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| Jurisdiction |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Headquarters | Kinshasa |
| Minister responsible | |
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The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) has the following duties:
- Administration of justice
- Exercise of the regulatory power
- Control of Judicial Activities
- General supervision of judicial personnel
- Keeping seals and monitoring institutional reforms
- Overseeing the prison system's operations[1]
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]
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- ^ "Ministère de la Justice". archive.wikiwix.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-05. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
- ^ Eur (2002-10-31). Africa South of the Sahara 2003. Psychology Press. ISBN 9781857431315.
- ^ "RD Congo : La fusion des ministère des Droits Humains et de la Justice inquiète | Pambazuka News". www.pambazuka.org (in French). Retrieved 2018-07-11.