The scope of action of the National Guarantor of the rights of persons detained or deprived of liberty derives from a set of primary rules and international Conventions. The National Guarantor, as a torture prevention independent body, monitors places of deprivation of liberty through a system of regular unannounced visits. Its mandate covers several areas where deprivation of liberty is carried out both de jure, as in criminal law, and de facto as in the area of health protection. This area of intervention of the National Guarantor refers to art. 33 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, from which it derives the competence for monitoring health and social care institutions in the nationwide. The activity of the National Guarantor is based on the principle of collaboration with the Authorities of a State and is inspired by a strict obligation of confidentiality.
