The highest court was the Senate.

For criminal cases, the highest court of appeal is the Supreme Court.

The highest instance was the Supreme Court Martial.

The Supreme Administrative Court of Finland (, ) is the highest court in the Finnish administrative court system, parallel to the Supreme Court of Finland.

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom serves as the highest court of appeal for civil cases under Scots law.

It is the highest court of the State in administrative, judiciary and public accounting matters.

As recently as 2008, Turkey s highest court considered shutting down the AKP for violating that principle.

Finally, Ahmed Mekki, the former deputy head of the Court of Cassation, Egypt s highest appeals court, will lead the justice ministry, which is in need of real change.

In the author's view, being tried by the highest court does not imply that that court cannot make mistakes that need to be reviewed by a higher tribunal.

The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court and final arbiter and has been led since 2000 by the Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin (the first female Chief Justice).

The present case involved an authoritative decision by the highest Norwegian court to acquit a person accused of racist statements.

Four days later, Mexico highest electoral court ruled that Fox had improperly interfered in the election but unanimously reaffirmed Calderon s victory.

Liberia's highest judicial authority is the Supreme Court, made up of five members and headed by the Chief Justice of Liberia.

It also considers that the absence of a review of sentence is counterbalanced by trial by the court of highest jurisdiction.

The issue went to Turkey s highest court, which annulled the parliamentary vote, effectively blocking Gul s candidacy, resulting in Erdogan s decision to call an early election.

The Supreme Court being the highest court in the land, shall rule on the law, which means that it does not review the facts of a case but only rules on the proper application of the law.

Peter III of Russia created the Imperial Council on May 20, 1762 ( Императорский Совет ), or, formally The Council at the Highest Court ( Совет при высочайшем дворе ).

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A higher percent of women can be found in courts at local levels 428 or 49,8 , and the highest in the first instance court of the Brčko District 61,5 and the Supreme Court of the Federation BiH where women are represented by 56,3 .

4.3 On the merits, the State party contends that article 14, paragraph 5, of the Covenant does not apply when an individual is tried at first instance by the court of highest jurisdiction, for example, the Supreme Court, because of his personal situation.

The State party considers that judgement at sole instance by the court of highest jurisdiction is the consequence of the purely objective circumstance of occupying a specific public post.

Its highest peak, Ras Dashan (4550 m), is the highest peak in Ethiopia.

Following an amendment to the Norwegian constitution in February 2007, impeachment cases are heard by the five highest ranking Supreme Court justices and six lay members in one of the Supreme Court courtrooms The High Court of the Realm had generally lost most of its significance after 1884, and this institution has been passive ever since 1927.

It was a result of the assessment of the ICTY that the Bosnia and Herzegovina Court could meet the highest international standards of justice in such difficult and sensitive criminal cases.

5.4 The author does not agree with the State party's argument that the absence of a review of sentence was offset by the fact that he was tried by the highest court.

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3.1 The author claims that his right to the review of his conviction and sentence by a higher tribunal (article 14, paragraph 5, of the Covenant) was violated since he was tried by the highest ordinary criminal court, the Supreme Court, whose judgements are not susceptible to judicial review.

10. Welcomes the Constituent Peoples decision of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which reflects the commitment of Bosnia and Herzegovina to meeting the highest standards of human rights and fundamental freedoms

5.3 The author insists that his conviction was based on purely circumstantial evidence and could not be reviewed by a higher tribunal because he was tried by the highest court at sole instance.

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On February 5, the Turkish Council of State, the highest administrative court in the land, ruled to block the implementation of specific gentrification regulations that lend disproportionate power to TOKİ, the housing and development body.

The government s GDP share, at 56 , is the highest in the eurozone and second highest among all developed countries.

The highest point is Mount Scenery, , on Saba (also the highest point in all the Kingdom of the Netherlands).

The highest mountains in Wales are in Snowdonia and include Snowdon () which, at , is the highest peak in Wales.

It is the second highest peak in the Alaska Range, and the third highest peak in the United States.

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On February 13, Bolivia s highest court issued a long awaited ruling addressing provisions of the country s penal code that criminalize abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, or when a woman s life or health is endangered.

The district has the second highest population while its residents have the third highest median household income among 18 districts.

Mount Logan is the highest mountain in Canada and the second highest peak in North America, after Mount McKinley (Denali).

The highest enrolment rate is in pre primary education and vocational education has the highest drop out rate (Figure 30).

However, the Bedouin infant mortality rate is still the highest in Israel, and one of the highest in the developed world.

Gibraltar retains its own court system, which includes lower courts (Court of First Instance, Coroner's Court, Magistrate's Court), a Court of Appeals and a Supreme Court.

And this is amongst the highest worldwide.

It's the second highest in the world.

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