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We protect and defend your rights before Spanish public administrations and institutions

Any person, association or entity may file a complaint. Our work is free of charge

The Administration and public institutions accept most of our resolutions

How to file a complaint?

Describe the problem clearly and simply, indicating the name of the administration (government office or agency) with which you disagree. Include your full name and mailing address, your phone number and email address.

Fundamental Rights

In Spain: human dignity; the inviolable and inherent rights of human beings; the free development of the personality; respect for the law and for the rights of others are considered fundamental to public order and social peace.

Defensor as NPM

The Spanish Parliament decided in late 2009 to assign the status of National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture (NPM) to the Defensor del Pueblo, through the Organic Law 1/2009 of 3rd November 2009.

The Defensor and the Rights of children

Concern for and interest in the rights of children and adolescents, especially those who are in vulnerable situations, has been a continuous feature of the activity of the Defensor del Pueblo.

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