Type of body It also constitutes the National Preventive Mechanism. The Ombudsman is directly elected by Parliament and is an independent body Number of operations 3 monitored in 2018 All three phases monitored Number of returns carried Top 5 nationalities out in 2018 Total 103 Vietnam Men 81 Russia Women 23 Kazakhstan Minors n/a Belarus Moldova Reporting After the operation has ended, the monitor prepares a report on the progress of the operation to be forwarded to the State Border Guard and containing critical issues and recommendations. If violations of rights are raised, the monitor may ask the head of the State Border Guard to conduct an in-depth investigation Civil society Internal reports are not public, while annual reports are interventions/accessibility published on the website and the results of operations are of the information published in the annual report collected Use of checklists An internal checklist is used to subsequently draft the report