Status
OPCAT signature date
14 December 2018
OPCAT ratification date
19 September 2023
NPM designated
Public Defender of Rights (as Coordinator) and Commissioner for the Persons with Disabilities and the Commissioner for Children.
NPM Type
Multiple body
NPM Legal Framework
Act No.11012023 Coll. amending Act No. 56412001 Coll. on the public defender of rights as amended and amending other acts.
Three national institutions have been designated since the 1st of February 2024 as Slovakia's NPM: the Public Defender of Rights (as Coordinator), alongside the Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities and the Commissioner for Children.