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Ministry of Justice and Law
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| Formed
| 4 May 2011
(
2011-05-04
)
[1]
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| Preceding Ministry
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| Headquarters
| Carrera 9 № 12C-10
Bogota, D.C.
,
Colombia
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| Employees
| 500
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| Annual budget
| 78.213,867
COP
2017
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| Ministry executive
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| Child agencies
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| Website
| www
.minjusticia
.gov
.co
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The
Ministry of Justice and Law
(
Spanish
:
Ministerio de Justicia y Derecho
), is the
national executive ministry
of the
Government of Colombia
responsible for the administration of
law
and
justice
, equivalent to the
justice ministries
of other countries.
In 2011,
President
Juan Manuel Santos Calderon
, as part of a wider justice reform and reshuffle of executive ministries, separated the
Ministry of the Interior and Justice
into two
ministries
as had been the case before their merger in 2002 as part of then-President
Alvaro Uribe Velez
'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 Juridica del Estado (National Agency for Legal Defense of the State) ANDJE.
? La Superintendencia de Notariado y Registro (Superintendency for Notaries and Registries) SNR.
? La Direccion Nacional de Estupefacientes (National Narcotics Directorate) DNE (in liquidation).
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