The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) has the following duties: The ministry exercises the rights conferred by the Code of Organization and Judicial Jurisdiction, Law on the Status of Magistrates, and the Penal and Civil Procedure Codes.

[2][3] During the course of its history, the country was known as Zaire.

Most recently, in 2010, the Ministry of Human Rights merged with the Ministry of Justice.

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