At the hospital, our team is verifying the condition of every injured person, citizen or police officer, and is guaranteeing everyone’s right to full medical assistance.

At the police station, our team is verifying the respect of legal guarantees for every escorted and detained person: legal deadlines, access to a lawyer, notification of family members, and conditions of detention.

Initial evidence on the circumstances of the injuries is also being documented, including any allegations of excessive use of force.

The right to peaceful protest, the right to health, and guarantees of personal freedom must be respected in all circumstances.

Support for human rights systems and defenders

EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

The 2026 European Commission report on the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights will focus on the role of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), Equality Bodies and Ombuds institutions in upholding and promoting the Charter.

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FRA contributed with evidence collected between 2020 and 2026. It analysed these bodies’ institutional setup and mandates, their use of the Charter, the challenges they face in fulfilling their mandates, and the opportunities to strengthen their role in EU fundamental rights monitoring and enforcement. 

During nine monitoring visits in 2025 to institutions with children, the Parlia-mentary Ombudsman focused on conditions for 15-17-year-olds in state and local prisons.

Generally, young people are not to be placed in a state or local prison. Howev-er, considerations of for example law enforcement may mean that it happens after all when 15-17-year-olds are remanded in custody or have to serve a sentence.
Particular attention to young people
The Ombudsman concludes that staff in the visited institutions generally paid particular attention to the young people. They were also generally familiar with the relevant rules and with the Danish Prison Service’s guidelines on treatment of underage inmates, which had been drawn up in continuation of the Om-budsman’s monitoring visits in 2017 regarding young people in state and local prisons, among other places.

However, the monitoring visits also showed that custodial parents generally did not receive information and guidance in a way that enabled them to look after the underage persons’ interests during the imprisonment. The Ombudsman therefore makes a general recommendation regarding the case processing in the Danish Prison Service.

‘Young people under 18 constitute a small and potentially vulnerable group of inmates in state and local prisons. It is crucial that they are treated in accord-ance with their rights and that the parents are included to a relevant extent so that they can help look after the young peoples’ interests during the imprison-ment’, says Parliamentary Ombudsman Christian Britten Lundblad.
Focus on securing relevant places
The Ombudsman’s investigation has shown that, in certain instances, young people may be placed in institutions that do not have designated places for young people – and that this also applies beyond short-term placements. How-ever, based among other things on the information that additional places for young people were established in 2025, it is the Ombudsman’s impression that there is a management focus in the Danish Prison Service on ensuring that young people are placed in institutions that can accommodate the special needs associated with the treatment of underage inmates.

In the thematic report, the Ombudsman recommends, among other things, that the institutions ensure that, on arrival of a young inmate, a special treatment plan is drawn up for the young person as soon as possible, for example in the form of relevant education and activation programmes.

At a meeting, the Ombudsman has discussed his observations and recom-mendations with the Danish Prison Service, and he will follow up on them at future meetings and future monitoring visits.

Read the Ombudsman’s thematic report.

Further details:
Director of International Relations Klavs Kinnerup Hede
kkh@ombudsmanden.dk

On July 3, 2026, the Public Defender of Georgia, Levan Ioseliani, submitted a special report - “Legislative and Practical Analysis of the Use of Preventive Measures”.

The report reflects the results of the study of the rulings issued by common courts in 2024-2025 on the use, change or cancellation of preventive measures, analyzes international standards and local legislation, and presents recommendations developed to eliminate the shortcomings identified as a result of the practice and legislative analysis.

The Public Defender noted in his speech that the issue of imposing a preventive measure on a person has repeatedly become the subject of study by the Public Defender’s Office within the framework of individual casework. However, the presented special report covers a broader study of legislative standards and judicial practice on the use of preventive measures. It goes beyond individual cases and reveals systemic problems. In addition, it reflects important and exceptionally valuable clarifications made by common courts in a number of cases.

The presentation was attended by Members of Parliament of Georgia, representatives of the Supreme Court, courts of appeal, Prosecutor’s Office, National Probation Service, Georgian Bar Association, Legal Aid Service and common courts.

The event was welcomed by Rati Ionatamishvili, Chair of the Human Rights and Civil Integration Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, and Levan Tevzadze, Deputy Chair of the Supreme Court.

Following the presentation, a discussion was held on the issues reflected in the report.