The legal status of the Ombudsman in the Czech Republic and selected states of EU

The thesis deals with legal status of the ombudsmen in the Czech Republic and selected states of the EU. It is focused on comparison of the ombudsmen in these coutries: Slovakia, Austria, Portugal, Denmark, Great Britain and european ombudsman. The aim of this thesis is to assess the czech institution of ombudsman in comparison with the others as well as offer an insight into his job. The first chapter is focused on the ombudsman in general. The following chapters deal with the ombudsmen in given countries, their competence, power and process of investigating complaints. The final chapter deals with comparison of the obtained results