Ministry of Justice of East Timor

The East Timorese Ministry of Justice ( tetum Ministériu Justisa ; Portuguese Ministério da Justiça ; short: MJ) is the East Timorese government agency for the country's legal policy. The minister of justice of the country is responsible for the management . The seat of the Ministry of Justice is on Rua da Justiça, on the corner of Rua de Moçambique, in Dili 's Colmera district .

tasks

The Ministry of Justice is the government department responsible for designing, implementing, coordinating and evaluating the justice, law and human rights, land and property policies established and approved by the Council of Ministers .

Their tasks include: drawing up proposals in this area and drawing up the laws and regulations necessary for their areas of responsibility, in coordination with other ministries concerned, proposing measures to define mechanisms for regulating the traditional judiciary and its interaction with the formal system, measures for enlargement to propose and implement the judiciary, to propose the definition of criminal policy and ensure its implementation and proper administration of justice, regulation and management of the Center for Legal and Legal Training and promotion of the training of human resources for the various fields of activity in the judicial sector, promotion of coordination and dialogue between all Actors in the judiciary and ensuring their participation in the discussion and preparation of proposals for legislation in the field of justice, regulation and management of the prison system, enforcement imprisonment and social reintegration services, ensuring adequate mechanisms for access to law and justice, especially for the most disadvantaged citizens, in the areas of legal information, legal advice and legal assistance, in particular through the public defender and other judicial authorities and structures, creating and Ensure adequate mechanisms to guarantee citizens' rights and promote the dissemination of applicable laws and regulations; Organization of the cartography and cadastral register of land and buildings, as well as the registration of real estate, as a means of promoting citizens' access to justice to ensure a specialized legal translation service responsible for the use of official languages in the fields of law and justice, administration and supervision of the registration and notarized service system, to manage the real estate assets of the state, to promote and guide the legal training of legal careers and other officials, to ensure relations at the international level in the field of judicial policy, in particular with other governments and international organizations, without interfering with the Establish competencies and specific powers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and mechanisms of cooperation and coordination with other government agencies to oversee the related areas.

In office, the Minister of Justice is a member of the Konsellu Superior Defeza no Seguransa (KSDS).

Subordinate authorities

The Ministry of Justice is responsible for the Legal Training Center, the Criminal Police (Polísia Sientífika Investigasaun Kriminál PSIK / Polícia Científica de Investigação Criminal PCIC) and the Public Defense (Defensoria Pública).

State Secretaries

In the government cabinet was in the V. , VI. and VIII. Government of the State Secretary for Land and Property (SETP) subordinate to the Minister of Justice.