Ministry of Justice (Finland)
| oikeusministeriö (Finnish) justitieministeriet (Swedish) |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Annual budget | € 899 million (2015) |
| Minister responsible | |
| Website | ministryofjustice |
The Ministry of Justice (Finnish: oikeusministeriö, Swedish: justitieministeriet) is one of the 12 ministries in the Finnish Government. Headed by the Minister of Justice, 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. The drafting of the most central laws, the functioning of the judicial system and the enforcement of sentences also belong to the jurisdiction of the ministry.
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:
Units, separate from the three abovementioned departments, are the following:
The administrative sector of the ministry consists of the courts, Criminal Sanctions Agency and several other offices and boards (below):
Law Drafting Department
The task of the Law Drafting Department is to promote the aims and the operational concept of the Ministry of Justice by means of legislation. Legislative drafting is one of the Ministry's main tasks.
The drafters are responsible for the entire life cycle of the project, starting from the preliminary work to the education and follow-up during the implementation phase. A considerable amount of the Department's work concerns the legislative cooperation within the EU as well as other international collaboration in addition to the national projects.
In addition to the projects within the Ministry and the Department, the Law Drafting Department takes part in the preparation of the other Ministries' projects and answers for the general development and guidance relating to legislative drafting in the Government. One important duty is to give statements on draft statutes prepared by the other Ministries. The Unit for General International and EU Matters provides legal counselling in EU matters and assists the management of the Ministry in EU and international matters.
The Department's Unit for Legislative Inspection revises bills prepared by the Ministry of Justice and draft decree proposals with little general significance.
Department of Judicial Administration
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