Editing Politics of Laos (section)

=== Public Prosecutor's Office ===
The Public Prosecutor's Office was established in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ອົງການໄອຍະການປະຊາຊົນສູງສຸດ ຫວນຄືນມູນເຊື້ອວັນສ້າງຕັ້ງ 26 ປີ|url=http://www.laosecurity.gov.la/news/i%20ya%20karn.html|access-date=2021-03-15|website=www.laosecurity.gov.la}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ແຂວງຫຼວງນໍ້າທາສະເຫຼີມສະຫຼອງວັນສ້າງຕັ້ງໄອຍະການປະຊາຊົນຄົບຮອບ 30 ປີ 9 ມັງກອນ 1990 ຫາ 9 ມັງກອນ 2020. {{!}} ຂ່າວສານແຂວງຫຼວງນໍ້າທາ|url=https://lnt-news.org/?p=3828|access-date=2021-03-15|language=en-US}}</ref> Article 99 of the [[Constitution of Laos]] states that the office has the responsibility of "monitor[ing] the observance and implementation of laws throughout the country, protect[ing] the rights of the state and society...[and] the legitimate interests of the people, and prosecut[ing] detainees in accordance with the law". The office is organized in the following ways:<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2007|title=ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວສັນຕິພາບ ເອກະລາດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ເອກະພາບ ວັດທະນາຖາວອນ|url=https://www.jica.go.jp/activities/issues/governance/portal/laos/ku57pq00002khhw3-att/manual_investigation_lao.pdf|website=JICA}}</ref>

''Supreme People's Prosecutor''

* The Office of the Supreme People's Prosecutor
* The Office of the Public Prosecutor at the appellate level

The Chief of the Supreme Public Prosecutor directs all the activities of the Public Prosecutor at every level.<ref name=":0" /> All activities are reported to the National Assembly.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ອົງການໄອຍະການປະຊາຊົນເລກທີ..........ອອປສສູງສຸດ ແຫ່ງ ສປປ ລາວ.|url=https://juristact.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/9/9/109947087/%E0%BA%A5%E0%BA%B0%E0%BA%9A%E0%BA%BD%E0%BA%9A%E0%BA%AD%E0%BA%8D%E0%BA%81.pdf|website=ພະແນກສັງລວມ ຫ້ອງການ ອົງການໄອຍະການປະຊາຊົນສູງສຸດ}}</ref>

''Local People's Procuratorate''

* Provincial and city public prosecutors' offices
* District, Municipal Public Prosecutor's Office (district or municipal public prosecutors are called local public prosecutors)