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The Ministry of Justice and Security (; JenV) is the Dutch ministry responsible for justice, imprisonment and public security. The ministry was created in 1798 as the ''Department of Justice'', before it became in 1876 the ''Ministry of Justice''. In 2010, it took over the public safety duties from the
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations The Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (; BZK) is the Ministries of the Netherlands, Netherlands' ministry responsible for domestic policy, civil service, public administration, elections, relations with local governments, intelligen ...
and became ''Ministry of Security and Justice''. In 2017 the ministry was renamed to ''Ministry of Justice and Security''. On 1 March 2020, future prime minister of the Netherlands Dick Schoof became secretary-general of the Ministry of Justice and Security, the most senior non-political position within the ministry. In his role, he was involved in negotiations on asylum reform. Upon reaching the legal retirement age in March 2024, Schoof chose not to retire and was granted an exemption to continue working for three more years; however, that year he became prime minister. The ministry is headed by the Minister of Justice and Security, David van Weel ( VVD) since 2 July 2024.


Responsibilities

The ministry has the legal tasks of: * providing workable legislation for the public, the government and the courts; * preventing crime, in order to build a safer society; * protecting youth and children; * enforcing the law, in order to build a safer society; * providing independent, accessible and effective administration of justice and legal aid; * providing support to the victims of crime; * providing fair, consistent and effective enforcement of punishment and other sanctions; It is also responsible for the coordination of counter-
terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war aga ...
policy. The ministry oversaw migration policy until the separate Ministry of Asylum and Migration was established in July 2024. Because it shares many responsibilities and has twin buildings (both old and new) with the
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations The Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (; BZK) is the Ministries of the Netherlands, Netherlands' ministry responsible for domestic policy, civil service, public administration, elections, relations with local governments, intelligen ...
, they are sometimes called the twin ministries.


Organisation

The ministry is headed by Minister David van Weel, who is supported by State Secretaries Ingrid Coenradie (Justice and Security) and Teun Struycken (Legal Protection). It employs almost 30,000 civil servants, located at the ministry in the Hague and all around the Netherlands. The ministry's main office is located in the centre of
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in the same building as the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. The civil service is headed by a secretary-general and a deputy secretary-general, who head a system of three directorates-general: * The Directorate-General for Legislation, International Affairs and Immigration * The Directorate-General for Prevention, Youth and Sanctions * The Directorate-General for the Administration of Justice and Law Enforcement The Board of Procurators General () which heads the Public
Prosecution A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the adversarial system, which is adopted in common law, or inquisitorial system, which is adopted in Civil law (legal system), civil law. The prosecution is the ...
Service (in Dutch: '' Openbaar Ministerie'', OM) is a relatively independent organisation which forms part of the
Judiciary The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...
and prosecutes persons suspected of breaking the law. The Netherlands Forensic Institute is an autonomous division of the Ministry of Justice, falling under the Directorate-General for the Administration of Justice and Law Enforcement. The Custodial Institutions Agency is an agency of the ministry.


See also

* List of ministers of justice of the Netherlands


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry of Security and Justice (Netherlands) Justice and Security
Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
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