Ombudsman

Organisation name in original language

Ombudsman

Category of human rights structure

Statutory human rights body

Country

Luxembourg

Type(s) of body

Ombuds institution (OI)

Address

36, rue du Marché-aux-Herbes, L-1728 Luxembourg

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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 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 CRPD

Structured cooperation with partners at national level

  • Municipalities and public establishments
  • Government services relevant to places of deprivation of liberty
  • Interministerial Human Rights Committee
  • Ministries and their services
  • Chamber of Deputies
  • Experts from associations related to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Civil-society organisations

Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level

  • Member of the International Ombudsman Institute
  • UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
  • Member of the Association of Francophone Ombudsmen and Mediators
  • European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
  • Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA)
  • Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO)
  • Member of the European Network of Ombudsmen
  • European Ombudsman
  • European Commission

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