The highest court of the republic, replacing the former Corte Suprema de Justicia. It sits in plenary and in seven chambers — constitutional, political-administrative, electoral, civil cassation, criminal cassation, social cassation and the plenary — and also administers the judiciary through the Executive Directorate of the Magistracy.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Supreme tribunal sitting in seven chambers
- Jurisdiction
- National
- Seat
- Caracas
- Established
- 1999
- Composition
- Thirty-two magistrates distributed among the seven chambers.
- Appointment
- Elected by the National Assembly for twelve-year terms; a 2022 reform reduced the tribunal from thirty-two members and renewed its composition.
- Languages
- Spanish
Where an appeal goes next
Final domestically.
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