Ministry of Justice (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Minister of Justice
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Headquarters Kinshasa
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The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) has the following duties:

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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]

List of ministers

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