The European Ombudsman has consistently taken the view that maladministration is a broad concept and that good administration requires, among other things, compliance with legal rules and principles, including fundamental rights.
Ba é dearcadh an Ombudsman Eorpaigh riamh anall gur coincheap leathan é drochriarachán agus go n-éilíonn dea-riarachán, i measc rudaí eile, comhlíonadh le rialacha agus prionsabail dlíthiúla, lena n-áirítear cearta bunúsacha.