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
Albania		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Algeria		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Argentina		Ministry of Justice and Human Rights	Minister of Justice and Human Rights
Australia		Attorney-General's Department	Attorney-General of Australia (with list)
	Australian Capital Territory		Attorney General
	New South Wales	Department of Attorney General and Justice	Attorney General and Minister of Justice
	Norfolk Island	Attorney-General	Chief Minister
	Northern Territory	Department of Justice and Attorney-General	Minister of Justice and Attorney General
	Queensland	Department of the Attorney-General	Attorney-General
	South Australia	Department of the Attorney-General	Attorney-General
	Tasmania	Department of Justice and the Attorney-General	Minister of Justice and Attorney-General
	Victoria	Department of Justice (Victoria)	Minister of Justice
	Western Australia	Department of the Attorney-General	Attorney-General
Azerbaijan		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Bahamas		Office of the Attorney-General Ministry of Legal Affairs	Attorney General Minister of Legal Affairs
Belarus		Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus	Minister of Justice
Belgium		FPS Justice Belgium	Minister of Justice
Brazil		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Cameroon		Ministry of Justice	Minister of State for Justice
Canada		Department of Justice	Minister of Justice Attorney General of Canada	list
	Alberta	Ministry of Justice and Attorney General	Minister of Justice and Attorney General
	British Columbia	Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice and Attorney General
	Manitoba	Department of Justice	Minister of Justice and Attorney General
	New Brunswick	Department of Justice	Minister of Justice and Attorney General
	Newfoundland and Labrador	Department of Justice and Public Safety	Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General
	Northwest Territories	Department of Justice	Minister of Justice and Minister of Justice
	Nova Scotia	Department of Justice	Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General
	Nunavut	Department of Justice	Minister of Justice
	Ontario	Ministry of the Attorney General	Attorney General
	Prince Edward Island	Department of Justice and Public Safety	Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General
	Quebec	Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice (Quebec)
	Saskatchewan	Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice and Attorney General
	Yukon	Department of Justice	Minister of Justice
People's Republic of China		Ministry of Justice Public Notary Office of People's Republic of China Supreme People's Procuratorate	Minister of Justice
	Hong Kong	Department of Justice	Secretary for Justice
	Macau	Secretariat for Administration and Justice	Secretary for Justice Secretary for Public Security
Croatia		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Cyprus		Ministry of Justice and Public Order	Minister of Justice and Public Order
Denmark		Ministry of Justice	Justice Minister	list
Dominican Republic		Attorney General of the Republic	Attorney General
Egypt		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Estonia		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
European Union		DG Justice	Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
Finland		Ministry of Justice	Minister for Justice
France		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Germany		Federal Ministry of Justice	Federal Minister of Justice	list
Greece			Minister of Justice
Hungary			Minister of Administration and Justice
Iceland		Ministry of the Interior	Minister of the Interior
India		Ministry of Law and Justice	Minister of Law and Justice
Indonesia		Ministry of Law and Human Rights Attorney General	Minister of Justice and Human Rights Attorney General
Iran		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice (and Attorney General)
Ireland		Department of Justice and Equality	Minister for Justice and Equality (with list)
Israel			Justice Minister
Italy		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Japan		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Liberia		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice Attorney General
Lithuania		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Luxembourg			Minister of Justice	list
Macedonia		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Montenegro		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Netherlands		Ministry of Security and Justice	Minister of Security and Justice
New Zealand		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice (New Zealand)
Norway		Ministry of Justice and Public Security	Minister of Justice and Public Security (with list)
Pakistan		Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights)	Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights
Palau		Ministry of Justice	Minister for Justice
Peru		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Philippines		Department of Justice	Secretary of Justice
Poland		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Portugal		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Romania			Minister of Justice
Russia			Minister of Justice	Justice Minister (list)
Rwanda		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Singapore		Ministry of Law	Minister of Law
South Africa		Department of Justice and Constitutional Development	Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development	list
Spain		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Saudi Arabia		Ministry of Justice and Legal Reform	Minister of Justice
Slovakia		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Sri Lanka		Ministry of Justice and Legal Reform	Minister of Justice
Sweden		Ministry of Justice	Minister for Justice
Switzerland		Federal Department of Justice and Police	Head, Federal Department of Justice and Police
Soviet Union		Ministry of Justice	People's Commissar for Justice Minister of Justice
Republic of China (Taiwan)		Ministry of Justice	Justice Minister
Thailand		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Tunisia		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Turkey		Ministry of Justice	Justice Minister
Uganda		Ministry of Justice & Constitutional Affairs	Minister of Justice
Ukraine		Ministry of Justice (Ukraine)	Minister of Justice
United Kingdom		Ministry of Justice	Lord Chancellor Secretary of State for Justice
	Northern Ireland	Department of Justice	Minister of Justice Attorney General for Northern Ireland
	Scotland	Learning and Justice Directorates	Cabinet Secretary for Justice
	Wales		Counsel General
United States		United States Department of Justice	Attorney General (with list)
Vietnam		Ministry of Justice	Minister of Justice
Zimbabwe		Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs	Minister of Justice