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NAMIBIA

NATIONAL OMBUDSMAN
(I.O.I.)
Adv. Bience P. Gawanas
69 Robert Mugabe Ave.
Private Bag 13211, WINDHOEK 9000
Republic of Namibia
Telephone: 264 61 225998
Fax: 264 61 226838

THE NETHERLANDS

NATIONAL OMBUDSMAN

De Nationale Ombudsman
(I.O.I.)
Dr. Marten Oosting
Stadhoudersplantsoen 2
P.O. Box 29729,
2502 LS THE HAGUE
The Netherlands
Telephone: 31 70 3 563 563
Fax: 31 70 3 615 072
Email: ombudsm@netland.nl
Http://www.ombudsman.nl
Deputy Ombudsman:
Ms. Leig de Bruin

LOCAL OMBUDSVEN

Municipal Ombudsman, Amsterdam
Mrs. Nora H.C. Salomons
Amstel 1
1011 PN AMSTERDAM
The Netherlands
Telephone: 31 20 6259999

Municipal Ombudsman, Groningen
Mrs. drs. Jeltje M.C. Meulenbroek
P.O. Box 20001
9700 PB GRONINGEN
The Netherlands
Telephone: 31 50 3186568
Fax: 31 50 3188838

Municipal Ombudsman, Meppel
Mr. Koen T. Schuiling
p/a Gemeentehuis Meppel
Postbus 501, 7940 AM MEPPEL
The Netherlands
Telephone: 31 522 264457

Municipal Ombudsman, Nijmegen
Mr. Joop Th. de Zeeuw
Ombudsman
P.O. Box 9105
6500 HG NIJMEGEN
The Netherlands
Telephone: 31 24 3292295
Fax: 31 24 3292292

Municipal Ombudsman, Rotterdam and
Vlaardingen
(I.O.I.)
Mr. Migiel van Kinderen
Coolsingel 6, 6th., Floor
3011 AD ROTTERDAM
The Netherlands
Telephone: 31 10 4111600
Fax: 31 10 4172798

Municipal Ombudsman, The Hague
(I.O.I.)
Mrs. Thesa L. Blom-de Kock van Leeuwen
Piet Heinplein 67
2518 BX THE HAGUE
The Netherlands
Telephone: 31 70 3469565

Municipal Ombudsman, Utrecht and Houten
Mrs. Thea F.W.M. Quant
P.O. Box 1307
3500 BH UTRECHT
The Netherlands
Telephone: 31 30 23 13110
Fax: 31 30 23 43327

NEW ZEALAND

NATIONAL OMBUDSMAN

Te Kaitiaki Mana Tangata
(I.O.I.)
Chief Ombudsman:
Sir Brian Elwood
14th. Floor, Sun Microsystems House
70 The Terrace, WELLINGTON
New Zealand
Telephone: 64 4 473 9533
Fax: 64 4 471 2254

Ombudsman:
Judge Anand Satyanand

NIGERIA

Public Complaints Commission
(I.O.I.)
Chief Commissioner:
Chief Jackson I. Edokpa
Public Complaints Commission
Headquarters, P.M.B. 68, Garki
ABUJA, Nigeria
Telephone: 09 523 7271
Fax: 09 234 3654

NORWAY

Stortingets Ombudsmann for Forvaltningen
(I.O.I.)
Mr. Arne Fliflet
Mollergt. 4, Postboks 8028
0030 OSLO 1, Norway
Telephone: 47 2 2427420
Fax: 47 2 2332326

PAKISTAN

NATIONAL OMBUDSMAN

Wafaqi Mohtasib
(Ombudsman)
(I.O.I.)
Mr. Justice (Rtd.) Abdul Shakurul Salam
Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat
Zero Point
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
Telephone: 92 51 9211265
Fax: 92 51 9210 487b

REGIONAL OMBUDSMAN

Wafaqi Mohtasib
(Ombudsman)
(I.O.I.)
Mr. Tariq Masud
Old Secretariat
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan
Telephone: 92 058 2142

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Ombudsman Commission
(I.O.I.)
Chief Ombudsman:
Mr. Simon Pentanu
Box 852 BOROKO, Papua New Guinea
Telephone: 675 3 259 955
Fax 675 3 259 220

Ombudsmen:
Mr. Joe Waugla
Mr. Ninchib Tetang

PARAGUAY

MUNICIPAL OMBUDSMAN

Defensora Vecinal de Asunción
Dra. Leni Pane de Pérez-,Maricevich
Mariscal Lopez y Capitan Villamayor
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay
Telephone: 595 21 66 33 11
Fax: 595 21 61 05 73

