Court of Impeachment of Norway

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The Court of Impeachment of Norway is a special high court that tries cases against members of the government, parliament, or Supreme Court for criminal offenses committed in their official capacity.

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Label Occurrences
Court of Impeachment of Norway canonical 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional body ⓘ
high court ⓘ
special court ⓘ
aim ensure responsibility of high public officials ⓘ
safeguard constitutional order ⓘ
competence members of the Government of Norway ⓘ
members of the Parliament of Norway ⓘ
members of the Supreme Court of Norway ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
distinctFrom Supreme Court of Norway ⓘ
ordinary criminal courts of Norway ⓘ
function adjudicates breaches of constitutional duties ⓘ
adjudicates serious abuses of office ⓘ
holds government officials accountable for misconduct ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Supreme Court justices ⓘ
cabinet ministers ⓘ
members of the Storting ⓘ
jurisdiction Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Norwegian ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Norway ⓘ
legalNature extraordinary court ⓘ
location Oslo ⓘ
NorwegianName Riksretten ⓘ
partOf judicial system of Norway ⓘ
role tries criminal offenses committed in official capacity ⓘ
tries impeachment cases ⓘ
scopeOfCases offenses committed in official capacity ⓘ
subjectTo Norwegian constitutional law ⓘ
typeOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ

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

Judiciary of Norway → hasPart → Court of Impeachment of Norway ⓘ