North Korea government
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Ministry of Justice
Named in DPRK legislation as responsible for judicial administration.
What this authority does
Its actual operation, personnel and internal procedure cannot be verified from open sources. The UN Commission of Inquiry describes a parallel system of extrajudicial detention operating outside any published legal framework, so the statutory description should not be read as a description of practice.
Services for the public
- No verifiable public services
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