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Department of Publication and Public Relations

The Directorate of Publications and Public Relations, is one of the central directorates   of the Ministry of Justice of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. This ministry is the publisher of the official gazette. Pursuant to the provision of article (40) of “Law on the Manner of Processing, Propagation and Enforcement of Legislative Documents” the Ministry of Justice is obliged to publish all laws, legislative decrees and international law instruments to which Afghanistan has acceded, after their endorsement or after their ratification by the Parliament in accordance with the provision of article (94) of Afghanistan Constitution which is deemed as endorsed, in the Official gazette, for awareness of the officials, employees of both Emirate and non-Emirate administrations and other citizens of the country.   

This directorate consists of 2 sub-directorate and 5 managements and 2 professional members:

  • Sub-directorate of the Official Gazette and Adalat Monthly Magazine.
  • Sub-directorate of Public Relations.
  • Administrative management.
  • The general management of Adalat magazine.
  • Advertisement and printing management.
  • Management of Library.
  • Distribution and sales management.
  • Care taker of official gazette, Adalat magazine and commercial advertisements.
  • Official gazette and commercial advertisements editor.

The main and major duties of the Directorate of Publications and Public Relations:

  • Organizing, printing and publishing of the legislative documents in the official gazette.
  • Organizing, printing and publishing of commercial features and trade-marks which are registered with the general central registration of crafts and business ministry in the official gazette.
  • Cohesion of printing affairs.
  • Organizing, printing and publishing of the Adalat Monthly magazine and the Legal Awareness Monthly.
  • Subscription to newspapers, news bulletins of other administrations and international institutes.
  • Establishing relationship and coordination with publishing organs and Media.
  • Providing information to applicants.
  • Establishing relationship with media.
  • Running the website and social media (Facebook, twitter and you-Tube).

Sub-directorate of the Official Gazette

The official gazette is the only official gazette of the Government of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.  The upcoming legislative documents, on the basis of provision of Article (44) of the Law on manner of Processing, Publishing and Enforcing the Legislative Documents in the Official Gazette are published and distributed to all directorates   in the center and provinces.

Main and major duties of the sub-directorate of official gazette and Adalat magazine.

Publication of legislative documents, academic and legal articles.

  1. Publication of law, legislative decrees, regulations, statutes, amendments, deletion, addition, annulment, appendices, supreme-court legislative decrees, legislative provisions, treaties, international covenants, conventions, protocols and further more while needed  publication of the procedures of administration as a book after the approval off ministers assembly and signature of the Amir-ulmominin in the official gazette.
  2. Publication of trade marks and trade features in the official gazette.
  3. Publication of academic and legal essays in the Adalat magazine.
  4. Distribution of official gazettes to the ministries and emirates administrations based on the shares.
  5. Presenting the official gazette on its exact price to the applicants.
  6. Updating the database of laws and other legislative documents.

Management of Printing and Commercials

  • Receiving soft copies of legislative documents for printing and publishing in the official gazette of the Ministry of Justice of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
  • Receiving hard copies and soft copies of commercials advertisement from the general Directorate of the Central Registry and intellectuals of Ministry of Commerce and Industries after its writing to the computer  in the form official gazette  and it’s correction it will be printed.
  • Receiving soft copies of the Adalat Monthly magazine and the Legal Awareness Monthly for the purpose of printing.

Management of Distribution and Sales

  • Free distribution of the official gazettes in accordance with the free share and provision of high official to the applicants.
  • Free distribution of the official gazettes/enforced laws (State and sector institutions and individuals  who are recommended officially, may make application for the official gazettes then following the approval of the leadership of ministry receive gazettes for free.
  • Selling the official gazettes/ enforced laws (the applicants can buy the official gazettes and enforced laws in the price which is motioned on the cover of the official gazette)
  • Distribution of official gazettes to the cash share holders (Emirate and non-Emirate administrations and individuals can buy the yearly, six months shares and all over the year in determined payment per share and subscribe formally, and earn the official gazettes and Adalat magazines in monthly manner)

General management of the Adalat magazine:

The Adalat Monthly is amongst the specialized legal publications of the ministry, in which academic and legal articles are available to researchers and other interested individuals in academic legal contents.

Sub-directorate of Publications and Public Relations

This sub-directorate has been established on the basis of strategic national relations policy of the National Unity Government on 1394, and the strategy of relations of the Ministry of Justice 1396. It functions according to the Strategy of the Law and Justice of the Ministry of Justice, the Law of Access to Information and the Law of Mass media. This sub-directorate acts as the spokesperson of the Ministry of Justice and is the responsible authority of providing information of the Ministry of Justice. It also acts as the provider of information for those who demand, runs the official website as well as the social media, preparing speeches of the Minister of Justice, providing information to media, conduction press conferences, establishing relations with media are amongst the main tasks of this sub-department.

Methods of Providing Information by this sub-directorate:

  • Convention of press conference.
  • Communications with media.
  • Replying to official e-mails.
  • Preparing newsletters.
  •  Publishing in the website.
  • Publish in social media (Facebook, twitter and you-Tube)
  • Distribution the form of request for information.
  • Direct relations with individuals.
  • Participation in the social, civil, cultural and media programs.

Management of Library

This management has been established for organizing, monitoring and better maintaining of the library. The main duties of this management is identifying the needs of the library, monitoring and listing the books on the basis of documents and monitoring the distribution of legal awareness and other publications and newspapers.

Management of Administration

This management has 1 fifth grade manager, 1 sixth grade officer and one 8 grade service worker. This management performs administrative services according to the policy of this directorate.