The duties of Prosecutors are on behalf of the country to investigate crimes, to discover wrongdoings, and to protect social justice and fairness. Pursuant to the Court organization Act, prosecution authorities are deployed paralleling all levels of courts to fulfill the function of prosecuting trials at different instances in the criminal proceedings.
The Supreme Prosecutors Office (hereinafter, the Office) is the prosecution authority placed for the third instance. Pursuant to the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Office is responsible for reviewing appellate cases from the second instance and for filing extraordinary appeals to the Supreme Court.
The Prosecutor General, pursuant to Article 63 of Court Organization Act, is the head of the Office and has the authority to direct and supervise prosecutors of all levels. The Office's goal is to bring the united prosecution function into full play, to enhance professional prosecution skills and abilities, to unify application standards of laws, to implement national criminal policies, so as to establish an orderly society.