How is your application examined?
After the Defender of Rights receives your application, jurists will consider and examine your application. If your application does not enter one of the fields of competence of the Defender, it will deny considering it further, but will refer you to organisations and people who might.
If the Defender of Rights decides to open a verification case, it may request more information from you, the state institutions that you have complained about, or anyone who might be of interest to it. If needed, it may also request information from other institutions or experts. To help it fulfil its missions, the law grants the Defender of Rights broad investigative powers. For example, summons ordered by the Defender of Rights are mandatory.
After the Defender of Rights has gathered all the information it needs for the examination of your case, it will issue an opinion. In the opinion, the Defender of Rights can either conclude that there has been a violation of your human rights or decide that your rights have not been violated.
If the Defender of Rights has concluded that a state institution has violated your human rights, it may inform the relevant state institution about this opinion.
Read more about the effect of this opinion.