The Netherlands Forensic Institute (Dutch Nederlands Forensisch Instituut ) is the national forensics institute of the Netherlands , located in the Ypenburg quarter of The Hague .
10-726: It is an autonomous division of the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice and falls under the Directorate-General for the Administration of Justice and Law Enforcement. On 30 July 1945, the government decided to set up a Justice Laboratory. Three years later, on 4 November 1948, the laboratory became a department of the Ministry of Justice . A similar institution was founded in 1951: Gerechtelijk Geneeskundig Laboratorium (Judicial Medical Laboratory), which
20-655: Is headed by Minister David van Weel , who is supported by State Secretaries Ingrid Coenradie (Justice and Security) and Teun Struycken (Legal Protection). It employs almost 30,000 civil servants, located at the ministry in the Hague and all around the Netherlands. The ministry's main office is located in the centre of the Hague in the same building as the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. The civil service
30-615: Is headed by a secretary-general and a deputy secretary-general, who head a system of three directorates-general: The Board of Procurators General ( Dutch : Raad van Procureurs-Generaal ) which heads the Public Prosecution Service (in Dutch: Openbaar Ministerie , OM) is a relatively independent organisation which forms part of the Judiciary and prosecutes persons suspected of breaking
40-697: Is responsible for the incarceration of adults in the Netherlands. It is subordinate to the Ministry of Public Safety and Justice . The agency has its headquarters in The Hague . The agency's sole institution in the Caribbean Netherlands is the JI Caribisch Nederland in Kralendijk , Bonaire . This Netherlands -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This prison-related article
50-513: The Ministry of Justice . In 2010, it took over the public safety duties from the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and became Ministry of Security and Justice . In 2017 the ministry was renamed to Ministry of Justice and Security . On 1 March 2020, future prime minister of the Netherlands Dick Schoof became secretary-general of the Ministry of Justice and Security, the most senior non-political position within
60-612: The Ypenburg quarter of The Hague . This article related to pathology is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dutch Ministry of Justice The Ministry of Justice and Security ( Dutch : Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid ; JenV) is the Dutch ministry responsible for justice, imprisonment and public security . The ministry was created in 1798 as the Department of Justice , before it became in 1876
70-460: The law. The Netherlands Forensic Institute is an autonomous division of the Ministry of Justice, falling under the Directorate-General for the Administration of Justice and Law Enforcement. The Custodial Institutions Agency is an agency of the ministry. Custodial Institutions Agency The Custodial Institutions Agency ( Dutch : Dienst Justitiële Inrichtingen , lit. ' Department of Correctional Institutions ' , DJI )
80-475: The legal tasks of: It is also responsible for the coordination of counter- terrorism policy. The ministry oversaw migration policy until the separate Ministry of Asylum and Migration was established in July 2024. Because it shares many responsibilities and has twin buildings (both old and new) with the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations , they are sometimes called the twin ministries. The ministry
90-515: The ministry. In his role, he was involved in negotiations on asylum reform. Upon reaching the legal retirement age in March 2024, Schoof chose not to retire and was granted an exemption to continue working for three more years; however, that year he became prime minister. The ministry is headed by the Minister of Justice and Security, David van Weel ( NSC ) since 2 July 2024. The ministry has
100-653: Was later renamed Laboratorium voor Gerechtelijke Pathologie Laboratory for Judicial Pathology which were located at the building in The Hague which was later used by Europol. Pathologist Dr. Jan Zeldenrust was the first CEO of this laboratory. On 1 November 1999, the two laboratories merged into the Nederlands Forensisch Instituut (Netherlands Forensic Institute). The laboratory was based in Rijswijk until October 2004, when it moved to
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