3.2. RECOMMENDATIONS, OPINIONS AND LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES OF THE PROTECTOR OF CITIZENS RECOMMENDATIONS During 2019, the Protector of Citizens issued in total 736 recommendations to administrative authorities, 239 of which were in the oversight procedure and 497 in the expedited oversight procedure. Table 9 – Information on the actions of administrative bodies upon recommendations in 2019 issued Recommendations issued in the oversight procedure Recommendations issued in the expedited oversight procedure Total accepted recommendations in oversight procedures due accepted % of accepted due recomme ndations 239 98 81 82,65% 497 497 497 100% 736 595 578 97,14% Recommendations issued in preventive capacity (National Preventive Mechanism) 198 70 57 81,43% Total 934 665 635 95,48% Note: Issued recommendations are all recommendations sent to the authorities during 2019. Due recommendations are all those recommendations whose deadline for the action given in the text of the recommendation expired in 2019, irrespective of when the recommendation was issued. The accepted recommendations are all those recommendations implemented by administrative authorities or they notified the Protector of Citizens that they accepted them. Recommendations are recorded depending on the field of rights they refer to, i.e. whether they refer to the protection and improvement of the rights of vulnerable groups (persons deprived of their liberty, children, persons with disabilities, members of national minorities, field of gender equality) or they refer to the observance of the principles and standards of good administration. Among the total number of issued recommendations the majority – 118, almost 50 percent refers to the administration department. - 24 -