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National Ombudsmen
Belgium
Le Médiateur fédéral / De federale Ombudsman
Rue de Louvain 48, bte 6 / Leuvenseweg 48 bus 6
BE - 1000 Bruxelles / BE - 1000 Brussel
Tel.:+32 2 289 27 27
Fax:+32 2 289 27 28
http://www.federalombudsman.be
Regional Ombudsmen >
Bulgaria
Омбудсман на Република България
22 George Washington Street
BG -1000 Sofia
Tel.:+359 2 81 06 955
Fax:+359 2 81 06 963
http://www.ombudsman.bg
Czech Republic
Veřejný ochránce práv
Údolní 39
CZ-602 00 Brno
Tel.:+420 542 542 888
Fax:+420 542 542 772
http://www.ochrance.cz
Denmark
Folketingets Ombudsmand
Gammel Torv 22
DK-1457 Copenhagen K
Tel.:+45 33 13 25 12
Fax:+45 33 13 07 17
http://www.ombudsmanden.dk
Germany
Petitionsausschuss
Deutscher Bundestag
Platz der Republik 1
DE-11011 Berlin
Tel.:+49 30 227 35257
Fax:+49 30 227 36053
https://epetitionen.bundestag.de/epet/peteinreichen.html
Regional Ombudsmen >
Estonia
Õiguskantsler
Kohtu 8
EE-15193 Tallinn
Tel.:+372 693 8400
Fax:+372 693 8401
http://www.oiguskantsler.ee
Ireland
Office of the Ombudsman
18 Lower Leeson Street
IE-Dublin 2
Tel.:+353 1 678 5222
Fax:+353 1 661 0570
https://www.ombudsman.ie
Greece
Ombudsman
17 Halkokondyli Street
GR - 10432 Athens
Tel.:+30 213 1306 600
Fax:+30 213 1306 800
http://www.synigoros.gr
Spain
Defensora del Pueblo
Paseo Eduardo Dato, 31 y
Calle Zurbano, 42
ES-28010 Madrid
Tel.:+34 91 432 79 00
Fax:+34 91 308 11 58
http://www.defensordelpueblo.es
Regional Ombudsmen >
France
Défenseur des droits
7 rue Saint-Florentin
FR - 75008 Paris
Tel.:+33 1 53 29 22 00
Fax:+33 1 53 29 22 45
http://www.defenseurdesdroits.fr
Croatia
Pučki pravobranitelj
Trg hrvatskih velikana 6
HR-10000 Zagreb
Tel.:+385 1 4851 855
Fax:+385 1 6431 628
http://www.ombudsman.hr
Italy
Coordinamento Nazionale dei Difensori Civici delle Regioni e delle Province autonome
Via Pietro Cossa, 41
IT-00193 Roma
Tel.:+39 06 3600 3673
Fax:+39 06 3600 4775
http://www.difesacivicaitalia.it/
Regional Ombudsmen >
Cyprus
Γραφείο Επιτρόπου Διοικήσεως
Era House
Diagorou 2
CY-1097 Nicosia
Tel.:+357 22 405500
Fax:+357 22 672881
http://www.ombudsman.gov.cy
Latvia
Valsts Tiesibsarga birojs
Baznicas iela 25
LV-1010 Rīga
Tel.:+371 67686768
Fax:+371 67244074
http://www.tiesibsargs.lv
Lithuania
Seimo kontrolierių įstaiga
Gedimino pr. 56
LT-01110 Vilnius
Tel.:+370 5 266 51 05
Fax:+370 5 266 51 38
http://www.lrski.lt
Luxembourg
Ombudsman
36, rue du Marché-aux-Herbes
LU-1728 Luxembourg
Tel.:+352 26 27 01 01
Fax:+352 26 27 01 02
http://www.ombudsman.lu
Hungary
Alapvető Jogok Biztosa
Nádor u. 22
HU-1051 Budapest
Tel.:+36 1 475 7100
Fax:+36 1 269 1615
http://www.ajbh.hu
Malta
Office of the Ombudsman
11 St Paul Street
MT-Valletta VLT 07
Tel.:+356 21 24 79 44
Fax:+356 21 24 79 24
http://www.ombudsman.org.mt
Netherlands
Nationale Ombudsman
Bezuidenhoutseweg 151
PO Box 93122
NL-2509 AC Den Haag
Tel.:+31 70 356 35 63
Fax:+31 70 360 75 72
http://www.nationaleombudsman.nl
Austria
Volksanwaltschaft
Singerstraße 17
Postfach 20
AT-1015 Wien
Tel.:+43 (1) 515 05-0
Fax:+43 (1) 515 05-150
http://www.volksanwaltschaft.gv.at
Regional Ombudsmen >
Poland
Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich
Aleja Solidarności 77
PL-00-090 Warszawa
Tel.:+48 22 551 77 00
Fax:+48 22 827 64 53
http://www.rpo.gov.pl
Portugal
Provedor de Justiça
Rua Pau de Bandeira, 7-9
PT-1249-088 Lisboa
Tel.:+351 213 926 600
Fax:+351 213 961 243
http://www.provedor-jus.pt
Romania
Avocatul Poporului
Str. George Vraca nr. 8, Sector 1
RO-010146 București
Tel.:+40 21 312 71 34
Fax:+40 21 312 49 21
http://www.avp.ro
Slovenia
Varuh človekovih pravic RS
Dunajska 56
SI-1109 Ljubljana
Tel.:+386 1 475 00 50
Fax:+386 1 475 00 40
http://www.varuh-rs.si
Slovakia
Kancelária verejného ochrancu práv
Grösslingová 35
SK - 811 09 Bratislava - Staré Mesto
Tel.:+421 2 323 63 705
Fax:+421 2 323 63 703
http://www.vop.gov.sk
Finland
Eduskunnan oikeusasiamies
Arkadiankatu 3
FI-00102 Helsinki
Tel.:+358 9 4321
Fax:+358 9 432 2268
http://www.oikeusasiamies.fi
Finland
Oikeuskanslerinvirasto
PL 20
FI-00023 Valtioneuvosto
Tel.:+358 9 16001
Fax:+358 9 160 23975
http://www.oikeuskansleri.fi
Sweden
Riksdagens ombudsmän - JO
Box 16327
SE-10326 Stockholm
Tel.:+46 8 786 40 00
Fax:+46 8 21 65 58
http://www.jo.se
United Kingdom
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Millbank Tower
Millbank
UK-London SW1P 4QP
Tel.:+44 345 015 4033
Fax:+44 300 061 4000
http://www.ombudsman.org.uk
Regional Ombudsmen >
Norway
Sivilombudsmannen
PO Box 3 Sentrum
NO-0101 Oslo
Tel.:+47 22 82 85 00
Fax:+47 22 82 85 11
http://www.sivilombudsmannen.no