Ombudsman for Children (OCO)
Organisation name in original language
Ombudsman do Leanaí (OOL)
Category of human rights structure
Statutory human rights body
Country
Ireland
Type(s) of body
Ombuds institution (OI)
Legal source(s)
- Set up under theOmbudsman for Children Act 2002.
- Continues to operate under this act and its amendments, including theOmbudsman Amendment Act 2012.
Human rights capacity support
Not applicableFunctions
- Performing promotional activities
Specific mandates
- Ombud with a mandate on maladministration
- Rights of the child
- Any other function under international human rights conventions, under EU legislation or under the national legal system
Structured cooperation with partners at national level
- Makes regular recommendations to other regulatory bodies and on legislation and policy that directly relate to children and include children in their scope, including, for example, the national disability strategy in 2024.
- Member of the British and Irish Network of Ombudsman and Children’s Commissioners.
Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level
- Member of the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children.
- Has submitted reports to different parts of the UN ahead of several key inspections of Ireland’s human rights performance, including to the UN Human Rights Council, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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