SUPREME COURT OF CUBA

The 'People's Supreme Court' is the highest body of judicial power in Cuba, which is elected by, and accountable to, the National Assembly of People’s Power. All judges, from the highest to the lowest, are elected by the National Assembly; the provincial judges by provincial assemblies and the municipal judges by municipal assemblies.
The People's Supreme Court comprises a president, a vice president, and all professional and lay judges and is structured as follows: the Whole, the Council of State, criminal, civil, administrative, labor, crimes-against-the-state and military courts.
While the judicial system is based on the principle that all judges, professional or lay, are independent and are subject only to the law, their independence from the whims of the executive branch, in practice, is seriously disputed.

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★ Cuban Law