter-American system.
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