Federal Office of Justice

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The Federal Office of Justice is a Swiss federal authority responsible for implementing national justice policy, drafting key legislation, and providing legal services and coordination within the country’s judicial system.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Federal Office of Justice canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal office of Switzerland ⓘ
coordinatesWith Swiss courts at federal level ⓘ
cantonal justice authorities ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
employerOf Swiss federal civil servants ⓘ
fieldOfWork criminal law ⓘ
international legal cooperation ⓘ
justice policy ⓘ
legislation drafting ⓘ
private law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
headquartersLocation Bern ⓘ
jurisdiction Swiss Confederation ⓘ
legalForm federal authority ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity canton of Bern ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity City of Bern ⓘ
linked to: Bern, Switzerland
officialLanguageAbbreviation French: Office fédéral de la justice ⓘ
German: Bundesamt für Justiz ⓘ
Italian: Ufficio federale di giustizia ⓘ
Romansh: Uffizi federal da giustia ⓘ
parentOrganization Federal Department of Justice and Police ⓘ
partOf Federal Department of Justice and Police ⓘ
provides legal services to federal departments ⓘ
legal services to the Federal Council ⓘ
responsibleFor bankruptcy and debt enforcement legislation at federal level ⓘ
commercial register legislation at federal level ⓘ
coordination within the Swiss judicial system ⓘ
data protection legislation drafting support ⓘ
extradition procedures ⓘ
human rights issues at federal level ⓘ
implementation of federal justice policy ⓘ
international child abduction cases under the Hague Convention ⓘ
international mutual legal assistance in criminal matters ⓘ
preparation of important federal legislation in the field of criminal law ⓘ
preparation of important federal legislation in the field of private law ⓘ
preparation of important federal legislation in the field of public law ⓘ
sector public administration ⓘ
shortName BJ ⓘ
FOJ ⓘ
OFJ ⓘ
UFG ⓘ
subordinateTo Federal Council of Switzerland ⓘ
supervises commercial registers of the cantons ⓘ
debt enforcement and bankruptcy offices (at federal level of oversight) ⓘ
usesLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
website https://www.bj.admin.ch ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Department of Justice and Police → oversees → Federal Office of Justice ⓘ
EJPD → oversees → Federal Office of Justice ⓘ
DFJP → supervises → Federal Office of Justice ⓘ