The Ministry of Justice and Law ( es, Ministerio de Justicia y Derecho), is the national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia responsible for the administration of law and

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, equivalent to the justice ministries of other countries. In 2011,

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, as part of a wider justice reform and reshuffle of executive ministries, separated the

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into two

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as had been the case before their merger in 2002 as part of then-President

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's ministerial reform. The Ministry of Justice and Law is a central-level entity, head of the Justice and Law Sector, which leads the development of public policy with regards to justice and the protection of rights, within the framework of a Legal Social and Democratic State. The Justice and Law sector, which leads, is made up of the following related bodies: • The Unidad de Servicios Penitenciarios y Carcelarios (Prison and Penitentiary Services Unit) USPC. • The Instituto Nacional Penitenciario y Carcelario (National Prison and Penitentiary Unit) INPEC • The Agencia Nacional para la Defensa Jurídica del Estado (National Agency for Legal Defense of the State) ANDJE. • La Superintendencia de Notariado y Registro (Superintendency for Notaries and Registries) SNR. • La Dirección Nacional de Estupefacientes (National Narcotics Directorate) DNE (in liquidation).

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