http://www.ombudsman.gov.cy/Ombudsman/ombudsma n.nsf/index_en/index_en?OpenDocument Year of establishment and Since 2009, the Ombudsman has collaborated with the legislative references National Preventive Mechanism for the prevention of torture, however the monitoring activity began on 1.1.2019 Type of body The body consists of independent state officials Number of operations 0 monitored in 2018 Number of returns Top 5 nationalities carried out in 2018 Total 484 Georgia Men n/a Ukraine Women n/a India Minors n/a Russia Vietnam Reporting Reports are drawn up which, if necessary, are sent to the Chief of Police and to the Director of the Department of Migration Civil society The involvement of other subjects (e.g. press) in forced interventions/ return monitoring is not envisaged. As a rule, the reports accessibility of the remain internal to the Ombudsman’s office, however reports information collected of visits from the various detention centres are published on the website Use of checklists Information not available Country Body responsible for monitoring Year of establishment and legislative references CZECH REPUBLIC Public Defender of Rights https://www.ochrance.cz/en/ Responsible for monitoring forced returns since 01.01.2011. The body was established with Act. No. 349/1999