Ministerio de Justicia y del Derecho

What Ministerio de Justicia y del Derecho does

Ministerio de Justicia y del Derecho is the Colombian Ministry of Justice and Law, a national executive-branch entity headquartered in Bogotá D.C. and operating under the parent Gobierno de Colombia. Founded as a restructuring through Decree 2897 of 2011, the Ministry holds statutory authority over criminal policy, prison system oversight, transitional justice, and citizen access to justice services. Its current leader is Minister Néstor Iván Osuna Patiño, appointed in 2023.

The Ministry delivers public services through a multi-tiered network that includes Comisarías de Familia (family protection offices operating in 9 departments), Casas de Justicia and Centros de Convivencia Ciudadana (citizen service points for conciliation and community conflict resolution), and mobile justice brigades reaching underserved territories. Core operating subsidiaries include INPEC (Instituto Nacional Penitenciario y Carcelario), which administers 124 National Reclusion Establishments serving 102,527 inmates, and the Dirección de Justicia Transicional, which oversees transitional justice mechanisms. The portfolio also includes Libera Colombia (a brand commercializing inmate-produced goods across 26 points of sale) and the CAPCE advisory commission composed of 10 academics.

Technologically, the Ministry operates government information systems including the SIUP (Sistema de Información de Utilidad Pública) — a specialized platform managing public utility service placements for women heads of household under Law 2292/2023 — and the Mapa de Justicia Transicional, an interactive georeferenced information system publishing real-time indicators on demobilized persons, peace-process postulates, and conflict victims. Unlike commercial entities, the Ministry is funded directly through Colombia's national budget, provides services at no cost to citizens, and operates through a managed-services revenue model derived from government appropriations rather than sales. Major recent initiatives include Law 2292/2023 (gender-responsive alternative sentencing), Decree 1451/2023, and CONPES 4157/2025 (a COP 4.4 trillion prison humanization investment for 2025–2033).

Name

Ministerio de Justicia y del Derecho

Legal name

Ministerio de Justicia y del Derecho

Website

https://minjusticia.gov.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

The Colombian Ministry of Justice and Law is the national executive-branch entity responsible for criminal policy, prison system oversight, transitional justice, and citizen access to justice, serving Colombian citizens through a nationwide network of Comisarías de Familia, Casas de Justicia, mobile brigades, and INPEC-managed correctional facilities.

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Product category

Public Justice Administration

NAICS

Correctional Institutions (922140), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Adult Corrections (Prisons & Jails) (BPAIAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Transitional Justice, Accountability & Reparations (BPADAGAL), State/Provincial Corrections, Probation & Parole Administration (BPAIABAF), Reentry, Rehabilitation & Reintegration Programs (Education, Vocational, Case Management) (BPAKANAH), Community Corrections (Probation, Parole & Reentry) (BPAIAFAE)

Keywords

• Public justice services
• Criminal policy
• Prison administration
• Transitional justice
• Alternative sentencing

Headquarters

HQ city

Bogotá D.C.

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Others, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Government Budget: The Ministry operates as a government institution funded through the national budget of Colombia, implementing public policies and justice services funded by government appropriations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Ministerio de Justicia y del Derecho is a Colombian government ministry that formulates and implements national justice policy, criminal policy, prison system oversight, and transitional justice. It delivers public justice services directly to citizens through Comisarías de Familia, Casas de Justicia, and Centros de Convivencia Ciudadana, administers the prison system via INPEC, manages alternative sentencing programs (Law 2292/2023), and operates information systems (SIUP, Mapa de Justicia Transicional) to coordinate transitional justice mechanisms for conflict victims.

Product overview

Ministerio de Justicia y del Derecho operates a portfolio of government information systems and programs centered on justice access, criminal policy, and transitional justice. The core products include the Sistema de Información de Utilidad Pública (SIUP) for managing alternative sentencing placements, and the Mapa de Justicia Transicional for tracking transitional justice mechanisms. These are complemented by programs such as Casas de Justicia, Centros de Convivencia Ciudadana, Comisarias de Familia, the CAPCE advisory commission, and productive programs like ZASCA-Renacer and Libera Colombia for prison resocialization.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Libera Colombia: Brand that commercializes products made by inmates and post-release population, with 26 points of sale across the country.
• CAPCE

