| | Click to view the worldwide status of NPM Designations | 
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| Country | Ratification Date
| NPM Options
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| Albania | 01 October 2003
| People's Advocate (Parliamentary Ombudsman or Avokati i Popullit) |
Armenia
| 14 September 2006
| Human Rights Defender's Office
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Azerbaijan
| 28 January 2009
| Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson's Office)
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Costa Rica
| 01 December 2005
| La Defensoría de los Habitantes |
Cyprus
| 29 April 2009
| The Office of the Commissioner for Administration (Ombudsman) |
Czech Republic
| 10 July 2006
| Public Defender of Rights (Ombudsman)
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Denmark
| 25 June 2004
| Parliamentary Commissioner for Civil and Military Administration (Folketingets Ombudsmand or Ombudsman )
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Estonia
| 18 December 2006
| Office of the Chancellor of Justice (Õiguskantsler or Ombudsman)
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Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia
| 13 February 2009
| Ombudsman possibly in agreement with NGOs and humanitarian organisations (to be defined) |
France
| 11 November 2008
| General Inspector of Places of Deprivation of Liberty (Contrôleur général des lieux de privation de liberté) French Website English Website
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Georgia
| 09 August 2005
| Public Defender |
Germany
| 04 December 2008
| Federal Agency for the Prevention of Torture (Bundesstelle zur Verhütung von Folter) and the Joint Commission of the Länder (to be established) |
Honduras
| 23 May 2006
| National Committee for the Prevention of Torture |
| Liechtenstein | 03 November 2006
| Corrections Commission
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Maldives
| 15 February 2006
| Human Rights Commission of the Maldives
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Mali
| 12 May 2005
| National Human Rights Commission (Commission nationale des droits de l’homme)
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Malta
| 24 September 2003
| Board of Visitors for Detained Persons and Board of Visitors of the Prisons |
Mauritius
| 21 June 2005
| National Human Rights Commission
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| Mexico | 11 April 2005
| National Human Rights Comission (Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos)
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| New Zealand | 14 March 2007
| Multiple body, 5 different bodies coordinated by the Human Rights Commission (central NPM), and comprising the Office of the Ombudsman, the Independent Police Conduct Authority, the Office of the Children’s Commissioner and the Inspector of Service Penal Establishments of the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces
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Nigeria
| 27 July 2009
| National Committee on Torture - For further information
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Poland
| 14 September 2005
| Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection (Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich)
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Republic of Moldova
| 24 July 2006
| National Centre for Human Rights (Ombudsmen’s Office) and a Consultative Council (12 civil society representatives and independent experts)
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Senegal
| 18 October 2006
| National Observer for Places of Deprivation of Liberty (Observateur National des Lieux de Privation de Liberté) |
Slovenia
| 23 January 2007
| Human Rights Ombudsperson's Office
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Spain
| 04 April 2006
| Ombudsperson's Office (Defensoría del Pueblo) with a Consultative Council  |
| Sweden | 14 September 2005
| Parliamentary Ombudsman (Riksdagens Ombudsmän) and the Chancellor of Justice (Justitiekanslern) |
Switzerland
| 24 September 2009
| National Commission for the Prevention of Torture |
United Kingdom
| 10 December 2003
| 18 bodies were designated as part of the UK NPM, coordinated by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons - Click for a complete list |
Uruguay
| 08 December 2005
| National Human Rights Institution (Institución Nacional de Derechos Humanos)
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The APT would like to thank its national and regional partners who regularly inform us about the national situation regarding the designation and establishment of National Preventive Mechanisms.
N.B: We encourage any State Party which has designated or is due to designate a National Preventive Mechanism to inform the SPT Secretariat of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva of the designation. The OHCHR does not always receive official notification, including from some of the authorities in the above mentioned countries. |
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