Table 6: Case Intake from 2016 to 2019
2016
2017
2018
Ministries/Departments
252
287
234
As at June
2019
104
Local Authorities
85
102
100
77
Rodrigues Regional Assembly
18
28
26
27
Total
355
417
360
208
Source: Office of the Ombudsman
Table 7: Service information provided to the public from 2016 to 2019.
2016
2017
2018
As at
June 2019
No. of persons who called at
our Office
476
498
295
140
Working trip to Rodrigues
18
60
50
59
Telephone
300
400
750
326
Source: Office of the Ombudsman
II.
THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
63.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was established under the Protection of
Human Rights Act and is mandated to deal with complaints relating to civil and political rights as
set out in Chapter II of our Constitution.
64.
The NHRC consist of 2 divisions, namely the Human Rights Division and the National
Preventive Division given that the Police Complaints Division is no longer in operation with the
establishment of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
65.
Awareness campaigns are also conducted by the NHRC and statistics provided are at
Annex 2.
66.
Details about the activities and cases handled at the NHRC as follows:
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