Ministry of Justice (East Timor)

The Ministry of Justice (MJ; Portuguese: Ministério da Justiça, Tetum: Ministeriu Justisa) is the government department of East Timor accountable for the administration of justice.

Ministry of Justice
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Headquarters of the Ministry
Headquarters of the Ministry
Ministry overview
Formed1975 (1975) / 2000 / 2002
JurisdictionGovernment of East Timor
HeadquartersRua da Justiça, Dili
8°33′23″S 125°34′31″E
Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible
  • José Edmundo Caetano, Deputy Minister of Justice
  • Eldino Rodrigues dos Santos, Secretary of State for Land and Property
WebsiteMinistry of Justice
Agency IDMJ

Functions

The Ministry is responsible for the design, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the following areas:[1]

In 2011, the Ministry established a protocol with the East Timor Bar Association in order to ensure the proper training of lawyers.[2]

Minister

The incumbent Minister of Justice is Tiago Amaral Sarmento.[3][4] He is assisted by José Edmundo Caetano, Deputy Minister of Justice,[note 1] and Eldino Rodrigues dos Santos, Secretary of State for Land and Property.[1][5][6]

See also

References

Footnote
  1. The Constitution of East Timor provides, in sections 104 and 105, for the appointment of officials referred to in its English language version as "Deputy Ministers". In other English language publications, those officials are commonly referred to as "Vice Ministers", even though the word "Vice", in context, arguably has a different meaning in English from the word "Deputy". In this article, the constitutional expression "Deputy" is used.

Notes
  1. "Structure of the VIII Constitutional Government". Government of Timor-Leste. Retrieved 18 January 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. "Protocolo entre a Ordem dos Advogados e o Ministério da Justiça da República de Timor Leste - Ordem dos Advogados". Ordem dos Advogados. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. Martins, Filomeno (22 March 2022). "'Lú Olo' calls on newly appointed cabinet members to better serve Timorese people". Tatoli. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. "Swearing-in of the four new members of Government". Government of Timor-Leste. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  5. "Presidente timorense dá posse a 19 novos membros do Governo" [Timorese President swears in 19 new members of the Government]. SAPO (in Portuguese). Lusa. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  6. "Swearing-in of two new Secretaries of State". Government of Timor-Leste. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

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