Ombudsman of the Republic of North Macedonia

Organisation name in original language

n/a

Category of human rights structure

Statutory human rights body

Country

North Macedonia

Website URL

Type(s) of body

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)
Ombuds institution (OI)

Address

Makosped Building, Makedonija 19, 1000 Skopje

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Legal source(s)

Human rights capacity support

Not applicable

Functions

  • Oversight
  • Providing remedy
  • 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 mechanism under the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
  • National monitoring mechanism under CRPD
  • Equality body with a mandate on equal treatment
  • Monitoring of forced returns
  • Reporting in trafficking in human beings
  • Rights of the child

Structured cooperation with partners at national level

  • Part of the national coordinating body established to monitor the state of non-discrimination
  • Memorandum of understanding with the Commission for Prevention and Protection against Discrimination
  • Cooperation with the Ministry of Social Policy, Demography and Youth
  • Memorandum of understanding with the civil-society organisation Romalitico
  • Joint memorandum of understanding with 23 civil-society organisations

Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level

  • n/a

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