Our Mandate

• Uphold the Constitution, the rule of law, due process, and equal protection before the law.
• Develop justice, courts, corrections, policing, emergency management, and public safety policy.
• Administer lawful arms and civil-defence policy consistent with Article 5 of the Constitution.
• Coordinate national resilience, public order, and community safety with civilian oversight.

Primary services: justice policy, public safety, civil defence, lawful arms registration, emergency management, corrections, and legal reform.

Justice

The Ministry supports an independent courts system and a rights-respecting justice framework. Its policy work is guided by due process, proportional enforcement, transparent lawmaking, and respect for constitutional liberties.

• courts, tribunals, and access-to-justice policy;
• criminal law, civil law, and administrative justice reform;
• corrections oversight and rehabilitation standards;
• victim services and community justice programmes.

Public Safety

Public safety policy protects communities while keeping extraordinary state powers under civilian, legal, and judicial control. Emergency powers must remain proportionate and may not become a substitute for ordinary constitutional government.

• emergency preparedness and civil-defence coordination;
• public order and policing standards;
• critical infrastructure resilience;
• disaster response planning with municipalities and national services.

Lawful Arms

Article 5 of the Constitution guarantees the lawful keeping and bearing of arms by responsible citizens for defence, sport, and heritage. The Ministry develops the statutory framework needed to register serious weapons, exclude demonstrably unfit persons, protect due process, and prevent any general disarmament of the citizenry.

Lawful Arms and Public Safety Act

The constitutional right belongs to citizens and must be administered through narrow, rights-respecting public-safety law.