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
Type(s) of body
National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)
Ombuds institution (OI)
Legal source(s)
- Law on the Ombudsperson (Закон за народниот правобранител),Official GazetteNo 60/2003
Human rights capacity support
Not applicableFunctions
- 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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