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Name
of the institution : Supreme Court of Burundi
President
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Mr Adrien NYANKIYE (President of the Supreme Court of Burundi)
Mr Didace RUDARAGI (President of the Administrative Chamber of the
Supreme Court of Burundi)
Mrs Spès Caritas NIYONTEZE (President of the Administrative Court
of Bujumbura)
Mr René NIYOKWIZIGIRWA (President of the Administrative Court of Gitega)
Address
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Supreme
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Administrative
Court |
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Post
office box 1460 |
Post office box 87 |
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Bujumbura |
Gitega |
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Burundi |
Burundi |
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Composition
and structure
Number of
members :
Nine including the President.
Recruitment
procedures and incompatibilities :
The magistrates
of the Supreme Court, which is the Republic's highest ordinary jurisdiction,
are recruited among the magistrates with the most seniority and
experience. They are appointed by a decree of the President of the
Republic upon a proposition of the Minister of Justice.
The function
of magistrate at the Supreme Court are incompatible with any administrative
function or with any profession, exercised either by the magistrate
himself, or his spouse, or a person acting in his name, and which
could harm the accomplishment of the duties related to the magistrate's
function. Any mandate or duty in private profit-making business,
even if it is not paid, is not compatible, except if the mandate
is exercised in the name of the State.
Internal
organization :
The Supreme Court is organized into three Chambers :
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the
Chamber of cassation which reviews judicial decisions pronounced
in second instance; |
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the
Administrative Chamber which is competent to rule the appeals
against the judgments of the administrative jurisdictions and
against the decisions taken by some administrative authorities
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the
Judicial Chamber which judges the violations of the law by political
representatives or any person justiciable before the Supreme
Court in the first and last instance. |
The Constitutional Chamber has been erected into a Constitutional
Court since the new Constitution promulgated on March 13th 1992.
Publications
:
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Monthly
and yearly reports, published in a limited edition ; |
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Publication
of articles in the Burundi Legal Review ; |
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Publication
of the judgments which are particulary interesting for the evoution
of the case law. |
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Court
functions
Organization
of the courts system :
The united Chambers of the Supreme Court sit as judge of cassation
for the rulings of the judicial chamber or any other chamber of
the Supreme Court, or for the rulings of Courts having the same
rank as the Supreme Court, such as the Audit Office, which rules
the penal cases or the cases related to the justification of the
origins of goods of officials or public mandatories.
The Supreme
Court and the Constitutional Court together constitute the High
Court of Justice which is competent to judge the President of the
Republic in case of high treason and the Prime Minister and the
President of the National Assembly for crimes and offences committed
during their mandates.
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Advisory
functions
None. (See the Constitutional Court)
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