The Ministry of Justice is one of the 12 ministries

Ministry (government department)

A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of government public administration, sometimes led by a minister or a senior public servant, that can have responsibility for one or more departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions or other smaller executive, advisory, managerial or...

 in the Finnish Government. Headed by the Minister of Justice

Minister of Justice (Finland)

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, it is responsible for "maintaining and developing order and legal safeguards and overseeing the structures of democracy and the fundamental rights of citizens" in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. The drafting of the most important laws, the functioning of the judicial system and the enforcement of sentences also belong to the jurisdiction of the ministry.

Organisation

The ministry and its administrative sector are headed by the Minister of Justice, assisted by the Permanent Secretary.

The Ministry of Justice has three departments:

• Law Drafting Department
• Department of Judicial Administration
• Criminal Policy Department

Units, separate from the three abovementioned departments, are the following:

• the Democracy and Language Affairs Unit
• the International Unit
• the Media and Communications Unit
• the Administrative Unit, the Economy Unit
• the Information Management Unit
• the Internal Audit Unit
• the Management Support

Administrative sector

The administrative sector of the ministry consists of the courts, Criminal Sanctions Agency and several other offices and boards (below):

• Legal Register Centre
• Office of the Bankruptcy Ombudsman
• Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman
• National Council for Crime Prevention
• Accident Investigation Board of Finland
• National Research Institute of Legal Policy
• European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI, affiliated with the Unites Nations)
• Consumer Disputes Board
• Data Protection Board
• Judicial Appointments Board

Budget and employees

In 2008, the budget of the Ministry of Justice was approximately € 748 million and the ministry employed approximately 10,000 people.

External links

• Official website of the Ministry of Justice