The highest court of the ordinary judiciary, hearing appeals from the cantonal courts and sitting at first instance in certain matters, including proceedings against senior officials. Because Suriname has no external appellate court, its judgments are final except where the Constitutional Court intervenes on a question of constitutionality.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Highest ordinary court
- Jurisdiction
- National
- Seat
- Paramaribo
- Established
- 1869
- Composition
- A President, Vice-President and members appointed for life.
- Appointment
- Appointed by the President on the Court's own recommendation, which is intended to secure independence.
- Languages
- Dutch
Where an appeal goes next
Final in ordinary matters.
Decisions worth knowing
- December murders judgment2019
Convicted a sitting President of murder in the 1982 killings; upheld on appeal in 2021.
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