El Defensor del Pueblo andaluz, Jesús Maeztu, ha reivindicado el papel de la mediación como una herramienta propicia para solucionar los conflictos colectivos. El Defensor del Pueblo andaluz sigue avanzando en la implantación de la mediación en Andalucía.

After a visit to Kybartai Foreigners’ Registration Center, the Head of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office, Erika Leonaitė, published an NPM report. The Seimas Ombudsperson concludes that all the conditions applicable to foreigners in Kybartai FRC are equivalent to inhuman or degrading treatment prohibited under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

Monsieur Demba KANDJI a rendu visite, le jeudi 20 janvier 2022, à Monsieur Doudou NDIR, ancien Médiateur de la République et actuel Président de la Commission Électorale Nationale Autonome (CENA). Cette visite de courtoisie intervient à quelques heures des élections locales dont la date est fixée au 23 janvier 2022.

Les hacemos llegar el 3. Reporte Semanal 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).

On 19 January 2022, the Northern Ireland Assembly approved the complaints handling Statement of Principles from the Northern Ireland Public Servises Ombudsman (NIPSO). The six principles set out the basic approach public bodies should take when dealing with complaints from members of the public.

The IOI follows recent developments, which could pose a threat on the independence of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights with great concern and underlined its full support for the office in a letter to the Speaker of Parliament, which was signed by IOI President Chris Field, IOI Secretary General Werner Amon, and the Regional President of IOI Europe Andreas Pottakis.

The Annual Report 2021 of the Chancellor of Justice of Estonia is now available in English. The report covers the period from 1 September 2020 to 31 August 2021 and it gives an overview of the activities of the Chancellor of Justice in the areas such as the rule of law, the rights of the child, the rights of persons with disabilities, and many others.

Le Médiateur du Faso, madame Fatimata SANOU/ TOURE, a reçu en audience dans la matinée du 11 janvier 2022, madame Victoria OUEDRAOGO/ KIBORA, Ministre de la Justice, des Droits Humains et de la Promotion Civique, Garde des sceaux.