Article 28. Rights of the Ombudsman to assist in the restoration of violated human and civil rights and freedoms In order to assist in the restoration of violated human and civil rights and freedoms, the Ombudsman shall have the right to apply to: 1) the head of a state authority, a local self-government body, an enterprise, institution and organization, regardless of their organizational and legal forms and forms of ownership, the administration of a correctional institution and a place of pre-trial detention, a place of detention of detainees, the command of a military unit and a military formation, military institutions with a proposal to bring the person guilty of violating the applicant’s rights to disciplinary responsibility; 2) the competent state authority with a proposal to bring the person guilty of violating the applicant’s rights to administrative or criminal responsibility; 3) the court with a statement (claim) for the protection of the violated rights of the applicant, compensation for material damage caused to him and compensation for moral damage, invalidation of a regulatory legal act that entailed a violation of the applicant’s rights, without payment of state duty; 4) a competent official with a recommendation to verify the legality and validity of a court verdict (decision, resolution) that has entered into legal force, adopted in a criminal or civil case or in an administrative offense case, a decision to terminate a criminal case or to refuse to initiate a criminal case that entailed a violation of the applicant’s rights. Article 29. Duties of the Ombudsman to assist in the restoration of violated human and civil rights and freedoms When assisting in the restoration of violated human and civil rights and freedoms, the Ombudsman shall be obliged to: 1) observe the Constitution of Turkmenistan, laws and international treaties of Turkmenistan in the field of human rights and freedoms, perform their duties in accordance with this Law; 2) refrain from any actions incompatible with his powers; 3) not to disclose a state or other secret protected by law; 4) not to disclose confidential information, as well as personal information that has become known to him as a result of his activities; to do this only with the written consent of the person to whom this information relates. This obligation shall be valid even after the termination of his powers.