PERU

PROVINCIAL OMBUDSMAN
(I.O.I.)
Defensor del Pueblo
Dr. Jorge Santistevan de Noriega
Avenue Nicolas de Piérola 1065, piso 3
LIMA, Peru
Telephone: 51 1 426 7800
Fax: 51 1 426 7889

PHILIPPINES

NATIONAL OMBUDSMAN

Mr. Aniano A. Desierto
Arroceros Street
Ermita, MANILA
Republic of the Philippines
Telephone: 528 9091
Fax: 528 9092
Overall Deputy
Mr. Francisco A. Villa

POLAND

NATIONAL OMBUDSMAN

Civil Rights Protector
(I.O.I.)
Professor Adam Zielinski
Al. Solidarnosci 77
P.L. 003, WARSZAWA, Poland
Telephone: 48 22 276261
Fax: 48 22 8276453

PORTUGAL

Provedor de Justiça
(I.O.I.)
Mr. José Menéres Pimentel
Gabinete do Provedor
Rua do Pau de Bandeira, 7 e 9
1200 LISBOA, Portugal
Telephone: 351.1. 608161/8
Fax: 351.1. 3961243
Email: provedore@mail.telepac.pt

ROMANIA

Ombudsman
Mr. Paul Mitroi
Secretary General of the Senate
1, Piata Revolutiei
BUCHAREST, Romania
Fax: 0040 312 1752

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

High Commissioner for Human Rights
Mr. Vladimir Kartachkine
4/10, 6 entrance
Ipatievsky Side Street
MOSCOW, 103132, Russian Federation
Telephone: 7 095 2062848
Fax: 7 095 2065702

SAINT LUCIA

Parliamentary Commissioner
Mr. Lawrence M. P. Laurent
c/o Parliament Office
Laborie Street, CASTRIES
Saint Lucia
Telephone: 758 452 3997

SENEGAL

Médiateur de la République
(I.O.I.)
Professor Seydou Madani SY
Boulevard Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ave. Nelson Mandela B.P. 6434
DAKAR ETOILE, Senegal
Telephone: (221) 22 39 95
Fax: (221) 22 99 33

SEYCHELLES

Ombudsman
(I.O.I.)
Mr. Bernardin Renaud
Suite 306, Aarti Chambers
Mont Fleuri, P.O. Box 736
VICTORIA, Seychelles
Telephone: 248 22 5147
Fax: 248 22 5737

SLOVENIA

Human Rights Ombudsman
(I.O.I.)
Mr. Iván Bizjak
Dunajska 56
1109 LJUBLJANA, Slovenia
Telephone: 386 61 1750 000
Fax: 386 61 1750 040
Email: Ivan.Biziak@Varuh.sigov.mail.si

Deputy Ombudsman:
Mr. Jernej Rovsek

SOLOMON ISLANDS

Ombudsman
Sir Peter Kenilorea
Kalala House, P.O. Box 535
HONIARA, Solomon Islands

SOUTH AFRICA

Public Protector
(I.O.I.)
Mr. Selby Baqwa
Private Bag X677
228 Visagie Street
PRETORIA 0001, South Africa
Telephone: 27 12 322 2916
Fax: 27 12 322 5093
Http://www.polity.irg.za/govt/pubprot

Deputy Ombudsman
Dr. M. Schutte

SOUTH KOREA

Ombudsman
(I.O.I.)
Mr. Kang Won IL
12th Floor, Imkwang Building
Mlkun-dong, Seodaemun-ku
SEOUL 120-020, South Korea
Telephone: 82 2 720 8762
Fax: 82 2 720 6091

SPAIN

NATIONAL OMBUDSMAN

Defensor del Pueblo
(I.O.I.)
Mr. Fernando Alvarez de Miranda y Torres
Eduardo Dato 31
MADRID 28.010 Spain
Telephone: 34 1 432 7900
Fax: 34 1 308 1158
Deputy Ombudsman:
Mr. Antonio Rovira Viñas

REGIONAL OMBUDSMEN

Defensor del Pueblo, Andaluz
José Chamizo de la Rubia
Calle Reyes Católicos, n & deg;21
41001 SEVILLA, Spain
Telephone: 34 95 4212121
Fax: 34 95 4214497
Email: defensor@eintec.es
Internet: http://www.defensor.caan.es

El Diputado del Comun de Canarias
Mr. Arcadio D. Tejera
C/ O'Daly, 28
E - 38700 SANTA CRUZ DE LAS PALMAS
Canary Islands
Telephone: 34 922 416040
Fax: 34 922 415228

Sindic de Greuges de Catalunya
(I.O.I.)
Excm. Sr. Anton Cañellas
c/Josep Ansel, Clavé, 31
08002 BARCELONA, Spain
Telephone: 343 93 301 80 75
Fax: 343 93 301 31 87

