Ministry of Justice (East Timor)
# Ministry of Justice (East Timor)

The Ministry of Justice (MJ; Portuguese: Ministério da Justiça, Tetum: Ministeriu Justisa) is the government department of East Timor accountable for the administration of justice.

## Functions

The Ministry is responsible for the design, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the following areas:

* justice;
* law and human rights;and
* land and property.

In 2011, the Ministry established a protocol with the East Timor Bar Association in order to ensure the proper training of lawyers.

## Minister

The incumbent Minister of Justice is Amândio Benevides [de].

