Guidebook
ANNEXES
Country
Status
Netherlands:
Netherlands
Institute for
Human Rights
A
Type
NPM
CRPD
ANNEX 3
Institute/Centre
No, but Inspectorate of Security and
Justice, the Health
Care Inspectorate, the
Inspectorate for Youth
Care & Council for
the Administration of
Criminal Justice and
Protection of Juveniles
Yes
OVERVIEW OF NHRIS WITH COMPLAINTS HANDLING MANDATE
Poland:
Commissioner for
Human Rights
A
Ombudsman
Yes
Yes
Portugal:
Portuguese
Ombudsman
A
Ombudsman
Yes
Yes
n/a
Slovakia:
Slovak National
Centre for Human
Rights
B
Slovenia:
Slovenian Human
Rights Ombudsman
B
A
Sweden:
Equality
Ombudsman
United Kingdom
3
B
3
Status
Type
Complaint Handling Mandate
Austria
Belgium
B
Ombudsman
Yes
B
Specialised institution
Yes, but only non-discrimination cases and CRPD
Bulgaria
A
Ombudsman
Croatia
A
Ombudsman
Yes
Cyprus
B
Ombudsman
Yes
Czech Republic
Romania:
Romanian
Ombudsman
(People’s Advocate)
Spain:
Spanish
Ombudsman
Country
A
Denmark 4
A
Ombudsman
Yes
Institute/Centre
No, but Parliamentary Ombudsman
Estonia
n/a
Ombudsman
Yes
A
Ombudsman, Human
Rights Centre, Human
Rights Delegation
Yes, Ombudsman
Ombudsman
Yes
Council for the
Monitoring of the
Implementation of
the CRPD
Finland
France
A
Consultative body
No, but Defensor des Droits
Institute/Centre
No
(no OPCAT ratification)
No, but Commissioner
for Persons with Disabilities
Germany
A
Institute/Centre
No
Greece
A
Consultative Body
No, but Greek Ombudsman
Hungary
A
Ombudsman
Yes
A
Commission
Yes
n/a
n/a
Ombudsman
Ombudsman
Specialised institution
Commissions
Yes, in collaboration
with NGOs (Slovenian
Red Cross, Legal
Information Center for
NGOs, Primus Institute,
Slovenian Federation of
Pensioners'
Organisations and
Novi paradoks)
No, but Council
for Persons with
Disabilities of the
Republic of Slovenia
(Svet za invalide
Republike Slovenije)
Yes
No, but Spanish
Committee of
Representatives
of Persons with
Disabilities (CERMI)
Italy
n/a
Latvia
A
Ombudsman
Yes
Lithuania
A
Ombudsman
Yes
A
Consultative Body
No
n/a
No, but Parliamentary Ombudsman
Luxembourg
Malta
No, but
Parliamentary
Ombudsman
No
Yes
Yes
The UK is not covered by the present project.
Ireland
n/a
Netherlands
A
Institute/Centre
No, but Ombudsman
Poland
A
Ombudsman
Yes
Portugal
A
Ombudsman
Yes
Romania
n/a
Ombudsman
Yes
Slovakia
B
Institute/Centre
No
Slovenia
B
Ombudsman
Yes
Spain
A
Ombudsman
Yes
Sweden
B
Specialised institution
No, but Parliamentary Ombudsman
United Kingdom 5
A
Commission
Yes, partly
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5
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n/a
Denmark is not covered by the present project.
The UK is not covered by the present project.
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