Public Prosecutor’s Office
Organisation name in original language
Ministerio Fiscal
Category of human rights structure
Government administration
Country
Spain
Type(s) of body
Not applicableLegal source(s)
- Law 50/1981, of 30 December, regulating the organic statute of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (Ley 50/1981, de 30 de diciembre, por la que se regula el Estatuto Orgánico del Ministerio Fiscal)
Human rights capacity support
Not applicableFunctions
- Promotes judicial action in defence of the law, the rights of citizens and legally protected public interests, eitherex officioor at the request of the interested parties.
- Ensures the independence of the courts.
- Seeks the satisfaction of social interests through the courts.
Specific mandates
Not applicableStructured cooperation with partners at national level
•Has an agreement with the Spanish Committee of Representatives of Persons with Disabilities.
Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level
- Cooperation with:
- Victims’ Rights Platform,
- European Network on Victims’ Rights (including the EU network of single contact points for compensation to crime victims),
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Fighting Corruption,
- Conference of Ministers of Justice of Ibero-American Countries,
- EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust),
- European Judicial Network (in criminal matters / in civil and commercial matters),
- Group of States against Corruption (GRECO),
- UN anticorruption authorities.
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