National Guarantor for the Rights of Persons Detained or Deprived of Liberty

Organisation name in original language

Garante nazionale per i diritti delle persone detenute o private della libertà personale

Category of human rights structure

Statutory human rights body

Country

Italy

Type(s) of body

Other

Address

Via di San Francesco di Sales 34, 00165
Rome

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Legal source(s)

  • Article 7 of Decree-Law No 146 of 23 December 2013, which was converted into Law No 10 of 21 February 2014

Human rights capacity support

Not applicable

Functions

  • Oversight
  • Collecting data on human rights violations
  • Other

Specific mandates

  • 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
  • Monitoring of forced returns

Structured cooperation with partners at national level

  • Presents a report of its activities to the Italian parliament each year.

Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level

  • None

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