judiciary of Laos

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The judiciary of Laos is the court system of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, operating under a one-party socialist framework in which judicial independence is limited by the dominant role of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court system ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
alsoKnownAs court system of Laos ⓘ
judicial system of Laos ⓘ
appointmentInfluencedBy Lao People’s Revolutionary Party ⓘ
branchOfGovernment state power of Laos ⓘ
coexistsWith Office of the Public Prosecutor of Laos ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic ⓘ
cooperatesWith judiciaries of ASEAN member states ⓘ
country Lao People’s Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: Laos
developedFrom post-1975 revolutionary legal system of Laos ⓘ
facesChallenges corruption concerns ⓘ
limited resources ⓘ
shortage of trained judges ⓘ
guaranteedBy Constitutional provisions on courts and prosecution ⓘ
guarantees application of Lao laws and regulations ⓘ
hasComponent People’s Supreme Court of Laos ⓘ
linked to: judiciary of Laos

district courts of Laos ⓘ
military courts of Laos ⓘ
municipal courts of Laos ⓘ
provincial courts of Laos ⓘ
hasJurisdiction territory of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic ⓘ
hasTrainingInstitution judicial training institutions under state control ⓘ
highestCourt People’s Supreme Court of Laos ⓘ
influencedByLegalTradition French civil law tradition ⓘ
socialist legal tradition ⓘ
judicialIndependence limited ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Lao language ⓘ
linked to: Lao
legalSystemType civil law ⓘ
monitoredBy international human rights organizations ⓘ
operatesUnderPoliticalSystem one-party socialist state ⓘ
overseenBy President of the People’s Supreme Court of Laos ⓘ
participatesIn regional judicial and legal cooperation in Southeast Asia ⓘ
partOf political system of Laos ⓘ
politicalPartyInfluence Lao People’s Revolutionary Party ⓘ
reformedIn 1990s legal reforms in Laos ⓘ
relatedTo Ministry of Justice of Laos ⓘ
responsibleFor adjudication of administrative cases in Laos ⓘ
adjudication of civil cases in Laos ⓘ
adjudication of criminal cases in Laos ⓘ
subjectTo National Assembly oversight in Laos ⓘ
leadership of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party ⓘ
subjectToCriticismFor lack of independence ⓘ
political interference ⓘ
weak rule of law ⓘ

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

judiciary of Laos → hasComponent → People’s Supreme Court of Laos ⓘ
linked to: judiciary of Laos
Constitution of Laos → establishes → People's Courts of Laos ⓘ
linked to: judiciary of Laos