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620:. Defendants before these courts are entitled to the legal representation of their choice; the courts appoint lawyers for indigents. Defendants are presumed innocent; they are allowed to present evidence and to confront their accusers. Trials are public, except for those involving juveniles or sex offenses. Defendants may appeal their verdicts to a provincial appeals court and ultimately to the Court of Cassation. Such appeals are difficult to win because the courts do not provide verbatim transcripts of cases—only summaries prepared by the presiding judges. There are no juries. 444: 46: 30: 2343: 2353: 1277: 454: 814: 732: 589:, is the highest court of appeals. It has the authority to resolve judicial issues. Below the Court of Cassation are courts of appeal, and at the lowest level are courts of first instance, designated variously as magistrate courts, summary courts, and peace courts. Also at the basic level were juvenile and other special courts and an administrative tribunal known as the Council of State. 608:
it does not hear appeals. The High Constitutional Court is forbidden, however, to question the validity of the popularly approved "laws submitted by the President of the Republic to popular referendums". The court consists of the president and four judges he appoints to serve a renewable term of four years.
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and religious minorities. The Islamic religious courts continue to function in some parts of the country, but their jurisdiction is limited to issues of personal status, such as marriage, divorce, paternity, custody of children, and inheritance. Nonetheless, in 1955 a personal code pertaining to many
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was established under the 1973 Constitution to adjudicate electoral disputes, rule on the constitutionality of a law or decree challenged by the president or People's Council, and to render opinions on the constitutionality of bills, decrees, and regulations when requested to do so by the president;
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Military courts have the authority to try civilians as well as military personnel. The venue for a civilian defendant is decided by a military prosecutor. There were continuing reports that the Government operates military field courts in locations outside established courtrooms. Such courts
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The two security courts are the Supreme State Security Court (SSSC), which tries political and national security cases, and the Economic Security Court (ESC), which tries cases involving financial crimes. Both courts operate under the state of emergency, not ordinary law, and do not observe
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The Syrian judicial system is composed of the civil and criminal courts, military courts, security courts, and religious courts, which adjudicate matters of personal status such as divorce and inheritance.
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codes are primarily based on the French legal practices. Promulgated in 1949, those laws have special provisions sanctioned to limit application of customary law among
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aspects of personal status was developed. This law modified and modernized sharia by improving the status of women and clarifying the laws of inheritance.
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Decrees on Ending State of Emergency, Abolishing SSSC, Regulating Right to Peaceful Demonstration
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by legislative decree No. 53 on 21 April 2011 and was replaced by the Counter-Terrorism Court.
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constitutional provisions safeguarding defendants' rights. The SSSC was abolished by President
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reportedly observe fewer of the formal procedures of regular military courts.
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The appointment, transfer and dismissal of judges is handled by the
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Index

Politics of Syria

Arab League
Member State of the Arab League
Constitution
Preamble and Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Human rights
Executive
President
list
Bashar al-Assad
Vice President
Najah al-Attar
Prime Minister
list
Hussein Arnous
Deputy Prime Minister
Ali Abdullah Ayyoub
People's Assembly
Speaker
Hammouda Sabbagh
Judiciary
High Judicial Council
Supreme Constitutional Court
Subdivisions
Governorates
Districts

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