Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Venezuela)

The Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela is the highest court of the country, holding among other duties the power to hear contentious administrative law proceedings and to order, with prior authorization from the National Assembly, the arrest and prosecution of members of the National Assembly who commit offenses. It sits in plenary session and in Constitutional, Political and Administrative, Electoral, Civil Appeal, Criminal Appeal and Social Appeal Divisions, whose composition and competence are set by organic law. Its justices are elected for a single term of twelve years, and a justice must have Venezuelan nationality by birth. The tribunal is also responsible for the appointment and swearing in of judges.