The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) has the following duties: * Administration of justice * Exercise of the regulatory power * Control of Judicial Activities * General supervision of judicial personnel * Keeping seals and monitoring institutional reforms *Overseeing the prison system's operations The ministry exercises the rights conferred by the Code of Organization and Judicial Jurisdiction, Law on the Status of Magistrates, and the Penal and Civil Procedure Codes. During the course of its history, the country was known as

Zaire Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, ...

. Most recently, in 2010, the Ministry of Human Rights merged with the Ministry of Justice.

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Rémy Mwamba Rémy Mwamba (1921–1967) was a Congolese politician who twice served as Ministry of Justice (Democratic Republic of Congo), Minister of Justice of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), Republic of th ...

(1960) *

Marcel Lihau Marcel Antoine Lihau or Ebua Libana la Molengo Lihau (29 September 1931 – 9April 1999) was a Congolese jurist, law professor and politician who served as the inaugural First President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Congo from 1968 u ...

(1960–1961) *Rémy Mwamba (1961–1962) *

Jean-Chrysostome Weregemere Jean-Chrysostome Weregemere or Weregemere Bingwa Nyalumeke (born 5 September 1919) was a Congolese politician who led a faction of the . He served as Minister of Agriculture in the Congolese government from August 1961 until July 1962 and then ...

(1962) *

Justin Marie Bomboko Justin-Marie Bomboko Lokumba Is Elenge (22 September 1928 – 10 April 2014), was a Congolese politician and statesman. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Congo. He served as leader of the Congolese government as chairman of the Coll ...

(1963-1965) *

N'Singa Udjuu Joseph N'Singa Udjuu Ongwabeki Untubwe (29 September 1934 – 24 February 2021) was a Congolese politician. He served as the First State Commissioner of Zaire from 23 April 1981 to 5 November 1982. From 1966 to 1969, he also served as Minister of ...

(1966-1968) *

Étienne Tshisekedi Étienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba (14 December 1932 – 1 February 2017) was a Congolese politician and the leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), the main opposing political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC ...

(1994-1997) *Celestin Lwangi (1997-1998) * Mwenze Kongolo (1998-2001) * Ngele Masudi (2001-2003) * Honorius Kisimba Ngoy (2003-2006) * Pierre Ilunga Bundu wa Biluba (2006-2007) *

Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda Symphorien Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In October 2008 he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Security and Defense in the first Adolphe Muzito cabinet. Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda is a licensed l ...

(2007-2008) *

Luzolo Bambi Lessa Emmanuel-Janvier Luzolo Bambi Lessa (born 31 January 1958) is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was appointed Minister of Justice in the Muzito cabinet in October 2008. Birth and education Luzolo was born on 31 January 1955 ...

(2008-2012) *

Wivine Mumba Matipa Wivine Mumba Matipa is a DRC politician. From 2012 to 2015 she was Minister of Justice in the government of Joseph Kabila Joseph Kabila Kabange ( , ; born 4 June 1971) is a Congolese politician who served as President of the Democratic Repub ...

(2012-2015) *

Alexis Thambwe Mwamba Alexis Thambwe Mwamba (born May 6, 1943) is a Congolese politician who has assumed various political roles and offices since the early 1980s going from Minister of Public Works, Minister of State Portfolio, Minister of Transportation, Minister of ...

(2016–present)

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Justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...

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