List of supreme courts by country

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This is a list of the highest court (supreme court) in each country. Some countries choose to designate certain areas of law to different courts, meaning that they have more than one "supreme" court.

List of supreme courts[]

States recognised by the United Nations[]

State	Court(s)
Afghanistan	Supreme Court of Afghanistan
Albania	Constitutional Court of Albania, Supreme Court of Albania
Algeria	, Supreme Court of Algeria
Andorra
Angola	,
Antigua and Barbuda	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Argentina	Supreme Court of Argentina
Armenia	Constitutional Court of Armenia,
Australia	High Court of Australia
Austria	Constitutional Court of Austria, Supreme Court of Justice, Administrative Court of Austria
Azerbaijan	Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan, Supreme Court of Azerbaijan
Bahamas	Supreme Court of the Bahamas, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Bahrain	Constitutional Court, Court of Cassation, Supreme Court of Appeal, High Sharia Court of Appeal
Bangladesh	Supreme Court of Bangladesh
Barbados	Supreme Court of Judicature, Caribbean Court of Justice
Belarus	Constitutional Court of Belarus,[1] Supreme Court of Belarus[*]
Belgium	Constitutional Court, Court of Cassation
Belize	Supreme Court of Belize, Caribbean Court of Justice
Benin	, ,
Bhutan	Supreme Court of Bhutan
Bolivia	Plurinational Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of Justice
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil	Supreme Federal Court, Superior Court of Justice
Brunei	, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Bulgaria	Supreme Court of Cassation of Bulgaria, Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi	Supreme Court of Burundi
Cambodia	Constitutional Council of Cambodia, Supreme Court of Cambodia
Cameroon	Supreme Court of Cameroon[*]
Canada	Supreme Court of Canada
Cape Verde	Supreme Court of Justice
Central African Republic	,
Chad	Constitutional Council of Chad, Supreme Court of Chad
Chile	Constitutional Court of Chile, Supreme Court of Chile
China	Supreme People's Court[*], Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (de facto, Hong Kong and Macau), Court of Final Appeal (de jure, Macau), Court of Final Appeal (de jure, Hong Kong)
Colombia	Constitutional Court of Colombia, Supreme Court of Justice, Council of State
Comoros
Congo-Brazzaville
Congo-Kinshasa	Constitutional Court, Court of Cassation, Council of State
Costa Rica	Supreme Court of Justice of Costa Rica
Croatia	Supreme Court of Croatia
Cuba	People's Supreme Court of Cuba[*]
Cyprus	Supreme Court of Cyprus
Czech Republic	Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic
Denmark	Supreme Court of Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Caribbean Court of Justice (see below)
Dominican Republic	Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador	Constitutional Court of Ecuador, [*]
Egypt	Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, Court of Cassation
El Salvador	Supreme Court of El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea	,
Eritrea	High Court of Eritrea
Estonia	Supreme Court of Estonia
Eswatini
Ethiopia	Federal Supreme Court
Fiji	Supreme Court of Fiji
Finland	Supreme Court of Finland, Supreme Administrative Court of Finland
France	Constitutional Council, Court of Cassation, Council of State
Gabon
Gambia	Supreme Court of the Gambia
Georgia	Constitutional Court of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia
Germany	Constitutional Court, Federal Court of Justice, Federal Administrative Court, Federal Finance Court, Federal Labour Court, Federal Social Court
Ghana	Supreme Court of Ghana
Greece	Supreme Special Court, Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece, Council of State, Court of Audit
Grenada	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Guatemala	Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of Justice
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana	, Caribbean Court of Justice[2]
Haiti	Supreme Court of Haiti
Honduras	Supreme Court of Honduras
Hungary	Constitutional Court of Hungary, Supreme Court of Hungary
Iceland	Supreme Court of Iceland
India	Supreme Court of India, High courts of the states and union territories
Indonesia	Constitutional Court of Indonesia, Supreme Court of Indonesia
Iran	Supreme Court of Iran
Iraq	Supreme Court of Iraq
Ireland	Supreme Court of Ireland
Israel	Supreme Court of Israel
Italy	Constitutional Court of Italy, Supreme Court of Cassation
Ivory Coast
Jamaica	Court of Appeal, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Japan	Supreme Court of Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan	, Supreme Court of Kazakhstan
Kenya	Supreme Court of Kenya
Kiribati	, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan	Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan[*]
Laos	People's Supreme Court of Laos
Latvia	Constitutional Court of Latvia, Supreme Court of Latvia
Lebanon	Constitutional Council,
Lesotho
Liberia	Supreme Court of Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania	Constitutional Court of Lithuania, Supreme Court of Lithuania
Luxembourg	, ,
Madagascar
Malawi	,
Malaysia	Federal Court of Malaysia[*]
Maldives	Supreme Court of the Maldives
Mali
Malta	, ,
Marshall Islands	Supreme Court of the Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius	Supreme Court of Mauritius, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Mexico	Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
Micronesia
Moldova	Constitutional Court of Moldova, Supreme Court of Justice of Moldova
Monaco	Supreme Court of Monaco
Mongolia	Constitutional Court of Mongolia, Supreme Court of Mongolia
Montenegro	,
