Ministry of Justice (East Timor)

The Ministry of Justice (MJ; Portuguese: Ministério da Justiça, Tetum: Ministeriu Justisa) is the government department of East Timor accountable for the administration of justice.

Ministry of Justice
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Headquarters of the Ministry
Headquarters of the Ministry
Ministry overview
Formed1975 (1975) / 2000 / 2002
JurisdictionGovernment of East Timor
HeadquartersRua da Justiça, Dili
8°33′23″S 125°34′31″E
Minister responsible
WebsiteMinistry of Justice
Agency IDMJ

Functions

The Ministry is responsible for the design, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the following areas:[1]

In 2011, the Ministry established a protocol with the East Timor Bar Association in order to ensure the proper training of lawyers.[2]

Minister

The incumbent Minister of Justice is Amândio Benevides.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 18 January 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. "Protocolo entre a Ordem dos Advogados e o Ministério da Justiça da República de Timor Leste - Ordem dos Advogados". Ordem dos Advogados. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  4. Sousa, Nelson de (1 July 2023). "PR Horta sei akompaña serbisu IX Governu" [President Horta will accompany the work of the IX Government] (in Tetum). Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

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