Federal Public Service Justice
The FPS Justice (Dutch: FOD Justitie, French: SPF Justice, German: FÖD Justiz), formerly the Ministry of Justice, is a federal public service of Belgium. It was created by royal order on 23 May 2001, as part of the plans of the Verhofstadt I Government to modernise the federal administration. The transformation from a ministry into a federal public service was completed on 15 July 2002.
The FPS Justice is responsible to the minister of justice.
Organisation
The FPS Justice is currently organised into three directorates-general:
- The Directorate-General for Judicial Organisation
- The Directorate-General for Legislation and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
- The Directorate-General for Correctional Facilities
Several independent organisations resort under the FPS Justice, such as the Gambling Commission. In addition, the FPS Justice is also responsible for the Belgian Official Journal. The Belgian State Security Service is responsible to the minister of justice as well.
See also
External links
- Articles containing Dutch-language text
- Articles containing French-language text
- Articles containing German-language text
- Articles with ISNI identifiers
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with J9U identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Articles with CINII identifiers
- Articles with SUDOC identifiers
- Federal departments and agencies of Belgium
- Ministries established in 2001
- 2001 establishments in Belgium
- All stub articles
- European government stubs
- Belgium politics stubs