- Supreme Court of Chad
The Supreme Court (French "Cour Suprême") is the highest
jurisdiction ofChad in judiciary, administrative and tributary fields. [http://www.cefod.org/Droit_au_Tchad/constitution2005.pdf Constitution of Chad] ]The Supreme Court in the Constitution
Apart from being the country's highest jurisdiction, the court is also in charge of monitoring the regular ongoing of local elections. The Court is divided in three chambers of justice, with jurisdiction respectivilely in judiciary, administrative and auditing matters (article 152 of the constitution).
As established by article 153 of the constitution, the Supreme Court is composed of 16 members, of whom the Chief Justice is selected by the Head of State among the highest ranking judges of the country. Of the remaining members of the Court, called Councilors and appointed for life (article 154), eight are designed by the Head of State and seven by the Speaker of the National Assembly. Their selection takes place among both the country's chief judges (eight) and experts in public
accountancy and in administrative and financial law.Creation
The legislation necessary to provide for the implementation of a Supreme Court as disposed by the Constitution of 1996 was approved by
1999 , and PresidentIdriss Déby officially had it installed onApril 28 when he swore in office the members of the Court. [http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un/unpan023258.pdf] Due to inadequate funding, the became fully operational only in October2000 . [ [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/af/8307.htm Chad ] ]President Idriss Déby took advantage of the occasion provided by the sworing in office of the judges to reaffirm the impartiality and the independence of the Chadian legal system, and to signal that it was the first time Chad had ever been given such a high judiciary instance. [BBC, "Chad: Supreme Court, Constitutional Council created for "first time", 29-4-1999]
Current Justices
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