Ombudsmanden
The Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman, currently Jørgen Steen Sørensen, is a lawyer who is elected by parliament to act as a watchdog over the government by inspecting institutions under government control, focusing primarily on the protection of citizens' rights. The Ombudsman frequently inspects places where citizens are deprived of their personal freedom, including (but not limited to) prisons and psychiatric hospitals. While the Ombudsman has no power to personally act against the government, but he or she can ask the courts to take up cases where the government might be violating Danish law. The Ombudsman can criticize the government after an inspection and bring matters to public attention, and the government can choose to act upon or ignore his criticism, with whatever costs it might have towards the voters and the parliament
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