The Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic () is a government
ministry of the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
.
The powers of the Ministry of Justice as defined by Section 11 of Act No. 2/1969 Coll. on Creation of Ministries and Other Central Authorities (Competencies Act)
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It is a central authority of the state administration for courts of law
A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance ...
and the Public Prosecutor's Office.
It gives legal opinion on credit and guarantee agreements, whose party is the Czech Republic.
It acts as a central authority of the state administration for prisons; the Prison Service of the Czech Republic is its subsidiary.
It acts as a central authority of the state administration for probation and mediation.
It represents the Czech Republic claims for breaching the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its Protocols and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is a multilateral treaty that commits nations to respect the civil and political rights of individuals, including the right to life, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, fr ...
and coordinates the execution of the decisions of the relevant international bodies.
List of ministers
Ministers of Justice for Czechoslovakia (1918-1968)
* František Soukup: November 14, 1918 - July 8, 1919
* František Veselý: July 8, 1919 - May 25, 1920
* Alfred Meissner: May 25, 1920 - September 15, 1920
* Augustin Popelka: September 15, 1920 - September 26, 1921
* Josef Dolanský: September 26, 1921 - December 9, 1925
* Karel Viškovský: 9 December 1925 - 18 March 1926
* Jiří Haussmann: March 18, 1926 - October 12, 1926
*Robert Mayr-Harting
Robert von Mayr-Harting (September 13, 1874 in Aspern, now a part of Vienna – March 12, 1948 in Prague) was an Austrian-born Sudeten German politician.
The member of German Christian Social People's Party was one of few German-speaking politici ...
: October 12, 1926 - December 7, 1929
* Alfred Meissner: December 7, 1929 - February 14, 1934
* Ivan Dérer: February 14, 1934 - September 22, 1938
* Vladimir Fajnor: 22 September 1938 - 4 October 1938 and 4 October 1938 - 14 October 1938
* Ladislav Karel Feierabend: October 14, 1938 - December 1, 1938
* Jaroslav Krejci: 1 December 1938 - 15 March 1939 1/sup>
* Jaroslav Stránský: April 5, 1945 - November 6, 1945 2/sup>
* Prokop Drtin: November 6, 1945 - February 25, 1948
* Alexej Čepička: 25 February 1948 - 25 April 1950
* Štefan Rais: April 25, 1950 - September 14, 1953
* Václav Škoda: September 14, 1953 - December 12, 1954
* Jan Bartuška: December 12, 1954 - June 16, 1956
* Václav Škoda: June 16, 1956 - July 11, 1960
* Alois Neuman: July 11, 1960 - April 8, 1968
* Bohuslav Kučera: April 8, 1968 - December 31, 1968
Ministers of Justice for the Czech Republic (1969-present)
As part of the independent Republic
See also
* Justice ministry
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in ...
* Seznam ministrů spravedlnosti České republiky(List of Ministers of Justice of the Czech Republic)
* Seznam ministrů spravedlnosti Československa (List of Ministers of Justice of Czechoslovakia)
* Politics of the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a unitary parliamentary republic, in which the President is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of government.
Executive power is exercised by the Government of the Czech Republic which reports to ...
References
External links
* in Czech Ministerstvo spravedlnosti České republiky
Prison Service of the Czech Republic
Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Czech Republic
Probation and Mediation Service of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
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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