Public prosecutor's office

Lithuanian public prosecutor's office in Vilnius
Authority responsible for law enforcement and prosecution service

Public prosecutor's offices are criminal justice bodies attached to the judiciary.

They are separate from the courts in Germany, Austria and the German-speaking parts of Switzerland, and are called the Staatsanwaltschaft (German: [ˈʃtaːt͡sʔanˌvaltʃaft] ).

This kind of office also exists in Mainland China, Taiwan and Macau (which continues to follow the Portuguese legal system), and in some countries in Central Europe including Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Poland and the Czech Republic.

See also

  • Prosecution
  • Parquet (legal)
  • Public prosecutor's office (France)
  • Public prosecutor's office (Germany)
  • Public Prosecutors Office (Japan)
  • Public Prosecutors Office (Brazil)
  • Public Prosecutors Office (Honduras)
  • Crown Prosecution Service

External links

  • Eurojustice Report on Germany
  • Eurojustice Report on Austria
Authority control databases: National Edit this at Wikidata
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  • France
  • BnF data
  • Germany
  • United States
  • Czech Republic
  • Korea


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