Service Information

• Receive complaints and investigate human rights violations;
• Carry out regular, notified or unannounced visits to all places of detention and make recommendations to the competent authorities in order to improve the treatment and situation of persons deprived of their liberty;
• Prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in accordance with relevant universal, regional or national standards;
• Fight against rape and gender-based violence;
• Refer cases of violation of human rights to the Public Ministry;
• Provide or facilitate legal assistance to victims of human rights violations, in particular women and children and vulnerable people;
• To draw the attention of the government to all cases of violation of human rights wherever they occur and to propose all measures likely to promote the protection of these rights.