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar	Constitutional Tribunal of Myanmar, Supreme Court of Myanmar,
Namibia	Supreme Court of Namibia
Nauru	Supreme Court of Nauru
Nepal	Supreme Court of Nepal
Netherlands	Supreme Court of the Netherlands, Council of State
New Zealand	Supreme Court of New Zealand
Nicaragua	Supreme Court of Nicaragua
Niger	Constitutional Court of Niger, Supreme Court of Niger
Nigeria	Supreme Court of Nigeria
North Korea	Supreme Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea[*][3]
North Macedonia	,
Norway	Supreme Court of Norway
Oman	[*]
Pakistan	Supreme Court of Pakistan, Federal Shariat Court
Palau	Supreme Court of Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea	Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea
Paraguay	Supreme Court of Justice
Peru	Constitutional Court of Peru, Supreme Court of Peru
Philippines	Supreme Court of the Philippines
Poland	Constitutional Tribunal,[1][*], Supreme Court of Poland[*], Supreme Administrative Court[4][*]
Portugal	Constitutional Court of Portugal, Supreme Court of Justice
Qatar	[*]
Romania	Constitutional Court of Romania, High Court of Cassation and Justice
Russia	Constitutional Court of Russia, Supreme Court of Russia
Rwanda	Supreme Court of Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Saint Lucia	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Samoa	Court of Appeal of Samoa, Supreme Court of Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe	Supreme Court of São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia	Supreme Judicial Council
Senegal	, Court of Cassation
Serbia	Constitutional Court of Serbia, Supreme Court of Cassation
Seychelles	Supreme Court of Seychelles
Sierra Leone	Supreme Court of Sierra Leone
Singapore	Supreme Court of Singapore[*]
Slovakia	Constitutional Court of Slovakia, Supreme Court of Slovakia,
Slovenia	Constitutional Court of Slovenia, Supreme Court of Slovenia
Solomon Islands	Court of Appeal of Solomon Islands, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Somalia	Constitutional Court, Federal High Court
South Africa	Constitutional Court of South Africa, Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa
South Korea	Constitutional Court of South Korea, Supreme Court of South Korea
South Sudan	Supreme Court of South Sudan
Spain	Constitutional Court of Spain, Supreme Court of Spain
Sri Lanka	Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Sudan	[*]
Suriname	High Court of Justice of Suriname
Sweden	Supreme Court of Sweden, Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden
Switzerland	Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland
Syria	Supreme Constitutional Court of Syria, Court of Cassation
Tajikistan	Supreme Court of Tajikistan[*]
Tanzania	Court of Appeal of Tanzania
Thailand	Supreme Court of Thailand
Togo
Tonga	Court of Appeal of Tonga, Privy Council of Tonga (hereditary estates and titles)
Trinidad and Tobago	Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago,[5] Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Tunisia	Constitutional Court, Court of Cassation[*]
Turkey	Constitutional Court of Turkey, Court of Cassation, Council of State, Court of Jurisdictional Disputes
Turkmenistan	Supreme Court of Turkmenistan
Tuvalu	Court of Appeal of Tuvalu, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Uganda	Constitutional Court of Uganda, Supreme Court of Uganda
Ukraine	Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Supreme Court of Ukraine
United Arab Emirates	Federal Supreme Court
United Kingdom	Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, High Court of Justiciary (Scotland–Criminal Appeals concerning violations of the Human Rights Act 1998 may be heard in the Supreme Court alongside civil cases), Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
United States	Supreme Court of the United States, state supreme courts[6]
Uruguay	Supreme Court of Uruguay
Uzbekistan	Constitutional Court of Uzbekistan, Supreme Court of Uzbekistan
Vanuatu	Supreme Court of Vanuatu
Vatican City	Supreme Court of Vatican City
Venezuela	Supreme Tribunal of Justice
Vietnam	Supreme People's Court of Vietnam[*]
Yemen	[*]
Zambia	,
Zimbabwe	, Supreme Court of Zimbabwe

States recognised by at least one United Nations member[]

State	Court(s)
Palestine	,
Abkhazia
Cook Islands	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Kosovo	Supreme Court of Kosovo
Niue	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (see below)
Northern Cyprus	Supreme Court of Northern Cyprus
Taiwan	Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of the Republic of China
South Ossetia
Western Sahara

States not recognised by any United Nations members[]

State	Court(s)
Artsakh
Somaliland	Supreme Court of Somaliland
Transnistria

Sui generis entities[]

State	Court(s)
European Union	European Court of Justice
Sovereign Military Order of Malta

International courts[]

There are a number of international courts that are the highest courts of appeal for members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and some of the countries of the Commonwealth of Nations respectively. However, the members of those organisations do sometimes have high courts of their own and their jurisdiction may be limited.

Organisation	Court(s)
Benelux Union	Benelux Court of Justice
Caribbean Community	Caribbean Court of Justice
Commonwealth of Nations	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Council of Europe	European Court of Human Rights
European Free Trade Association	EFTA Court
Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

See also[]

• List of national governments
• List of national leaders
• List of national legislatures

References[]

^* This court is not independent of either the legislature and/or executive of that country.