Judiciary of Namibia

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The Judiciary of Namibia is the independent branch of government responsible for interpreting and upholding the country’s laws and constitution through its system of courts.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
applies Namibian common law ⓘ
Namibian statutory law ⓘ
recognized customary law ⓘ
appointingAuthorityForJudges President of Namibia ⓘ
budget state budget of Namibia ⓘ
capitalSeat Windhoek ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Namibia ⓘ
country Namibia ⓘ
established 1990 ⓘ
establishedAfter independence of Namibia ⓘ
function adjudicate disputes ⓘ
ensure rule of law ⓘ
interpret customary law ⓘ
interpret statutory law ⓘ
protect fundamental rights ⓘ
review constitutionality of laws ⓘ
guaranteedBy Chapter 9 of the Constitution of Namibia ⓘ
hasCourt Community courts of Namibia ⓘ
High Court of Namibia ⓘ
Lower courts of Namibia ⓘ
Magistrates’ courts of Namibia ⓘ
Supreme Court of Namibia ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Republic of Namibia ⓘ
linked to: Namibia
hasSpecializedCourtFunction administrative law review ⓘ
electoral disputes ⓘ
labour disputes ⓘ
headedBy Chief Justice of Namibia ⓘ
highestCourt Supreme Court of Namibia ⓘ
independenceProtectedFrom executive interference ⓘ
legislative interference ⓘ
isBranchOf Government of Namibia ⓘ
judicialAppointmentsAdvisedBy Judicial Service Commission of Namibia ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalSystem Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
customary law ⓘ
mixed legal system ⓘ
locationCountry Namibia ⓘ
memberOf Southern African Chief Justices Forum ⓘ
overseenBy Office of the Judiciary (Namibia) ⓘ
principle judicial independence ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
role interpret Constitution of Namibia ⓘ
interpret laws ⓘ
uphold Constitution of Namibia ⓘ
uphold laws ⓘ
secondHighestCourt High Court of Namibia ⓘ

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

Supreme Court of Namibia → partOf → Judiciary of Namibia ⓘ
Government of Namibia → coexistsWith → Judiciary of Namibia ⓘ
Government of Namibia → subjectToReviewBy → courts of Namibia ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Namibia
Constitution of Namibia → establishesInstitution → Judiciary of Namibia ⓘ
Constitutional Court of Namibia → partOf → judiciary of Namibia ⓘ
subject linked to: constitutional court of Namibia
linked to: Judiciary of Namibia
Chief Justice of Namibia → headOf → judiciary of Namibia ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Namibia
Chief Justice of Namibia → branchOfGovernment → judicial branch of Namibia ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Namibia
High Court of Namibia → partOf → Judiciary of Namibia ⓘ
High Court of Namibia → partOf → Court system of Namibia ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Namibia