Legal education activities at the central level – Dissemination of legal education

On November 29, 2022, the Government issued Decree No. 98/2022/ND-CP stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Justice, in which the organizational model has been transformed. and the activities of the Department of Legal Dissemination and Education (PBGDPL) to the Department of Legal Affairs. On that basis, the Minister of Justice issued a Decision stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Department of Legal Affairs.

Implementing Decision No. 747/QD-BTP dated May 18, 2023 of the Ministry of Justice promulgating the Plan to inspect the implementation of the Law on Conciliation at grassroots level, on June 14, 2023, the inspection team of the Ministry of Justice The law has inspected the implementation of the law on conciliation at the grassroots in Phu Thuy ward, Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province. Mr. Phan Hong Nguyen, Deputy Director of the Department of Legal Dissemination and Education, Ministry of Justice – Head of the inspection team. Members include representatives of the Committee for Democracy – Law, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Divisional leaders and civil servants of the Department of Legal Dissemination and Education. On the local side, there were Mr. Dang Van Dao, Deputy Director of the Department of Justice of Binh Thuan province; Mr. Nguyen Nam Long, Vice Chairman of Phan Thiet City People’s Committee; Mr. Dinh Van Thuan – Head of Justice Department of Phan Thiet City; Mr. Nguyen Hai Dang – Chairman of People’s Committee of Phu Thuy ward and civil status judicial officer, office, accountant; leaders of mass organizations in the ward (Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, Farmers Association, Veterans Association, Women’s Union, Elderly Association, Youth Union); 02 Leaders of the mediation groups of neighborhoods 8 and 14 and some mediators at the grassroots level.

On the morning of June 14, 2023, the delegation of the Secretariat to assist the Central Law Dissemination and Education Coordination Council (PBGDPL) held a working seminar in Binh Thuan province on implementing the work of law enforcement. and the implementation of Decision No. 407/QD-TTg dated March 30, 2022 of the Prime Minister. Mr. Phan Hong Nguyen, Deputy Director of the Department of Legal Affairs and Legal Affairs – Ministry of Justice, Deputy Head of the Secretariat assisting the Council chaired the seminar. Attending the Seminar on the local side were Mr. Dang Van Dao, Deputy Director of the Department of Justice, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee of the Provincial People’s Committee; representatives of the leadership of the Provincial Party Committee for Mass Mobilization; Office of the National Assembly Delegation and the Provincial People’s Council; a number of related departments and branches (Provincial Police, Department of Education and Training, Department of Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs, Department of Information and Communication, Department of Construction, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Department of Planning and Investment, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Provincial Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs, Provincial Radio and Television Station, Binh Thuan Newspaper); leaders of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee; Phan Thiet City Justice Department.

The Convention Against Torture is one of the nine important human rights conventions of the United Nations, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1984, and entered into force in June 1987. Deeply aware of the Convention’s significance in ensuring human rights, on November 7, 2013, Vietnam signed to accede to the Convention and on February 5, 2015, Vietnam officially submitted its instrument of ratification of the Convention. Against Torture to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Within the framework of the Cuban Minister of Justice’s working visit to Vietnam, on the basis of the cooperation program between the Ministry of Justice of the two countries, on the morning of June 12, 2023, the Department of Legal Dissemination and Education (PBGDPL) by Dr. Le Ve Quoc, Director of the Department had a meeting with the Department-level Delegation of the Cuban Ministry of Justice to exchange and share experiences in applying information technology and digital transformation in the fields of dissemination and education. Law (PBGDPL) of Vietnam. Participating in the working session on the side of the Cuban Ministry of Justice were Ms. Aliuska Caridal Vidal Boffil – Director of the Information Technology Department and Mr. Aciel Garrido Torress – Director of the Center for Digital Governance, Defense Information Technology Company. CETID). Representatives of the International Cooperation Department also attended the meeting.

On the morning of June 7, the Secretariat assisting the Central Council for Legal Dissemination and Education (PBGDPL) held a working seminar at the Hanoi Department of Justice to exchange and capture information on the implementation of the law. declaration of legal regulation and implementation of Decision No. 407/QD-TTg in 2022, the first 6 months of 2023.

With the aim of strengthening the roles and responsibilities of agencies, organizations and individuals in performing the mediation work at the grassroots level, promptly detect and respond to difficulties, problems and inadequacies in implementation. Law on Conciliation at grassroots, on May 18, 2023, Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Tinh signed Decision No. 747/QD-BTP promulgating a plan to inspect the implementation of the Law on Conciliation at grassroots.