public prosecution service of France

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The public prosecution service of France is the national body of prosecutors responsible for initiating and conducting criminal proceedings on behalf of the state within the French judicial system.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial authority ⓘ
prosecution service ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ministère public ⓘ
parquet ⓘ
public prosecutor’s office of France ⓘ
appearsBefore Cour de cassation (criminal chamber) ⓘ
linked to: court of cassation

courts of appeal of France ⓘ
criminal courts of first instance in France ⓘ
appliesLaw French Code of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
French Criminal Code ⓘ
linked to: Code pénal
component parquet général près la Cour de cassation ⓘ
parquet national antiterroriste ⓘ
parquet national de lutte contre la criminalité organisée ⓘ
parquet national financier ⓘ
parquets généraux près les cours d’appel ⓘ
parquets près les tribunaux de proximité ⓘ
parquets près les tribunaux judiciaires ⓘ
constitutionalReference Constitution of the French Fifth Republic ⓘ
constitutionalStatus part of judicial authority under French Constitution ⓘ
country France ⓘ
distinctFrom French judiciary sitting judges ⓘ
duty ensure enforcement of criminal law ⓘ
prosecute criminal offences ⓘ
protect public interest ⓘ
protect public order ⓘ
employs avocats généraux ⓘ
procureurs de la République ⓘ
substitute public prosecutors ⓘ
goal ensure proper functioning of criminal justice ⓘ
safeguard rights of society and victims ⓘ
headedBy procureur général près la Cour de cassation ⓘ
jurisdiction France ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
organizationalPrinciple hierarchical structure ⓘ
principle of indivisibility of the parquet ⓘ
principle of subordination to the garde des Sceaux ⓘ
partOf French judicial system ⓘ
power decide whether to prosecute or dismiss a case ⓘ
direct judicial police investigations ⓘ
propose alternative measures to prosecution ⓘ
request opening of judicial investigations ⓘ
represents state in criminal matters ⓘ
role conducting criminal proceedings ⓘ
initiating criminal proceedings ⓘ
supervisedBy Minister of Justice of France ⓘ
worksWith investigating judges in France ⓘ
police judiciaire (judicial police) of France ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Minister of Justice of France → hasAuthorityOver → public prosecution service of France ⓘ
Public Prosecution Service of France → alsoKnownAs → ministère public ⓘ
linked to: public prosecution service of France
Public Prosecution Service of France → alsoKnownAs → public prosecutor’s office of France ⓘ
linked to: public prosecution service of France
parquet → composedOf → procureur de la République (public prosecutor) ⓘ
linked to: public prosecution service of France
Direction centrale de la police judiciaire → collaboratesWith → parquet (public prosecutors) in France ⓘ
linked to: public prosecution service of France