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monitors implementation of the recommended actions;</p> <ul> <li>The Comissioner may lodge a last resort appeal with the Supreme Court in a penal case ; The last resort appeal must be based on a statement that the law has been seriously infringed by the court; last resort appeal in a penal case cannot be lodged solely due to disproportionate punishment;</li> <li>The Commissioner may participate in constitutional complaint proceedings before the Constitutional Tribunal;</li> <li>The Commissioner for Human Rights may also exercise other powers laid down in the Commissioner for Human Rights Act.</li> </ul> <p>The Commissioner for Human Rights decides about selecting and implementing a particular legal measure solely on the basis on his own evaluation of the case. 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