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.
List of chief justices (post-independence)
Source:According to a 1954 source, J.E. Rolo of Lincoln was listed as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Eritrea pre-independence.
Fozia Hashim (1991-1993) Teame Beyene (1994-2001) Menkerios Beraki (Chief Justice of Eritrea since 2001)
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