Table 2: Activities of courts of first instance (in 2014) Civil, commercial and administrative cases Type Cases filed Judgments delivered Conciliation Appeals Appeals before the Supreme Court Interim orders Appeals against interim orders Objection procedures Number 5937 1339 2040 984 37 4601 323 49 Activities of criminal courts, magistrates’ courts and juvenile courts Type Cases filed Judgments delivered Interim orders Appeals Appeals against interim orders Objection procedures Number 2159 1589 565 1237 30 16 Activities of investigating chambers (in 2014) Type Cases filed Defendants Cases brought before the criminal court Cases brought before the magistrate’s court Preliminary enquiries completed Committal orders Release orders Orders for release under judicial supervision Order of dismissal Conciliation reports Bail Visits to prisons Rogatory commissions Decision for release on bail Expertise Arrest warrants Number 2414 3962 594 757 1395 1579 421 915 140 364 440 689 145 43 63 297 Statistics – Prosecutor’s Office Nouakchott (2012) Statistics (Crimes, 2012) Type Robbery Rape Drug possession, sale and importation Number 156 49 56 13