Ministry of Justice of Denmark is the Danish

Denmark

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 government ministry responsible for the general judicial system

General judicial system (Denmark)

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, including the police

Police of Denmark

The police of Denmark is the interior part of the Danish legitimate force providers...

 and the prosecution service

Danish Prosecution Service

The Danish Prosecution Service comprises the Director of Public Prosecutions , the regional prosecutors and on the lowest level the chief police constables .-Purpose:...

, the courts of law

Courts of Denmark

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, and prisons and the probation service. In addition, the Ministry is responsible for legislation in the areas of criminal, private and family law, the law of trusts and foundations, nationality law and data protection law.

Councils

• Det Dyreetiske Råd (the Council for Animal Ethics)
• Det Særlige Råd vedr. Dyreværnsspørgsmål (the Special Council for Animal Protection Issues)
• Rådet for Dyreforsøg/Dyreforsøgstilsynet (the Council for Animal Testing/The Supervisory Authority on Animal Testing)
• Retslægerådet (the Forensic Medicine Council)
• Datarådet (the Data Council)
• Det Kriminalpræventive Råd (the Crime Prevention Council)
• Dommerudnævnelsesrådet (the Judicial Appointment Council)
• Færdselssikkerhedskommissionen (the Road Safety Commission)
• Rådet for Større Færdselssikkerhed (the Council for Greater Road Safety)
• Rådet vedrørende Hold af Særlige Dyr (the Council Regarding the Possession of Certain Animals)
• Tilsynsrådet vedr. Beskæftigelse af Indsatte (the Supervisory Council for the Occupation of Inmates)

Boards

• Advokatnævnet (the Disciplinary Board of the Bar and Law Society)
• Erstatningsnævnet (the Damages Board)
• Det Færøske Erstatningsnævn for Voldsofre (the Feroese Damages Board for Victims of Assault)
• Det Grønlandske Erstatningsnævn for Voldsofre (the Greenlandic Damages Board for Victims of Assault)
• Politiklagenævnene (the Police Complaints Boards)
• Pressenævnet (the Press Board)
• Procesbevillingsnævnet (the Appeals Board)

Legal commissions

• Advokatudvalget
• Arbejdsgruppen om hold af heste
• Arbejdsgruppen om reglerne for udførsel af våben mv.
• Arbejdsgruppen om slagtefjerkræ
• Arvelovsudvalget
• Jurisdiktionsudvalget
• Konkursrådet
• Offentlighedskommissionen
• Retsplejerådet
• Straffelovrådet
• Strafferetsplejeudvalget
• Tinglysningsudvalget
• Udvalget om elektronisk Lovtidende
• Udvalget om offentligt ansattes ytringsfrihed og meddeleret
• Udvalget om retsvirkningerne af digital signatur mv.
• Udvalget om sanktionsfastsættelse i sager om spiritus- og promille-kørsel mv.
• Udvalget om tv-overvågning
• Udvalget vedrørende Politiets og Forsvarets Efterretningstjenester

Other commissions

• Justitsministeriets Forskningspolitiske Udvalg
• Kursusudvalget vedr. obligatorisk efteruddannelse af advokat-fuldmægtige
• Wamberg-udvalget

Inspections

• Danish Data Protection Agency
  Danish Data Protection Agency
  Following the implementation of EU Directive 95/46/EC, regarding the protection of individuals with regards to the process of personal information and the movement of such, the Danish Data Protection Agency was created....
  
  
• Dyreforsøgstilsynet
• Statens Våbenkontrol

External links

• Justitsministeriet Danish Ministry of Justice, official website. Retrieved March 12, 2011