Justice ministry

A justice ministry is a ministry or other government agency charged with justice. The ministry is often headed by a minister for justice or secretary of justice or secretary for justice; sometimes the head of a department of justice is entitled attorney general.

Specific duties may relate to organizing the justice system, overseeing the public prosecutor and maintaining the legal system and public order. Some ministries have additional responsibilities in related policy areas overseeing elections, directing the police, law reform. The duties of the ministry of justice may in some countries be split from separate responsibilities of an attorney general (often responsible for the justice system) and the interior minister (often responsible for public order). Sometimes the prison system is separated into another government department called Corrective Services.

Country-related articles and lists

Country Subnational division Ministry Head List
 AlbaniaMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 AlgeriaMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 ArgentinaMinistry of Justice and Human RightsMinister of Justice and Human Rights
 AustraliaAttorney-General's DepartmentAttorney-General of Australia (with list)
Australian Capital Territory Attorney General
New South WalesDepartment of Attorney General and JusticeAttorney General and Minister of Justice
Norfolk IslandAttorney-General Chief Minister
Northern TerritoryDepartment of Justice and Attorney-GeneralMinister of Justice and Attorney General
QueenslandDepartment of the Attorney-GeneralAttorney-General
South AustraliaDepartment of the Attorney-GeneralAttorney-General
TasmaniaDepartment of Justice and the Attorney-GeneralMinister of Justice and Attorney-General
VictoriaDepartment of JusticeMinister of Justice
Western AustraliaDepartment of the Attorney-GeneralAttorney-General
 AzerbaijanMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 BahamasOffice of the Attorney-General
Ministry of Legal Affairs
Attorney General
Minister of Legal Affairs
 BelarusMinistry of Justice of the Republic of BelarusMinister of Justice
 BelgiumFPS Justice BelgiumMinister of Justice
 BrazilMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 CameroonMinistry of JusticeMinister of State for Justice
 CanadaDepartment of JusticeMinister of Justice
Attorney General of Canada
list
AlbertaMinistry of Justice and Attorney GeneralMinister of Justice and Attorney General
British ColumbiaMinistry of the Attorney GeneralAttorney General
ManitobaMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice and Attorney General
New BrunswickOffice of the Attorney General
Department of Justice and Consumer Affairs
Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Newfoundland and LabradorMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice and Attorney General
Northwest TerritoriesDepartment of JusticeMinister of Justice and Minister of Justice
Nova ScotiaMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice and Attorney General
NunavutDepartment of JusticeMinister of Justice
OntarioMinistry of the Attorney GeneralAttorney General
Prince Edward IslandDepartment of the Attorney GeneralAttorney General
QuebecDepartment of JusticeMinister of Justice (Quebec)
SaskatchewanMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice and Attorney General
YukonDepartment of JusticeMinister of Justice
 People's Republic of ChinaMinistry of Justice
Public Notary Office of People's Republic of China
Supreme People's Procuratorate
Minister of Justice
 Hong Kong, (China)Department of JusticeSecretary for Justice
 Macau, (China)Secretariat for Administration and JusticeSecretary for Justice
Secretary for Public Security
 CroatiaMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 CyprusMinistry of Justice and Public OrderMinister of Justice and Public Order
 DenmarkMinistry of JusticeJustice Ministerlist
 Dominican RepublicAttorney General of the RepublicAttorney General
 EstoniaMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 European Union DG Justice Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
 FinlandMinistry of JusticeMinister for Justice
 FranceMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 GermanyFederal Ministry of JusticeFederal Minister of Justicelist
 GreeceMinister of Justice
 HungaryMinister of Administration and Justice
 IcelandMinistry of the InteriorMinister of the Interior
 IndiaMinistry of Law and JusticeMinister of Law and Justice
 IndonesiaMinistry of Justice and Human RightsMinister of Justice and Human Rights
 IranMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice (and Attorney General)
 IrelandDepartment of Justice and EqualityMinister for Justice and Equality (with list)
 IsraelJustice Minister
 ItalyMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 JapanMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 LiberiaMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
Attorney General
 LithuaniaMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 Luxembourg Minister of Justice list
 MacedoniaMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 MontenegroMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 NetherlandsMinistry of Security and JusticeMinister of Security and Justice
 New ZealandMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice (New Zealand)
 NorwayMinistry of Justice and Public SecurityMinister of Justice and Public Security (with list)
 PakistanMinistry of Law, Justice and Human Rights) Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights
 PalauMinistry of JusticeMinister for Justice
 PeruMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 PhilippinesDepartment of JusticeSecretary of Justice
 PolandMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 PortugalMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 RomaniaMinister of Justice
 RussiaMinister of JusticeJustice Minister (list)
 RwandaMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 SingaporeMinistry of LawMinister of Law
 South AfricaDepartment of Justice and Constitutional DevelopmentMinister of Justice and Constitutional Developmentlist
 SpainMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 Saudi ArabiaMinistry of Justice and Legal ReformMinister of Justice
 SlovakiaMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 Sri LankaMinistry of Justice and Legal ReformMinister of Justice
 SwedenMinistry of JusticeMinister for Justice
  SwitzerlandFederal Department of Justice and Police (with list)
 Soviet UnionMinistry of JusticePeople's Commissar for Justice
Minister of Justice
 Republic of China (Taiwan)Ministry of JusticeJustice Minister
 ThailandMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 TunisiaMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 TurkeyMinistry of JusticeJustice Minister
 UgandaMinistry of Justice & Constitutional AffairsMinister of Justice
 UkraineMinistry of Justice (Ukraine)Minister of Justice
 United KingdomMinistry of Justice Lord Chancellor
Secretary of State for Justice
Northern IrelandDepartment of Justice Minister of Justice
Attorney General for Northern Ireland
 ScotlandLearning and Justice DirectoratesCabinet Secretary for Justice
WalesCounsel General
 United StatesUnited States Department of JusticeAttorney General (with list)
 VietnamMinistry of JusticeMinister of Justice
 ZimbabweMinistry of Justice and Legal AffairsMinister of Justice