Galician Ombudsman
Organisation name in original language
Valedor do Pobo Galego
Category of human rights structure
Statutory human rights body
Country
Spain
Type(s) of body
Ombuds institution (OI)
Legal source(s)
- Spanish Constitution (Constitución Española)
- Organic Law 3/1981, of 6 April, on the Ombudsman (Ley Orgánica 3/1981, de 6 de abril, del Defensor del Pueblo)
- Organic Law No 1/1981, of6 April 1981, on the Statute of Autonomy for Galicia (Ley Orgánica 1/1981, de 6 de abril, de Estatuto de Autonomía para Galicia)
- Law No 6/1984, of5 June 1984, of the Valedor do Pobo (consolidated version) (modified by Law 3/1994, of18 July 1994; Law 1/2002, of26 March 2002; Law 8/2008, of10 July 2008; Law 10/2012, of3 August 2012;and Law 1/2016, of18 January 2016) (Ley 6/1984, de 5 de junio, del Valedora do Pobo en su versión consolidada)
- Regulation on the organisation and functioning of the Valedora do Pobo, approved by the Petitions Committee of the Galician parliament on 26 May 1997 (BOPG 678, 20 June 1997 and amended on 12 February2018) (Reglamento de organización y funcionamiento del Valedora do Pobo)
Human rights capacity support
Not applicableFunctions
- Oversight
- Providing remedy
- Collecting data on human rights violations
- Performing promotional activities
Specific mandates
- Ombud with a mandate on maladministration
- Hate crime
- Corporate responsibility
- Rights of the child
- Freedom of information
Structured cooperation with partners at national level
- Conducts periodic inspections of public agencies.
- Makes recommendations to public institutions regarding the violation of human rights in Galicia.
- Has a formal cooperation framework with the Andalusian Ombudsman and the Andalusian Ombudsman for Children and Adolescents.
Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level
- Holds awareness-raising and training sessions with the European Anti-poverty Network in Galicia (EAPN- Galicia).
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