On 28 May 2021, Ombudsman Peter Svetina received Mr Roland Schilling, Head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Central Europe (UNHCR), and Ms Romana Zidar, Senior Protection Associate for Slovenia. They discussed current asylum and refugee issues and the challenges facing European countries in the area of migration.

Le Jeudi 27 mai 2021, une mission Gouvernement / Partenaires humanitaires s’est rendu dans l’Anzourou afin de s’enquérir des conditions de vie des populations suite à leur retour dans leurs localités d’origine, populations victimes d’attaques des Groupes Armés Non Etatiques qui avaient suscité un mouvement de ces populations a Tillaberi, Sakoira, Namari Goungou et Dessa.

The Public Defender of Rights of Slovakia has presented her annual report for the year 2020. Throughout 2020, the Public Defender of Rights followed the objective of discharging her function independently, impartially, apolitically and professionally.

The Commissioner for Administration and the Protection of Human Rights (Cyprus Ombudsman) has recently published a summary of her recent ex officio intervention regarding the exercise of civil rights of persons with disabilities and their equal participation in elections.

Les hacemos llegar el 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).

A social welfare board requested the police's assistance to transport a 13-year-old girl to one of the National Board of Institutional Care’s residential homes for young people. The transport was delayed partly because the Police Authority and the social services disagreed on whether representatives of the social welfare board should accompany the transport, and partly because there were problems with booking a flight. 17 hours after the girl was taken into care the transport began by car and after 10 hours of transport, she arrived at the residential home

Los niños y niñas extranjeros no acompañados constituyen, actualmente, uno de los principales desafíos de la migración para las sociedades y administraciones públicas europeas. Un estudio elaborado por el Ararteko por encargo de la sección europea del Instituto Internacional del Ombudsman (IIO) y presentado en la Conferencia Mundial del IIO estos días, selecciona y recopila una serie de prácticas prometedoras en el ámbito de la protección a niñas y niños extranjeros no acompañados.

Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé today called on the Ministry of Health to improve its processes for investigating complaints about ambulance services, in a report that reveals a system that is complicated, overburdened, and wholly inadequate.