Products and services

• Sistema de Información de Utilidad Pública (SIUP) Government information system created to manage and track public utility service placements for women heads of household who are serving alternative sentences. The system has two modules: a public access module for consulting plaza availability by department and municipality, and an exclusive module for judges of execution of sentences and courts of first instance. It is used by judges to reserve spots and track implementation of Law 2292/2023.
• Mapa de Justicia Transicional (Sistema de Información Interinstitucional de Justicia Transicional) Interactive georeferenced information system that publishes consolidated indicators and real-time data on the implementation of transitional justice mechanisms, including demobilized persons, postulators, goods in peace justice processes, and victims. Used by the Dirección de Justicia Transicional and allied institutions (JEP, CNMH, Comisión de la Verdad, UBPD, SNARIV) for monitoring and public transparency.
• Casas de Justicia y Centros de Convivencia Ciudadana Nationwide network of citizen service points for justice access, conciliation, and community conflict resolution. Delivered 3.1 million attention services with a 41% increase versus the prior period, reaching 1.7 million+ Colombians through the 'Justicia para la Gente' strategy and resolving 892,029 cases through conciliation (146,130 equity-based + 745,899 legal conciliation).
• Comisarías de Familia (Family Commissaries) Family protection offices present in 9 departments of Colombia, handling family violence cases and providing Comisarias Protectoras services for vulnerable households. The extrajudicial conciliation diploma program has trained 2,423 public officials.
• Libera Colombia Brand that commercializes products made by inmates and the post-release population for rehabilitation purposes, with 26 points of sale across the country. Operates as a productive reintegration program under the prison humanization agenda.

Quantifiable outcome

• 41% increase in attention services at Casas de Justicia
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational financial institution supporting the implementation of the Law 2292 of 2023 on Public Utility Services as an alternative sentencing mechanism.
• Comisión Interamericana para el Control del Abuso de Drogas (CICAD/OEA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInter-American drug control body providing technical cooperation for the implementation of alternative sentencing policies related to drug offenses.
• Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN Development Program supporting justice reform initiatives and transitional justice mechanisms in Colombia.
• Entidad de la ONU para la Igualdad de Género y el Empoderamiento de la Mujer (ONU Mujeres)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN Women supporting gender-focused criminal policy reforms and implementation of Law 2292/2023 benefiting women heads of household.
• Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecial Jurisdiction for Peace - allied portal for transitional justice and peace process implementation.
• Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica (CNMH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Center for Historical Memory - partnered for documentation and preservation of memory regarding conflict victims.
• Comisión de la VerdadcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTruth Commission - transitional justice mechanism partnered for truth-seeking processes.
• Unidad de Búsqueda de Personas Desaparecidas (UBPD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSearch Unit for Missing Persons - partnered for humanitarian search and finding disappeared persons.
• Sistema Nacional de Atención y Reparación Integral a las Víctimas (SNARIV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational system for comprehensive victim attention and reparation - coordinated network for transitional justice implementation.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Ministerio de Justicia (Chile): Chilean justice ministry overseeing criminal policy, prison administration (Gendarmería de Chile under its authority), human rights, and victim-related programs. Comparable in institutional design, legal tradition, and post-authoritarian transitional justice scope, though operating in a more stable political environment.
• Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos (Argentina): Argentine national ministry responsible for justice policy, federal penitentiary service oversight, human rights, and access-to-justice programs. Comparable in mandate (corrections + rights + access), federal structure, and legal-civil-law tradition; relevant benchmark for CONPES-style prison reform and rights-based criminal policy.
• Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos (Peru): Peruvian ministry covering justice, human rights, prison administration (INPE oversight), and victim reparation mechanisms. Similar middle-income Andean context, transitional justice exposure from internal armed conflict, and hybrid criminal-policy/access-to-justice mandate—making it a directly comparable governance model.
• Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública (Brazil): Brazilian federal ministry integrating justice and public security, including DEPEN (prison administration) and transitional/legacy justice initiatives. Strongest Latin American regional peer: similar hybrid mandate covering criminal policy, federal prison oversight, transitional justice, and citizen access programs in a comparable post-conflict context.

Broad incumbents

• U.S. Department of Justice: Federal executive department responsible for enforcing the law, administering federal corrections (BOP), and overseeing criminal and civil justice policy. Closest functional analog to Minjusticia in scope: criminal policy direction, prison oversight, transitional/legacy justice, and access-to-justice programs, though operating at vastly greater scale and budget.
• UK Ministry of Justice: UK cabinet ministry responsible for the justice system, courts, prisons (HMPPS), probation, and legal aid policy. Directly comparable in mandate to Minjusticia: criminal policy oversight, prison administration, rehabilitation/reentry programs, and family justice—offering a benchmark for policy design and reform outcomes.

Others

• Fiscalía General de la Nación (Colombia): Colombian prosecution agency operating within the same justice ecosystem, with direct coordination on criminal policy, drug policy directives, and transitional justice (CAPCE interaction). Comparable as a domestic counterpart whose directives and prosecution priorities shape the Ministry's criminal policy agenda.
• Defensoría del Pueblo (Colombia): Colombian human rights ombudsman institution that monitors prison conditions, transitional justice victim rights, and citizen access to justice. Adjacent peer with overlapping mandate on prison humanization oversight and victim protection, often an institutional counterweight or partner to Minjusticia's reform agenda.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/minjusticiaco
• Facebookfacebook.com/MinjusticiaCo
• Instagraminstagram.com/minjusticiaco
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ministerio-de-justicia-y-del-derecho

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Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

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