NEWS AND ACTIVITIES of The Department of Military Justice

The Director of Military Justice

Biography

Organisation

  • 1°) The Department of Military Justice shall be placed under the authority of a director, an officer who shall be a Legal and Judicial Officer or a civilian Legal and Judicial Officer appointed by order of the President of the Republic, assisted , if need be,by a deputy director who shall be an officer,Legal and Judicial Officer appointed by order of the President of the Republic.
  • 2°) The Director of Military Justice may receive by order of the Minister in charge of Defence, delegation of signature for certain matters within his competence.
  • 3°) The ranks and prerogatives of the officers referred to in paragraph 1 above shall be laid down by separate instruments
  • The Department of Military Justice shall comprise :

    – the Secretariat;

    – the Means Bureau;

– the Stores Bureau;

–  the Data-Processing Service;

– the Legal and Penitentiary Affairs Service;

 – the Studies, Legal Documentation and Library Service;

 – the Administrative Affairs, Military Legal and Judicial Officers and the   Military and Civilian Legal Personnel Service.

  • Under the authority of a service head, the Data-Processing Service shall comprise:

the Analysis and Programming Bureau;

the Computer Bureau;

the codification Bureau office.

  • Under the authority of a service head, the Legal Affairs and Penitentiary Service shall comprise:

the Legal Affairs Bureau;

the Penitentiary Affairs Bureau.

  • Under the authority of a service head, the Studies, Legal Documentation and Library Service shall comprise:

the Studies Bureau;

the Legal Documentation and Library Bureau.

  • Under the authority of a service head, Administrative Affairs, Military Legal and,  Judicial Officers, Military and Civilian Personnel Service shall comprise:

the Administrative Affairs Bureau;

the Military Legal and Judicial Officers, Civilian Legal and Judicial Officers, Military and Civilian Personnel Bureau.

Organisational chart

Missions

  • The Department of Military Justice shall be  in charge of :

– matters relating to the organisation and functioning of military courts;

– following up the professional training of Military Legal Officers as well as their management in conjunction with the Department of  Human Resources, the Gendarmerie and Defence Headquarters ;

– preparating decisions and notices relating to prosecution;

– distributing prosecution, cessation of prosecution and sentence notices in the gendarmerie, the Defence staff and the services concerned;

– controlling remands in custody and enforcement of sentences;

– preparing  files for appeals for pardon and release on parole;

 – liaising with the various ministries concerned with the functioning of military justice.