Public prosecutor's office

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

Lithuanian public prosecutor's office in Vilnius

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
• Director of Public Prosecutions (in the Commonwealth)

External links

• Eurojustice Report on Germany
• Eurojustice Report on Austria