Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Chile)
| Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos | |
Headquarters of Ministry of Justice and Human Rights at Seguro Obrero building in Santiago | |
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| Formed | 1 February 1837 (as Ministry of Justice, Worship, and Public Instruction) and 5 January 2016 (as Ministry of Justice and Human Rights) |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Chile |
| Headquarters | Calle Morandé 107, Santiago |
| Employees | 29,814 (2020) |
| Annual budget | 1,183,064,384 of CLP (2020) |
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| Website | minjusticia |
The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of Chile (Spanish: Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos; MinJusticia) is the state ministry responsible for liaising between the executive branch and the judicial branch, and promoting and fostering human rights. Currently, the lawyer and scholar Fernando Rabat serves as Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Luis Silva Irarrázaval holds the position of head of the Undersecretary of Justice and Pablo Mira is head of the Undersecretary of Human Rights, all appointed under president José Antonio Kast.
The Undersecretary for Human Rights is the chief executive of the Undersecretariat of Human Rights and the immediate collaborator of the Minister in matters within its sphere of competence, and, in the event of the absence or incapacity of the Undersecretary of Justice, serves as the latter's legal substitute.