Judiciary of South Sudan

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The Judiciary of South Sudan is the independent court system responsible for interpreting and applying the laws of South Sudan, including constitutional review and the administration of justice across the country.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court system ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
appliesLawOf Republic of South Sudan ⓘ
linked to: South Sudan
branchOfGovernment Government of South Sudan ⓘ
can strike down unconstitutional laws ⓘ
characteristic independent ⓘ
separate from executive branch ⓘ
separate from legislative branch ⓘ
coequalWith Executive of South Sudan ⓘ
Legislature of South Sudan ⓘ
country South Sudan ⓘ
duty ensure fair trial rights ⓘ
ensure rule of law in South Sudan ⓘ
settle disputes in accordance with law ⓘ
employs judges of South Sudan ⓘ
magistrates of South Sudan ⓘ
establishedAfter independence of South Sudan ⓘ
establishedInYear 2011 ⓘ
guaranteedBy Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan ⓘ
hasBody County Courts of South Sudan ⓘ
Courts of Appeal of South Sudan ⓘ
Customary Courts of South Sudan ⓘ
High Courts of South Sudan ⓘ
Payam Courts of South Sudan ⓘ
Supreme Court of South Sudan ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver South Sudan ⓘ
hasOfficeHolder Chief Justice Chan Reec Madut ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
headedBy Chief Justice of South Sudan ⓘ
highestCourt Supreme Court of South Sudan ⓘ
interprets Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan ⓘ
legalBasis Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan 2011 ⓘ
locatedIn Juba ⓘ
mandatedTo review constitutionality of laws and actions ⓘ
uphold constitutional supremacy ⓘ
oversees discipline of judicial officers ⓘ
judicial administration in South Sudan ⓘ
partOf Government of South Sudan ⓘ
responsibleFor administration of justice in South Sudan ⓘ
application of laws of South Sudan ⓘ
constitutional review ⓘ
interpretation of laws of South Sudan ⓘ
protection of rights and freedoms under the constitution ⓘ
seatOf Supreme Court of South Sudan ⓘ
supervises customary courts in South Sudan ⓘ
usesLegalSystem customary law of South Sudan ⓘ
sharia law in applicable areas ⓘ
statutory law of South Sudan ⓘ

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

Government of South Sudan → judicialBranch → Judiciary of South Sudan ⓘ
Judiciary of South Sudan → hasBody → High Courts of South Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of South Sudan
judicial branch of South Sudan → oversees → courts of South Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of South Sudan
Supreme Court of South Sudan → branchOfGovernment → judiciary of South Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of South Sudan