High Court of Eritrea explained

The High Court of Eritrea is the final court of appeal in Eritrea and the highest court in the Eritrean judicial hierarchy. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction.

A panel of three judges hears all original cases. However, when the High Court is serving final appeals, a panel of five judges hears the trial.

In 2005, The High Court took an average of 2 months to decide if it would hear an appeal, and at year's end had a backlog of approximately 200 cases.^[1]

List of chief justices (post-independence)

Source:^[2]

• Fozia Hashim (1991-1993)^[3]
• Teame Beyene (1994-2001)^{[4] [5]}
• Mekorios Beraki (2001-)^[6]

References

1. Web site: 2006-08-01. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (2005).
2. According to a 1954 source, J.E. Rolo of Lincoln was listed as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Eritrea pre-independence.
3. Web site: C. Post-independence . A/HRC/29/CRP.1, Chapter III.
4. Book: Managing and Settling Ethnic Conflicts: Perspectives on Successes and Failures in Europe, Africa, and Asia . 2016-09-27 . Springer . 978-1-137-07814-8 . en.
5. Beyene . Teame . December 2010 . The Eritrean Judiciary: Struggling for Independence . Eritrean Law Society Occasional Paper . 7. 1723868 .
6. Book: Plaut, Martin . Understanding Eritrea: Inside Africa's Most Repressive State . 2016 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-066959-1 . en.