constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:15 B. High Court Article 149: High Court There is hereby established a High Court whose territorial jurisdiction shall be the whole country. • Ordinary court selection The High Court shall be headed by the President and the Vice President appointed by Presidential Order after their approval by the Senate. The President of the Republic shall submit to the Senate a list of candidates whose number equals that of vacant posts of judges after consultation with the Cabinet and the High Council of the Judiciary. • Constitutional interpretation The High Court shall have jurisdiction to try in the first instance some types of felonies as well as international or transboundaring offences as may be determined by Law. • Regulation of political parties It shall in the first instance hear cases for violation of Articles 52, 53 and 54 of the Constitution committed by political organizations. It shall also hear in the first instance certain administrative cases, cases involving political organisations, election petitions and other cases as the law may determine. • Right to appeal judicial decisions It shall hear appeals from subordinate courts as a last appellate court as the Law may determine. It shall have branches, which will sit in different parts of the country as the law may determine. • Supreme/ordinary court judge removal • Joint meetings of legislative chambers The President and the Vice President of the High Court may be removed from office on account of serious misconduct, incompetence or serious professional misconduct upon request by three fifths (3/5) of either the Chamber of Deputies or the Senate and shall be removed by a two thirds (2/3) majority votes of each Chamber of the Parliament, in a joint session. An Organic Law shall determine the organization, jurisdiction and functioning of the High Court. C. Intermediate Court • Structure of the courts Article 150: Establishment of the Intermediate Courts There are hereby established Intermediate Courts. An Organic Law shall determine the organisation, competence and functioning of the Intermediate Court and the territorial jurisdiction of each Intermediate Court. D. Primary Court • Structure of the courts Article 151: Establishment of Primary Courts There are hereby established Primary Courts. An Organic Law shall determine the organisation, competence, functioning of the Primary Court and territorial jurisdiction of each Primary Court. Rwanda 2003 (rev. 2010) Page 45