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((Short description|Court system of North Korea))
((more citations needed|date=December 2013))
((Politics of North Korea |Government))

The [[North Korea]]n [[judicial system]] is based on the [[Law of the Soviet Union|Soviet model]].<ref name="DeRouenBellamy2007">((cite book|editor-last1=DeRouen|editor-first1=Karl R.|editor-last2=Bellamy|editor-first2=Paul|title=International Security and the United States: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSLeN4U_C6kC&pg=PA567|volume=1|year=2007|publisher=Praeger Security International|location=Westport|isbn=978-0-313-08486-7|page=567))</ref> It includes the [[Central Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea]], Provincial and special-city level Courts, local People's Courts, and Special Courts.

The Central Court is the [[Supreme court|highest court]], with its [[judge]]s appointed by the [[Supreme People's Assembly]] (SPA). According to the [[Constitution of North Korea]], the Central Court is accountable to the SPA, and the Criminal Code subjects judges to [[criminal liability]] for handing down "unjust sentences".<ref name="DeRouenBellamy2007"/>

==Supreme Court==
((main|Central Court (North Korea)))
The [[Central Court (North Korea)|Central Court]] is the highest court and [[court of appeal]] in [[North Korea]].

The court is headed by a Chief Judge(판사) or President(소장), two Associate Chief Judges/Vice Presidents and unknown number of regular Justices.<ref name="country-data.com">((cite web|url=http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-9648.html|title=North Korea - The Judiciary))</ref>

The court's home was completed in 2010<ref>((cite web|url=https://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/new-dprk-central-court/|title=New DPRK Central Court|date=25 January 2010))</ref>

===Former Chief Judges and Associate Judges===

* [[Pang Hak Se]] 1972–1992; Chief Judge
* Kim Pyong Ryul 1998–2012; died 2013<ref>((cite web|url=https://nkleadershipwatch.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/former-dprk-courts-boss-kim-pyong-ryul-dies/|title=Former DPRK Courts’ Boss Kim Pyong Ryul Dies|date=6 November 2013))</ref>
* Choe Yong-song - Associate Judge
* Hyon Hong-sam - Associate Judge

== Lower Courts of North Korea==

Below the high court are two other judicial levels:<ref name="country-data.com"/>

* Provincial Court or Court of the Province - 9 courts
* People's Courts or Court of the County

== Judicial independence ==

Article 157 of the Constitution states that "cases are heard in public, and the accused is guaranteed the right to a defense; hearings may be closed to the public as stipulated by law". The lack of judicial independence is also evidenced by Article 11 of the Prosecution Supervisory Law that stipulates "The prosecutor(s) shall supervise whether the trial or arbitration of a case is accurately deliberating and resolving the legal requirements and in a timely manner."<ref>Korea Institute for National Unification, 2011 White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea, pg. 180-81.</ref>

== Organization ==
The Constitution states that justice is administered by the Central Court, Provincial or special-city level courts, the People's Court or Special Courts, and the courts are accountable to the [[Supreme People's Assembly]] (SPA) or when it is not in session, [[Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly|its Presidium]].<ref>Article 162 of the North Korean Constitution</ref>

==See also==
((Portal|North Korea|Law))
* [[Law enforcement in North Korea]]
* [[Law of North Korea]]
* [[Judiciary of South Korea]]

== References ==
((reflist))

==Further reading==
*((cite book|author=Kim Il-sung|title=Selected Works|volume=II|year=1971|publisher=Foreign Languages Publishing House|location=Pyongyang|oclc=873247887|pages=132–148|chapter=For the Implementation of the Judicial Policy of Our Party: Speech Delivered at the National Conference of Judicial Workers and Public Prosecutors, April 29, 1958))

((Judiciaries of Asia))

[[Category:Judiciary of North Korea| ]]
[[Category:Politics of North Korea]]
[[Category:Law of North Korea]]

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