Composition

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Composition

The National Criminal Court consists of:

  • six criminal instruction courts;
  • four courts: Appeals court, Criminal, Contentious-administrative, and Social;
  • also attached to the National Criminal Court there are ten central courts for contentious matters, a central criminal court, and a minors’ court.

 

The chairman of the National Criminal Court enjoys the consideration of Chamber president of the Supreme Court, and he is the ex officio president of all its Chambers.

Among his attributions he is vested with the power to call and preside over the Governing Chamber’s deliberations, set the Chamber’s order of the day,  submit whatever proposals he considers appropriate, authorize agreements, oversee the fulfilment of the measures adopted by the governing body, supply the reports requested by the General Council of the Judiciary, and, all in all,  exercise all the powers aimed at the proper running of the Court (see article 63.2 of the Organic Law of the Judiciary).

 

At the present time, the magistrate José Ramón Navarro Miranda holds this post.