Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina participated in the General Assembly and Conference of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) in Brussels. He participated as a speaker at a roundtable discussion about challenges in the field of human rights, primarily in the fields of digitalisation, artificial intelligence, and climate change.

The IOI publishes its Annual Report every year, to inform about membership matters, as well as the most important projects, services and developments of the past membership year. The Annual Report 2022/2023 is now available online. Kindly click here to learn more and to read our report.

Les hacemos llegar el 85. Reporte Internacional de “Derechos Humanos en Perspectiva Internacional” elaborado por el Programa de Observación y Asistencia para el Fortalecimiento de las Defensorías del Pueblo, que forma parte de la Unidad de Política Institucional de la Defensoría del Pueblo de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina).

Releasing his eighth Annual Report on 5 October 2023, Ombudsman Paul Dubé reflected on how his office’s “stronger, broader, more consistent oversight” has helped more vulnerable Ontarians and improved public services.

Le Protecteur du citoyen, Marc-André Dowd, a déposé son premier rapport de suivi des 142 appels à l'action de la Commission d’enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics au Québec: écoute, réconciliation et progrès (Commission Viens).

Québec Ombudsman Marc-André Dowd tabled his first follow-up report on the 142 calls for action of the Public Inquiry Commission on relations between Indigenous Peoples and certain public services in Québec: listening, reconciliation and progress (Viens Commission).

Alors que reprennent les discussions politiques entre les trois institutions européennes dans le cadre du règlement sur l’intelligence artificielle (IA), la Défenseure des droits demande avec Equinet et ses homologues européens que le texte issu des négociations permette de garantir le droit de la non-discrimination dans le développement d’une telle technologie à l’échelle européenne.

Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier says the aim of this new section is to provide information to tamariki, rangatahi and whānau who may be considering making a complaint about Oranga Tamariki or its care or custody providers. The development of the information for children is part of a wider programme to enhance the Ombudsman’s oversight of Oranga Tamariki.