Statute of the European Ombudsman
E82725
The Statute of the European Ombudsman is the legal framework adopted by the European Union that defines the Ombudsman’s mandate, powers, procedures, and relationship with EU institutions in handling complaints about maladministration.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EU institutions to provide information requested by the European Ombudsman | 1 |
| Statute of the European Ombudsman canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T667763 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Statute of the European Ombudsman Context triple: [European Ombudsman (office in Strasbourg), legalBasis, Statute of the European Ombudsman]
-
A.
Statute of the Council of Europe
The Statute of the Council of Europe is the 1949 international treaty that established the Council of Europe, defining its aims, structure, and functioning as a pan-European human rights and democracy organization.
-
B.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union is one of the EU’s primary founding treaties, setting out its institutional framework, policy competences, and detailed rules governing the functioning of the Union’s internal market and other key areas.
-
C.
European Ombudsman (office in Strasbourg)
The European Ombudsman’s office in Strasbourg is a branch of the EU institution responsible for investigating complaints about maladministration in the institutions and bodies of the European Union.
-
D.
European Court of Auditors
The European Court of Auditors is the European Union’s external audit institution responsible for checking that EU funds are collected and used correctly and helping improve EU financial management.
-
E.
Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights
Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights is an amending protocol that streamlined and strengthened the European Court of Human Rights’ procedures to handle its growing caseload more efficiently.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Statute of the European Ombudsman Target entity description: The Statute of the European Ombudsman is the legal framework adopted by the European Union that defines the Ombudsman’s mandate, powers, procedures, and relationship with EU institutions in handling complaints about maladministration.
-
A.
Statute of the Council of Europe
The Statute of the Council of Europe is the 1949 international treaty that established the Council of Europe, defining its aims, structure, and functioning as a pan-European human rights and democracy organization.
-
B.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union is one of the EU’s primary founding treaties, setting out its institutional framework, policy competences, and detailed rules governing the functioning of the Union’s internal market and other key areas.
-
C.
European Ombudsman (office in Strasbourg)
The European Ombudsman’s office in Strasbourg is a branch of the EU institution responsible for investigating complaints about maladministration in the institutions and bodies of the European Union.
-
D.
European Court of Auditors
The European Court of Auditors is the European Union’s external audit institution responsible for checking that EU funds are collected and used correctly and helping improve EU financial management.
-
E.
Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights
Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights is an amending protocol that streamlined and strengthened the European Court of Human Rights’ procedures to handle its growing caseload more efficiently.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
EU legal act
ⓘ
legal framework ⓘ |
| adoptedBy |
Council of the European Union
ⓘ
European Parliament ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
promoting good administration in EU institutions
ⓘ
protecting citizens and residents of the European Union against maladministration ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
European Ombudsman (office in Strasbourg)
ⓘ
surface form:
European Ombudsman
agencies of the European Union ⓘ bodies of the European Union ⓘ institutions of the European Union ⓘ offices of the European Union ⓘ |
| authorizes |
European Ombudsman to conduct own-initiative inquiries
ⓘ
European Ombudsman to hear evidence from EU officials ⓘ European Ombudsman to inspect EU institution files ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Treaty on European Union
ⓘ
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ |
| concerns | maladministration in the activities of EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies ⓘ |
| defines |
mandate of the European Ombudsman
ⓘ
powers of the European Ombudsman ⓘ procedures of the European Ombudsman ⓘ relationship between the European Ombudsman and EU institutions ⓘ |
| governs |
access to documents in the Ombudsman’s inquiries
ⓘ
cooperation between the European Ombudsman and EU institutions ⓘ inquiries conducted by the European Ombudsman ⓘ |
| language | all official languages of the European Union ⓘ |
| legalNature | binding on EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies ⓘ |
| providesFor |
annual report of the European Ombudsman
ⓘ
reporting by the European Ombudsman to the European Parliament ⓘ |
| regulates | handling of complaints about maladministration in the activities of EU institutions ⓘ |
| relatesTo |
EU citizens’ right to complain to the European Ombudsman
ⓘ
right to good administration ⓘ |
| requires |
Statute of the European Ombudsman
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
EU institutions to provide information requested by the European Ombudsman
European Ombudsman to be independent in the performance of duties ⓘ |
| setsOut |
conditions for admissibility of complaints to the European Ombudsman
ⓘ
rules on confidentiality in Ombudsman procedures ⓘ rules on cooperation with national ombudsmen ⓘ |
| specifies |
grounds for dismissal of the European Ombudsman
ⓘ
incompatibilities with the office of European Ombudsman ⓘ term of office of the European Ombudsman ⓘ |
| territorialScope | European Union ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Statute of the European Ombudsman Description of subject: The Statute of the European Ombudsman is the legal framework adopted by the European Union that defines the Ombudsman’s mandate, powers, procedures, and relationship with EU institutions in handling complaints about maladministration.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Statute of the European Ombudsman
→
requires
→
Statute of the European Ombudsman
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
EU institutions to provide information requested by the European Ombudsman