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The Ministry of Justice and Law ( es, Ministerio de Justicia y Derecho), is the national executive ministry of the
Government of Colombia The Government of Colombia is a republic with separation of powers into executive, judicial and legislative branches. Its legislature has a congress, its judiciary has a supreme court, and its executive branch has a president. The citiz ...
responsible for the administration of
law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...
and
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 ...
, equivalent to the
justice ministries 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 a ...
of other countries. In 2011,
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, as part of a wider justice reform and reshuffle of executive ministries, separated the
Ministry of the Interior and Justice The Ministry of the Interior and Justice ( es, Ministerio del Interior y Justicia, or MIJ), was at national executive ministry of the Government of Colombia responsible for the enforcement of both law and administration of justice, equivalent to ...
into two ministries as had been the case before their merger in 2002 as part of then-President Álvaro Uribe Vélez'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).


See also

List of Ministers of Justice and Law of Colombia The following is a list of Ministers of Justice and Law of Colombia. {, class="wikitable" , Period , Minister , Government , - , 1890 , José María González Valencia , rowspan="2" , Carlos Holguín Mallarino , - , 1892 , Luis Antonio Mesa , - ...


References

Law of Colombia {{LatAm-law-stub