Spanish Ombudsman

Organisation name in original language

Defensor del Pueblo

Category of human rights structure

Statutory human rights body

Country

Spain

Type(s) of body

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)
Ombuds institution (OI)

Address

Calle de Zurbano 42, 28010 Madrid

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Legal source(s)

Human rights capacity support

Not applicable

Functions

  • Oversight
  • Providing remedy
  • Collecting data on human rights violations
  • Performing promotional activities

Specific mandates

  • Ombud with a mandate on maladministration
  • National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)
  • National preventive mechanism (NPM) under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT)
  • National monitoring mechanism under the CRPD
  • Rights of the child
  • Bringing cases before the constitutional courts for constitutional review

Structured cooperation with partners at national level

  • Conducts periodic inspections of public agencies.
  • Gives recommendations to public institutions.
  • Makes an annual report to parliament.
  • Engages with non-governmental organisations, civil-society organisations and social entities in information gathering, mediation, grievance handling and advocacy.

Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level

  • Reports to the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

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