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    The High Court of Justice of Suriname (Dutch: Hof van Justitie van Suriname) is the highest court of law in Suriname and is the head of the judicial branch...
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  • List of national governments List of national leaders List of national legislatures Lists of supreme court justices This court is not independent of either...
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    of Suriname take place in a framework of a representative democratic assembly-independent republic, whereby the president of Suriname is the head of state...
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    replacement of the president, except in the case of resignation. The judiciary is headed by the High Court of Justice of Suriname (Supreme Court). This court supervises...
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  • Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ or CCtJ; Dutch: Caribisch Hof van Justitie; French: Cour Caribéenne de Justice) is the judicial institution of the Caribbean...
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  • Cynthia Valstein-Montnor (category University of Amsterdam alumni)
    president of the High Court of Justice of Suriname from 2011 until 2014. Alongside this role she was also the presiding judge officiating the Military Court, regarding...
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    Suriname is divided into 10 districts (Dutch: districten). The country was first divided up into subdivisions by the Dutch on October 8, 1834, when a Royal...
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    Johannes Brons (category Governors of Suriname)
    May 1964) was a judge, Governor of Suriname from 1944 until 1948, and President of the High Court of Justice of Suriname. Brons was born on 6 August 1884...
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    As of 1 May 2023, most visitors wishing to enter Suriname can stay without a visa for up to 90 days. However, visitors from some countries must first obtain...
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    president of the Republic of Suriname (Dutch: President van de Republiek Suriname) is, in accordance with the Constitution of 1987, the head of state and...
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    The Constitutional Court (Dutch: Constitutioneel hof) is the constitutional court for the Republic of Suriname. Its establishment was already foreseen...
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    As part of the foreign relations of Suriname, the country is a participant in numerous international organizations. The country claims an area in French...
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    Human rights in Suriname are currently recognised under the Constitution of the Republic of Suriname of 1987. Suriname is a constitutional democracy with...
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    and the Leader of the Opposition; the current Chief Justice is Ivor Archie. The Supreme Court consists of a High Court and a Court of Appeal, whilst the...
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    The current Constitution of Suriname (Dutch: Grondwet van Suriname) was adopted on 30 September 1987, following a referendum. It marked the return to...
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    Legalization and apostilles, Notarial College of Madrid (in Spanish). Legalization, Court of Justice of Suriname (in Dutch). Notary public, Björn Rosengren...
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  • in Suriname (upon becoming a member of the High Court of Justice of Suriname in 1998). She became the first female to serve as the Vice-President of the...
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    The ten districts of Suriname are divided into 63 resorts (Dutch: ressorten). Within the capital city of Paramaribo, a resort entails a neighbourhood;...
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    Jennifer van Dijk-Silos (category Justice ministers of Suriname)
    troublesome relations with the judicial power as reason. Judges of the High Court of Justice of Suriname earlier withdrew support for her in a letter, stating that...
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  • Cornelis Vaillant (category Supreme Court of the Netherlands justices)
    general) for the Court of Justice. Governor Willem van Panhuys died on 18 July 1816. The next day, Vaillant became acting Governor of Suriname. The two regiments...
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    Jews in Suriname freedom of religion including the right to build synagogues and religious schools, as well as an indepdendent court of justice and private...
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    Dési Bouterse (category Presidents of Suriname)
    President of Suriname from 2010 to 2020. From 1980 to 1987, he was Suriname's de facto leader after conducting a military coup and establishing a period of military...
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    Suriname elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by an electoral...
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    political parties in Suriname. Suriname has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone...
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  • to a ruling by the High Court of Justice of Suriname that year, people who were born in Suriname, but living abroad at the time of independence, retained...
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    countries of the Caribbean and currently includes all the independent Anglophone island countries plus Belize, Guyana, Montserrat and Suriname, as well...
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    Thalweg (redirect from Rule of the Thalweg)
    Court of Justice in 1999), and the 2004 dispute settlement under the UN Law of the Sea concerning the offshore boundary between Guyana and Suriname,...
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    chairman of the National Assembly of Suriname (Dutch: Voorzitter van De Nationale Assemblée) is the presiding officer of the National Assembly of Suriname. The...
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    Jan Buiskool (category Governors of Suriname)
    of the Netherlands, Buiskool was appointed acting mayor of Schagen. In December 1945, Buiskool was appointed to the High Court of Justice of Suriname...
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    held in Suriname on 25 May 2010. Nine entities contested the election, including several coalitions. Pre-election polls suggested a share of 41% of the vote...
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