IOI President Chris Field PSM had the great honour of providing a welcome address in the Opening Ceremony of the International Conference on the occasion of the 20^th Anniversary of the Institution du Médiateur du Royaume (Maroc).

IOI President Chris Field PSM undertook a cultural visit to the city of Fes on the occasion of his official visit to Morocco.

El 22 de febrero 2023, se celebró en la sede del Síndic de Greuges de Cataluña la jornada “La emergencia en la vivienda”, organizada por el Foro de Síndicos y Síndicas, Defensores y Defensoras Locales de Cataluña y el Síndic de Greuges de Cataluña.

The Ombudsman's report assesses the extent to which the Department of Communities & Justice’s (DCJ) achieved its five-year strategy to reduce overrepresentation of Aboriginal children in out-of-home care (OOHC). To access the report, kindly click here.

Victims of crime across the EU still do not receive adequate support or protection, finds a new report of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). To access the report, kindly click here. 

On 21 February 2023, representatives of the Ombudsman’s office met with representatives of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT). The aim of the meeting was to strengthen the OPCAT system in the OSCE region.

La Defensoría del Pueblo invocó al Ministerio de Educación, a las direcciones o gerencias regionales de educación (DRE/GRE) y a las unidades de gestión educativa local (UGEL) a garantizar que más de 80 mil estudiantes con discapacidad tengan acceso a una educación inclusiva.

Le 23 février 2023, le coordonnateur du Système des Nations Unies au Burkina par intérim, Monsieur Abdouraouf Gnon-Konde, accompagné des représentants des agences, a effectué une visite de travail au Médiateur du Faso.