The Ministry of Justice and Security 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 and became Ministry of Security and Justice. In 2017 the ministry was renamed to Ministry of Justice and Security.
- Country
- Netherlands
- Headquarters
- JuBi building, The Hague
- Inception
- March 12, 1798
- Website
- http://www.government.nl/ministries/ministry-of-justice-and-security, http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/ministerie-van-justitie-en-veiligheid
