High Council of Judges and Prosecutors (Monaco)

The High Council of Judges and Prosecutors (French: Le Haut Conseil de la Magistrature) is a collegial body invested with a preponderant role within the framework of the administration of justice of the Principality of Monaco.

[1] The High Council of Judges and Prosecutors was instituted by the law n° 1364 of November 16, 2009 relating to the statute of the magistracy.

[3] The High Council's mission is to ensure that fairness, equal treatment and all the principles that a rule of law must respect in the management of magistrates' careers are observed.

[1] The High Council is also called upon to exercise disciplinary power with regard to magistrates, the disciplinary procedure being surrounded by reinforced guarantees tending, in particular, to ensure respect for its adversarial nature.

[2] The High Council of Magistracy can be consulted by the Prince on any question relating to the organization and functioning of justice.