Human being is upheld to incessant development. Human needs are developing together with development of technologies and public relations. Government institutions and their functions are very complicate aspect. Usually these institutions are criticised because of disregardful, ineffective and ignorant work. All these factors can be defined as maladministration.
Therefore many states and organizations have assumed special institution that can hearken grievances of the people and solve them. This institution is Ombudsman. In my work I will try to survey work of the European Ombudsman.
The institution of the ombudsman is known throughout the world. It originated in Sweden, where the appointment of an Ombudsman by the Parliament was part of a constitutional reform that took place in 1809. The reason for giving the power of appointment to the parliament was to ensure the independence of the ombudsman's work from the King, the government and the administration. When Finland became an independent state, the ombudsman system was adopted in its first Constitution of 1919. Sweden and Finland remained the only countries to have Ombudsmen with a general remit until 1953. In that year, Denmark established an ombudsman, followed by New Zealand in 1962 and by Norway the following year. According to the President of the International Ombudsman Institute, in November 1995 there were ombudsmen (sometimes known by different names) in 75 countries, including 27 European countries.…
