About the Office of the Ombudsman for Children

Expert and administrative work for the Ombudsman for Children are being performed in the Office of the Ombudsman for Children. The financial resources for the work of the Ombudsman for Children shall be provided for in the State Budget of the Republic of Croatia.

The Ombudsman for Children has two Deputies:

 

Maja Gabelica Šupljika, M. Sc. in psychology, Deputy Ombudsperson for children

and

 

Ivana Buljan, LLM, Deputy Ombudsperson for children

Currently there are 13 employees with university degrees doing professional counselling (eight lawyers, a social worker, a special educator, a psychologists and two prof. of pedagogy), and 4 employees doing technical administration and accounting.