Oversight mechanisms Table 12: National Preventive Mechanisms set up under Article 17 of OPCAT, examples of immigration detention reports, 21 EU Member States EU Member State National Preventive Mechanism Reports between January 2015 and April 2017 including immigration detention of children (examples) AT Austrian Ombudsman Board (Volksanwaltschaft) Annual Report 2015 on the Activities of the Austrian National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), June 2016, pp. 67-71. BG The Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria (Омбудсман на Република Бьлария - ORB) Годишен доклад на Омбудсмана като Национален превантивен механизъм за 2016 (Annual Report of the Ombudsman as a National Preventive Mechanism 2016), 15 February 2017, pp. 11-18. CY Commissioner for Administration and Human Rights (Ombudsman) (Επίτροπος Διοικήσεως και Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων) Έκθεση αναφορικά με την επίσκεψη που διενεργήθηκε στα αστυνομικά κρατητήρια Πάφου στις 3 Οκτωβρίου 2014 (Report on the visit implemented in the Paphos Police Cells on 3 October 2014), 2 March 2015, No. EMP 2.15. CZ Public Defender of Rights (Veřejný ochránce práv) Report on Visit to the Detention of Foreigners Bělá-Jezová, 22 December 2016. Report on Visit to the Facility for Detention of Foreigners Bělá-Jezová, 9 September 2015. DE National Agency for the Prevention of Torture (Nationale Stelle zur Verhütung von Folter) Annual Report 2015 of the Federal Agency and of the Joint Commission, 2016, p. 33 f. DK Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman (Folketingets Ombudsmand) Tilsynsbesøg i Børnecenter Hundstrup (Visit to Children’s Centre Hundstrup), Closing letter, 31 January 2017. EE Chancellor of Justice (Õiguskantsler) 2015-2016 Overview of the Chancellor of Justice Activities, pp. 26-27. EL Greek Ombudsman (Συνήγορος του πολίτη) Πρόληψη βασανιστηρίων και κακομεταχείρισης- Ειδική Έκθεση 2016 (Prevention of torture and ill-treatment – Special report 2016), 31 December 2016, pp. 143-145. ES Ombudsman (Defensor del Pueblo) Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism against Torture Annual Report 2015, p. 100. FI Parliamentary Ombudsman (Eduskunnan Eduskunnan Oikeusasiamiehen Kertomus Vuodelta 2015 Oikeusasiamies/ Riksdagens (Parliamentary Ombudsman’s Report for 2015), 2016, p. 237. Justitieombdusman) FR General Controller of Places of Deprivation of Liberty (Contrôleur général des lieux de privation de liberté) Annual report 2015, pp. 95-96; Enquêtes sur les placements de familles en centre de rétention administrative (Investigations on the placements of families in administrative detention centres), July and September 2015. HR Ombudswoman of the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska / Pučki Pravobranitelj) Izvješće pučke Pravobraniteljice za 2016 (Report of the Ombudsperson for 2016), 31 March 2017, p. 189. HU Commissioner for Fundamental Rights (Alapvető Jogok Biztosának Hivatala) Report on monitoring the Debrecen Guarded Refugee Reception Centre, case AJB-366/2015, April 2015. 89

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