OMBUDSMAN 594 Pursuant to Article 6 of the Act on National Preventive Mechanism Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Official Gazette, No. 18/11), the Ombudsman passes the following ORDINANCE ON THE PROCEDURE OF APPOINTMENT AND MANNER OF WORK OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF ASSOCIATIONS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY IN THE NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL AND INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT I. GENERAL PROVISION Article 1 (1) This Ordinance provides for the procedure of appointment and dismissal of two representatives from associations registered for the performance of activities in the area of the protection of human rights and two representatives of the academic community (hereinafter: representatives) to and from the National Preventive Mechanism Against Torture and Other Cruel and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (hereinafter: National Preventive Mechanism). (2) This Ordinance prescribes the manner of work of the representatives and independent experts in the National Preventive Mechanism. (3) The terms used in this Ordinance for persons of male gender are used neutrally and refer to both male and female persons. II. PROCEDURE OF APPOINTMENT Article 2 (1) Representatives shall be appointed and dismissed by the Ombudsman. The appointment shall be carried out on the basis of a public invitation. (2) The selection of representatives shall be carried out by means of the Ombudsman’s public invitation published in the Official Gazette, in at least one daily newspaper accessible in the entire territory of the Republic of Croatia and on the Ombudsman’s official website at least 90 days before the expiry of the mandate of the representative of the National Preventive Mechanism. Through the public invitation, associations registered for the performance of activities in the area of the protection of human rights and from the academic community are invited to submit their reasoned proposals for representatives in the National Preventive Mechanism. The time limit for the submission of proposals shall not be shorter than 15 days or longer than 30 days counting from the day of the publication of the invitation. (3) The Ombudsman shall consider all the submitted proposals which meet the conditions of the public invitation. (4) The Ombudsman shall appoint the representatives within 30 days from the expiry of the time limit for the submission of the proposals referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. (5) The representatives shall be appointed for a period of four years and may be reappointed. Article 3 The proposal for the appointment of representatives shall contain: 1.The name, surname and address of the candidate; 2. A photocopy of the citizenship document; 3. A curriculum vitae of the candidate; 4. A photocopy of a document proving the completion of undergraduate and graduate university studies, or of integrated undergraduate or graduate university studies or of a specialist professional study programme; 5. Reasons for the proposal; 6. A written candidate’s statement indicating that the candidate seeks to participate in the work of the National Preventive Mechanism in accordance with the provisions of the Act on the National Preventive Mechanism Against the Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and this Ordinance; 7. The name and the seat of the legal person or the name of the person authorised for representation and an excerpt from the Register of Associations of the Republic of Croatia not older than 6 months from which it is visible that the association is registered for the performance of activities in the area of the protection of human rights.