Responsibilities and functions
The ombudsman, as an extrajudicial guarantee authority, carries out his activities in complete freedom and independence.
His advisory activity and intervention, as an alternative to the remedies represented by administrative and jurisdictional appeals
The purpose of his advice and intervention, as an alternative to the remedies represented by administrative and jurisdictional appeals, is to guarantee the good performance, impartiality, transparency and legality of the action of the Public Administration (Article 97 of the Constitution).
Its advice and intervention, of a deterrent-persuasive nature, are free of charge.
The founding law (Provincial Law No. 28/1982) was amended by Provincial Law No. 5/2017, which established
(art. 9 bis) the Guarantor of Prisoners' Rights and the Guarantor of Children's Rights, operating autonomously
in the performance of their functions, and by Provincial Law No. 12/2020, which set the term of office of the Ombudsman and the Guarantors at five years.
For further information and to contact the Ombudsman, consult the dedicated section on the Provincial Council website.