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Ministry of Justice (East Timor)

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Ministry of Justice
Ministry overview
Ministério da Justiça (Portuguese) Ministeriu Justisa (Tetum)
Coat of Arms of East Timor
Headquarters of the Ministry
Formed	1975 (1975) / 2000 / 2002
Jurisdiction	Government of East Timor
Headquarters	Rua da Justiça, Dili 8°33′23″S 125°34′31″E / 8.55639°S 125.57528°E / -8.55639; 125.57528
Minister responsible	Amândio Benevides [de], Minister of Justice
Website	Ministry of Justice
Agency ID	MJ

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.

Functions[edit]

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[edit]

The incumbent Minister of JusticeisAmândio Benevides [de].^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 18 January 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

^ "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.

^ Martins, Filomeno (30 June 2023). "The list of structure of IX Constitutional Government announced in Official Gazette". Tatoli. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

^ 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.