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Ministère de la Justice

Administers the courts and the prison service.

What this authority does

Burundi's justice ministry supervises a Belgian-derived civil-law system under the 2018 Constitution. Burundi withdrew from the Rome Statute in 2017, the first state to complete an ICC withdrawal.

Services for the public

  • Court administration
  • Legal aid
  • Prison service
  • Civil status

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