Supreme Court of the Netherlands

The High Council of the Netherlands ( Dutch: Hoge Raad der Nederlanden ) is the highest court of law of the Netherlands, based in The Hague.

Composition

The High Council members are appointed by royal decree basis of a triple proposal of the Second Chamber, which in turn is based on a proposal of the High Council itself.

The judges are appointed for life, but come with 70 years in retirement.

The High Council consists of a President, seven Vice-Presidents and 30 ordinary and 15 extraordinary councilors ( raadsheren ).

Jurisdiction

Appeals against any decision of a lower court ( right bank) are to be given first to the High Court ( Gerechtshof ) and from there to the High Council.

The High Council is also responsible for the final instance, appeals against decisions of the appellate courts of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.