List of supreme courts by country


A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. Supreme courts include:

List of supreme courts

States recognised by the United Nations

StateCourtMode of selectionTerm Retirement ageNumber of members
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan|name=AfghanistanEfn|This court is not independent of either the legislature and/or executive of that country.|name=independence

States recognised by at least one United Nations member

StateCourt
Abkhazia

States not recognised by any United Nations members

StateCourt
Transnistria

''[Sui generis]'' entities

StateCourt
European Union

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 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.
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