Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Peru)

The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of Peru is the government ministry charged with advising the President of Peru in judicial matters. The ministry is responsible of the national prison system as well as the state's relationship with the Roman Catholic Church in Peru.
The minister of justice is Juan Alcántara Medrano since May 2025.

History

In 2011, a Vice Ministry for Human Rights was created, resulting in the ministry adopting its current name.

General Secretariat
Vice Ministry of Justice
*Directorate-General of Regulatory Development and Regulatory Quality
*Directorate-General of Criminological Affairs
*Directorate-General of Justice and Religious Freedom
*Directorate-General of Transparency, Access to Public Information, and Personal Data Protection
Vice Ministry of Human Rights and Access to Justice
*Directorate-General of Public Defense and Access to Justice
*Directorate-General of Human Rights
*Directorate-General for the Search for Missing Persons

Entities administered by the ministry include: