{"id":810,"date":"2025-12-19T11:57:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T11:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/?page_id=810"},"modified":"2025-12-19T12:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:04:37","slug":"judicial-power","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/about-greece\/government-and-politics\/judicial-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Judicial Power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The established Judicial system of Greece consists of civil and criminal courts, in accordance to the Constitution. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adjustice.gr\/webcenter\/portal\/SteEn?_afrLoop=6467267280736414#!%40%40%3F_afrLoop%3D6467267280736414%26_adf.ctrl-state%3Dmpaozfcbi_25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Council of State<\/a> <span class=\"wp-rich-text-font-awesome-icon wp-font-awesome-icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"arrow-up-right-from-square\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-arrow-up-right-from-square \" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M320 0c-17.7 0-32 14.3-32 32s14.3 32 32 32h82.7L201.4 265.4c-12.5 12.5-12.5 32.8 0 45.3s32.8 12.5 45.3 0L448 109.3V192c0 17.7 14.3 32 32 32s32-14.3 32-32V32c0-17.7-14.3-32-32-32H320zM80 32C35.8 32 0 67.8 0 112V432c0 44.2 35.8 80 80 80H400c44.2 0 80-35.8 80-80V320c0-17.7-14.3-32-32-32s-32 14.3-32 32V432c0 8.8-7.2 16-16 16H80c-8.8 0-16-7.2-16-16V112c0-8.8 7.2-16 16-16H192c17.7 0 32-14.3 32-32s-14.3-32-32-32H80z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span> (Symvoulio tis Epikrateias, \u03a3\u03c5\u03bc\u03b2\u03bf\u03cd\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u0395\u03c0\u03b9\u03ba\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03af\u03b1\u03c2) is the Supreme Administrative Court of Greece, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.areiospagos.gr\/en\/INDEX.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Areios Pagos<\/a> <span class=\"wp-rich-text-font-awesome-icon wp-font-awesome-icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"arrow-up-right-from-square\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-arrow-up-right-from-square \" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M320 0c-17.7 0-32 14.3-32 32s14.3 32 32 32h82.7L201.4 265.4c-12.5 12.5-12.5 32.8 0 45.3s32.8 12.5 45.3 0L448 109.3V192c0 17.7 14.3 32 32 32s32-14.3 32-32V32c0-17.7-14.3-32-32-32H320zM80 32C35.8 32 0 67.8 0 112V432c0 44.2 35.8 80 80 80H400c44.2 0 80-35.8 80-80V320c0-17.7-14.3-32-32-32s-32 14.3-32 32V432c0 8.8-7.2 16-16 16H80c-8.8 0-16-7.2-16-16V112c0-8.8 7.2-16 16-16H192c17.7 0 32-14.3 32-32s-14.3-32-32-32H80z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span> (\u0386\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03a0\u03ac\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2) is the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elsyn.gr\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Court of Audit<\/a> <span class=\"wp-rich-text-font-awesome-icon wp-font-awesome-icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"fas\" data-icon=\"arrow-up-right-from-square\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-arrow-up-right-from-square \" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M320 0c-17.7 0-32 14.3-32 32s14.3 32 32 32h82.7L201.4 265.4c-12.5 12.5-12.5 32.8 0 45.3s32.8 12.5 45.3 0L448 109.3V192c0 17.7 14.3 32 32 32s32-14.3 32-32V32c0-17.7-14.3-32-32-32H320zM80 32C35.8 32 0 67.8 0 112V432c0 44.2 35.8 80 80 80H400c44.2 0 80-35.8 80-80V320c0-17.7-14.3-32-32-32s-32 14.3-32 32V432c0 8.8-7.2 16-16 16H80c-8.8 0-16-7.2-16-16V112c0-8.8 7.2-16 16-16H192c17.7 0 32-14.3 32-32s-14.3-32-32-32H80z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span> (Elegktiko Synedrio) is authorized to audit the expenditures of the State, local government agencies, and other legal entities.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":800,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-related-children-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-810","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":811,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/810\/revisions\/811"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}