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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE

➢ On-site human rights works will be carried out within the activities of the
OICOA.

➢ Activities aimed at increasing the culture of seeking legal rights for our citizens
living abroad will be continued.

➢ It will be ensured that the posts shared in Turkish language through social media
accounts of the Institution will also be shared in foreign languages as well.

➢ International workshops will be organized to solve the problems of women,
children, people with disabilities and people deprived of their liberty, and the
results will be reported.

7.2 EXPECTATIONS

• Regarding the Ombudsman Institutions, the Venice Commission adopted the
“Principles on the Protection and Promotion of the Ombudsman Institution
in 2019. These Principles were also endorsed by the Committee of Ministers
of the Council of Europe on 2 May 2019. The core principle is creation of
an Ombudsman mechanism which is based on independence, objectivity,
transparency, fairness and impartiality. When the Constitution, the Law on the
Ombudsman Institution of Türkiye No. 6328 as well as other legislation are
examined, it is clearly seen that the Ombudsman Institution of Türkiye is mostly
in compliance with the above-mentioned Venice Principles. However, as stated
in the Article 16 of the Venice Principles, it is important that the Ombudsman
shall have discretionary power on his/her own initiative to investigate cases.
When the global Ombudsman Institutions are examined, it is seen that around
in 80% of the countries, the Ombudsman Institutions have the power to act on
his/her own initiative and therefore they are entitled to regularly visit prisons,
detention centers for children, the psychiatry centers, refugee camps and similar
places without receiving a compliant. In this regard, it is believed that giving the
power to act on its own initiative to the Ombudsman Institution of Türkiye will
highly contribute to the spreading of the culture of human rights, and resolving
the problems of the disabled, children, women and other fragile segments of the
society.

• In most countries, the Ombudsman Institutions have the duties of national
preventive mechanisms, intervening in proceedings, and the power to file a suit
against the Constitutional Court. In this regard, it is deemed appropriate to give
power to the Institution to perform the duties of national preventive mechanism,
the power to intervene in proceedings and to file a suit against the Constitutional

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