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.
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