ICELAND | The Althingi Ombudsman publishes its Annual Report 2022

By 1 September, each year The Althingi Ombudsman submits his annual report to Althingi on activities in the previous year. An excerpt of the annual report in English has now, for the first time, been made available on-line. The excerpt contains several main points in some of the most important cases dealt with in 2022, statistical information and OPCAT summary.

Five hundred and twenty-eight complaints were registered in 2022, 18 own-initiative inquiries were opened, and six visits were made as part of OPCAT monitoring. The number of complaints submitted was slightly lower than the record of 570 received in 2021; this was balanced by a greater number of own-initiative inquiries and more OPCAT monitoring. Over the past five years the average number of complaints received each year has been 470.

Six visits were made as part of the office’s monitoring under OPCAT. Two of these were to the main prison at Litla-Hraun. Four reports were issued. Other visits were made to the prison at Kvíabryggja, the police detention facilities in the Northeastern Region in Akureyri and Siglufjörður, the psychiatric ward of the Akureyri Hospital and the security detention facilities in Akureyri.

You can find the excerpt of the Annual Report 2022 in the download section below.

Source: The Althingi Ombudsman of Iceland