Last Change:
08/14/2026
Resolution N° DdP-2020-063
Original names of the law: Resolución N° DdP-2020-063
Year: 2020
Type: Domestic law
Rights Category: Asylum
Description
The resolution, through the creation of the Special Delegate Ombudsman's Office, seeks to provide expanded protection to refugees, migrants in general, and victims of human trafficking.
Selected provisions
(Unofficial translation) Interested parties may file the appeals referred to in this chapter against any administrative act that terminates a procedure, prevents its continuation, causes defenselessness, or prejudges it as definitive, when said act infringes their subjective rights or legitimate, personal, and direct interests.
"Los interesados podrán interponer los recursos a que se refiere este capítulo contra todo
acto administrativo que ponga fin a un procedimiento, imposibilite su continuación, cause indefensión
o lo prejuzgue como definitivo, cuando dicho acto lesione sus derechos subjetivos o intereses
legítimos, personales y directos."
(Unofficial translation) Create the Special Delegate Ombudsman with National Competence for the Protection of Migrants, Refugees and Victims of Human Trafficking, attached to the Directorate of Matters of Special Attention, which will be in charge of a Special Delegate Ombudsman, who will be freely appointed and removed by the Ombudsman.
Crear la Defensoría Delegada Especial con Competencia a Nivel Nacional para la Protección de las Personas Migrantes, Refugiadas y Víctimas de la Trata de Personas, adscrita a la Dirección de Materias de Especial Atención, la cual estará a cargo de un Defensor Delegado Especial o Defensora Delegada Especial, quien será de libre nombramiento y remoción por parte del Defensor o Defensora del Pueblo.