Ministry of Justice (Arab Union)

In the Union of Arab Republics (UAR; informally the Arab Union), all republics and organised territories have a Ministry of Justice (Arabic: وزارة العدل wuzārat al-‘adl), which is responsible for the administration of justice within its jurisdiction, including leading criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state and overseeing all other executive functions of the justice system including some areas of public law enforcement.

Despite the fact that criminal law is enacted exclusively by the Arab Congress and is thus uniform across the Arab Union, the actual administration of the law including prosecution is the exclusive responsibility of the republics, except for matters which affect more than one federal jurisdiction or the union as a whole. In such cases of federal jurisdiction, the administration of justice is handled by the Ministry of Attorney-General.