Ararteko Pays Vasco
(I.O.I.)
Xabier Markiegi Candina
Ombudsman du Pays Basque
Parliament Basque, Becerro de Bengoa, s/n
01035 VITORIA-GASTEIZ, Spain
Telephone: 34 45 135118
Fax: 34 45 135102

Sindic de Greuges de la Comunidad Valenciana
(I.O.I.)
Mr. Arturo Lizón
Plaza Navarro Rodrigo, nº 7 y 8
CP 03007 ALICANTE, Spain
Telephone: 96 592 3733
Fax: 96 522 7050
Email: xbover@redestb.es

El Justica de Aragón
Excmo. Sr. Juan Bautista Monserrat Mesanza
c/o Juan de Aragón, 7
50.001 ZARAGOZA
Spain
Telephone: 976 399354
Fax: 976 394632

Valedor do Pobo de Galicia
Mr. José Cora Rodriguez
Hórreo 65, 15071 SANTIAGO
de COMPOTELA (La Coruña), Spain
Telephone: 34 9815 71900
Fax: 34 9815 72335

Procurador del Comun de Castilla Y Leon
Mr. Fernando Santamaria
Casa del Pere-rino
Plaza de San Marcos, no. 5
24001 LEON, Spain
Telephone: 987 27 00 95
Fax: 987 27 31 41

SRI LANKA

Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
(I.O.I.)
Professor Bertram Bastiampillai
No. 594/3 Galle Road
COLOMBO 3, Sri Lanka
Telephone: 94 1 588982
Fax: 94 1 585896

SUDAN

Ombudsman
Dr. Barakat Musa Elhawati
Public Control & Administrative
Evaluation Bureau
P.O. Box 6139
KHARTOUM, The Sudan
Telephone: 249 11 784009
Fax.- 249 11 785464

SWAZILAND

Ombudsman
Mr. Robert A. Mabila
The Ombudsman's Office
P.O. Box 2423
MBABANBE, Swaziland

SWEDEN

Parliamentary Ombudsman
(I.O.I.)
Chief Ombudsman:
Mr. Claes Eklundh
Riksdagens Ombudsmän
Box 16327, S 103 26
STOCKHOLM, Sweden
Telephone: 46 8 786 4000
Fax: 46 8 216 558

Ombudsmen:
Mr. Rune Lavin
Ms. Suzanne Knöös
Mr. Jan Pennlöv

SWITZERLAND

REGIONAL OMBUDSMEN

Ombudsmann des Kantons Basel Stadt
(I.O.I.)
Mr. Andreas Nabholz
Freie Strasse 52
CH-4001 BASEL. Switzerland
Telephone: 41 61 261 60 50
Fax 41 61 261 66 58

Municipal Ombudsman, Bern
Mr. Mario Fluckinger
Postfach 537
CH - 3000
BERN 8, Switzerland

Ombudsmann des Kantons Zilrich
(I.O.I.)
Mr. Markus Kägi-Steiner
Alfred Escher-Strasse 11
CH - 8090 ZÜRICH, Switzerland
Telephone: 41 1 202 32 42
Fax: 41 1 202 46 35

MUNICIPAL OMBUDSMEN

Municipal Ombudsman, Winterthur
(I.O.I.)
Mr. Karl Stengel
Obertor 40
CH - 8402 WINTERTHUR
Switzerland
Telephone: 052 212 1777
Fax: 052 212 0466

Municipal Ombudsman, Ziirich Stadt
(I.O.I.)
Dr. Werner Moser
Oberdorfstrasse 10
CH - 8001 ZÜRICH, Switzerland
Telephone: 41 1 261 37 33
Fax: 41 1 261 37 18

TAIWAN

Control Yuan
(I.O.I.)
Chairman: Mr. Louis R. Chao
International Affaires Committee
Sec. 1 Chunchsiao East Road
TAIPEI, 10023 Taiwan, R.O.C.
Telephone: 886 2 23410596
Fax: 886 2 23917491

TANZANIA

Permanent Commission of Enquiry
Chairman:
Mr. Ibrshim S.A. Kajembo
P.O. Box 2643, DAR ES SALAAM
United Republic of Tanzania
Telephone: 255 51 26181/4
Fax: 255 51 28218

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Office of the Ombudsman
(I.O.I.)
Ms. Lynette A. Stephenson, S.C.
132 Henry Street
Port of Spain
Trinidad & Tobago
Telephone: 868-624-1239
Fax: 868-625-0717
email:        stephensonl@ombudsman.gov.tt
website:    www.ombudsman.gov.tt

 

TUNISIA

Médiateur Administratif
(I.O.I.)
M. Mohammed Assid
Secrétariat d'Etat à la Réforme
Administrative et à la Fonction Publique
LA KASBAH, 1006 Tunis, Tunisia
Telephone: 216 1 781384
Fax: 216 1780292

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