constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 16:56 Article 93 The Judges and Magistrates are submitted only to the provisions of the Law in the exercise of their functions. • Establishment of military courts Article 94 The principle of jurisdictional unity is the basis of the organization and functioning of courts and tribunals. The Law establishes the juridical regime applicable to the Military Jurisdiction. • Right to public trial Article 95 The Trials are public, except for the cases that the law establishes, but the tribunals of justice deliberate in secret. • Establishment of judicial council Of the Superior Council of the Judicial Power Article 96   1.   2. The Superior Council of the Judicial Power is the organ of Government of it. It is composed of a President of the Republic and six members appointed by the Head of State among notable persons of recognized competence and moral solvency, for a period of five years. An organic law shall regulate the structure of the Superior Council of the Judicial Power, its functioning and the juridical statute of its members. Of the Supreme Court of Justice • Structure of the courts Article 97 The Supreme Court of Justice is the maximum jurisdictional organ of all the orders, save for that provided in matters of constitutional guarantees, [and] is composed of a President and eight Magistrates. Article 98 • Supreme court selection • Supreme court term length   1.   2. Equatorial Guinea 1991 (rev. 2012) The President of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Magistrates that compose of it, are appointed by the President of the Republic for a period of five years. The career Magistrates and the officers of Administration of Justice are appointed and dismissed in accordance with the law. Page 27