The Supreme Court (French: Cour Suprême) is the highest jurisdiction of Chad in judiciary, administrative and tributary fields.
[1] As established by article 153 of the constitution, the Supreme Court is composed of 16 members, of whom the Chief Justice is selected by the Head of State among the highest ranking judges of the country.
Of the remaining members of the Court, called Councilors and appointed for life (article 154), eight are designed by the Head of State and seven by the Speaker of the National Assembly.
Their selection takes place among both the country's chief judges (eight) and experts in public accountancy and in administrative and financial law.
[3] President Idriss Déby took advantage of the occasion provided by the swearing in office of the judges to reaffirm the impartiality and the independence of the Chadian legal system, and to signal that it was the first time Chad had ever been given such a high judiciary instance.