The Directorate-General for Justice Policy, briefly referred to as DGJP, is a State central body of direct administration, with administrative autonomy. Its main purpose is to give technical support within the scope of legislative production and legal assessment, to monitor the policies and the strategic planning for the sector, organize and promote the resort to arbitral courts and to the peace courts as well as to other alternative dispute resolution means, to coordinate the external affairs and the cooperation in the justice area, being also responsible for the statistical data in the Ministry of Justice.