Directorate-General for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
The Directorate-General for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship ( DG JUST for short ) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission , which organizationally belongs to the Directorates-General for Policy Areas (Policies). She is assigned to the Luxembourg EU Commissioner Viviane Reding ( CSV / EVP ) from the EU Commission Barroso (2010 to 2014). The director is Tiina Astola .
The Directorate-General was created in 2010 by splitting the previous Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security. The division took place in accordance with the division of the department of the Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security into a justice department and a home affairs department .
Directorates
The general management consists of four divisions, which are subdivided into up to 4 departments depending on their size.
The directorates are (June 2011):
- Directorate A: Civil Justice
- Directorate B: Criminal Justice
- Directorate C: Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
- Directorate D: Equality
Agencies
- European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (Engl. European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) ) based in Lisbon
- European Unit for Judicial Cooperation (Eurojust) based in The Hague
- Fundamental Rights Agency (Engl. European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)) , based in Vienna
- European Institute for Gender Equality (Engl. European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)) based in Vilnius
