Ministry of Justice (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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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[1]
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Jurisdiction | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Headquarters | Kinshasa |
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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.
[2][3] During the course of its history, the country was known as Zaire. Most recently, in 2010, the Ministry of Human Rights merged with the Ministry of Justice.[4]