Number of members of the Judicial Council of the Supreme People’s Court in Vietnam

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Number of members of the Judicial Council of the Supreme People’s Court in Vietnam

Judicial Council of the Supreme People’s Court is a component of the organizational structure of the Supreme People's Court.

The number of members of the Judicial Council of the Supreme People’s Court must be between thirteen and seventeen, including the Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justices being judges of the Supreme People’s Court and other judges of the Supreme People’s Court.

(Clause 1, Article 22 of the Law on Organization of the People's Courts 2014)

Duties and powers of the Council of Judges of the Supreme People's Court

According to Clause 2, Article 22 of the Law on Organization of the People's Courts 2014, the Judicial Council of the Supreme People’s Court has the following duties and powers:

- To review according to cassation or reopening procedure in accordance with the procedural law judgments and decisions of courts which have taken legal effect and are protested against;

- To issue resolutions to guide courts in uniformly applying law;

- To select its cassation trial decisions and judgments and decisions of courts which have taken legal effect and are of standard nature, summarize and develop them into court precedents and publicize court precedents for courts to study and apply in trial;

- To discuss and give its opinions on reports of the Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court on people’s courts’ work for submission to the National Assembly, National Assembly Standing Committee and President;

- To give its opinions on draft laws and resolutions for submission to the National Assembly, and draft ordinances and resolutions for submission to the National Assembly Standing Committee;

- To discuss and give its opinions on draft legal documents falling under the promulgating competence of the Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court and draft legal documents to be jointly promulgated by the Supreme People’s Court and related agencies in accordance with the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents.

Regulations on the organization of trial by the Judicial Council of the Supreme People’s Court in Vietnam

Specifically, Article 23 of the Law on Organization of the People's Courts 2014 stipulates the organization of trial by the Judicial Council of the Supreme People’s Court as follows:

- The Judicial Council of the Supreme People’s Court shall conduct trial according to cassation or reopening procedure with a trial panel composed of 5 judges or all judges of the Supreme People’s Court.

- A cassation or reopening trial with a trial panel composed of 5 judges or all judges of the Supreme People’s Court shall be conducted in accordance with the procedural law.

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