Jordan Times
Monday, July 25, 2005
Police ombudsman office
to open
AMMAN (Petra): The Public Security Department (PSD) will start an ombudsman and
human rights office to replace its complaints and human rights office, PSD
Director Lt. General Mohammad Aitan announced on Sunday. The ombudsman and human
rights office will examine police procedures and cases referred to the National
Centre for Human Rights and other institutions. Ombudsman offices were
originally created in Sweden to protect the rights of individuals where civil
servants of the state did not adhere to law. The Swedish word ombudsman means a
representative or person whose task is to take care of somebody else's
interests.