Public prosecutor's office

Lithuanian public prosecutor's office in Vilnius

Public prosecutor's offices are criminal justice bodies attached to the judiciary.^{[ citation needed ]}

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

This kind of office also exists in China, Taiwan and Macau (which continues to follow the Portuguese legal system), North Korea, and in some countries in Central Europe including Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Poland and the Czech Republic.^{[ citation needed ]}

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
• Director of Public Prosecutions (in the Commonwealth)

External links

• Eurojustice Report on Germany
• Eurojustice Report on Austria