Commissioner for Human Rights

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Commissioner for Human Rights

Logo of the human rights commissioner
 
 
English name Commissioner for Human Rights
Seat of the organs Strasbourg
Chair Dunja Mijatović , Commissioner for Human Rights
founding

May 7, 1999

Upper organization

Council of Europe

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In May 1999 the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided to set up the office of a human rights commissioner . Its task is to campaign for the protection of human rights in the 47 member states and to raise public awareness of this issue. He also advises on issues relating to the protection of human rights and draws attention to any deficits that may exist.

To this end, he can, for example, submit written statements in the individual and state complaint proceedings and take part in the oral negotiations (Art. 36 ECHR in conjunction with Art. 44 of the Rules of Procedure of the European Court of Human Rights ).

The current Commissioner for Human Rights is Dunja Mijatović (since April 1, 2018). She follows Nils Muižnieks , Thomas Hammarberg and Álvaro Gil-Robles in office. The term of office is 6 years; re-election is not possible.

The Commissioner is independent and impartial and, along with the European Court of Human Rights, forms one of the pillars on which the human rights work of the oldest state organization on the continent rests.

Official

Commissioner Term of office Country of origin
Dunja Mijatović since 2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nils Muižnieks 2012-2018 Latvia
Thomas Hammarberg 2006–2012 Sweden
Álvaro Gil-Robles 1999-2006 Spain

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of November 4, 1950
  2. ↑ European Court of Human Rights - Rules of Procedure, Working Translation of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, July 1, 2014