Body responsible for
monitoring
Year of establishment and
legislative references
Type of body
The Greek Ombudsman
https://www.synigoros.gr/?i=stp.en.home
Operational since 1 October 1998, responsible for
monitoring forced returns since 2011, law No. 3907/2011
Independent authority provided for by the Constitution. It
also constitutes the National Preventive Mechanism
Number of operations
41
monitored in 2018
All three phases monitored
Number of returns carried
Top 5 nationalities
out in 2018
Total 7,776
Albania
Men n/a
Iraq
Women n/a
Pakistan
Minors n/a
Georgia
Iran
Reporting
The report of each operation, filled in and signed by the
monitor in charge, is immediately submitted to the
Ombudsman and to the Deputy Ombudsman for Human
Rights and made available to the members of the monitoring
team
Civil society
On a quarterly basis, the Ombudsman addresses the main
interventions/accessibility conclusions, observations and suggestions to the
of the information
responsible Ministers and the Chief of Police and asks for
collected
the necessary measures to be taken. Each year, the
Ombudsman’s report is presented to the Parliament and The
Greek Ombudsman is invited to present his conclusions to
the competent Parliamentary Commission. The annual
report is published on the Ombudsman's website and
presented at an annual conference
Use of checklists
A pre-compiled model and an internally developed checklist
are used. All the information collected, comments and
suggestions, as well as the results of the monitoring, are
included in a report signed by the monitor
Country
HUNGARY
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