On 21 October 2024, the Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina and Dr. Simona Drenik Bavdek, assistant head of the Center for Human Rights, met with representatives of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), who were visiting Slovenia that week to prepare the sixth report on the state of human rights in the country.

La síndica de greuges de Cataluña, Esther Giménez-Salinas, acompañada por su adjunto general, Jaume Saura, ha comparecido ante la Comisión del Síndic del Parlamento de Cataluña para debatir el Informe al Parlamento 2023, que ya se presentó el pasado 20 de marzo.

Le 15 octobre 2024, le Protecteur du citoyen a transmis une lettre au ministre de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs, M. Benoît Charrette. Il y commente la mise à jour des règles visant à mieux protéger les biens et les personnes contre les inondations et la mobilité des cours d’eau.

The event was held on October 10th and included an opening speech by the Angolan Ombudsman, the representative of the National Assembly, the interim UN representative in Angola, the PNUD representative in Angola, followed by presentations of virtual speeches by Her Excellency the President of the International Ombudsman Institute, Dra. Nashieli Ramírez Hernández, the Executive Director of the International Ombudsman Association, Dra. Ellen Miller, the Secretary of the African Ombudsman and Mediators Association (AOMA), Dra Caroline Sokoni, and other representatives of Angolan state bodies.

The Certificate distribution ceremony among the Brand Ambassadors for Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, selected from Hamdard University and Sindh Madressatul Islam University, was held at the Ombudsman Secretariat on 30 September 2024. Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, Dr. Muhammad Sohail Rajput, welcomed the Brand Ambassadors and faculty members from both the Universities. 

The South Australian Ombudsman’s 2023-24 Annual Report was tabled in parliament on Tuesday 15 October 2024. The Ombudsman, Ms Emily Strickland, reported a five per cent increase in the number of complaints received – rising to just over 4600. More than 180 complaints were resolved by agreement including through the use of statutory conciliation powers.

A village resident was concerned about the condition of the trees on the government land nearby, particularly a large tree adjacent to his house, which had grown taller and taller with its trunk leaning more significantly. The Ombudsman’s Office sympathised with his long-standing concern, given that tree collapse had caused casualties time and time again in the past.

Este 13 de octubre, el Centro de Asistencia a la Víctima y al Testigo del Delito cumple 3 décadas de vida. A lo largo de estos años el CAV, creado por ley provincial Nº 11202, se ha consolidado como una institución que brinda un conjunto de respuestas diferenciadas del resto de las organizaciones estatales. Su estructura, modo de funcionamiento y la interacción tanto con la gestión pública como con la administración de justicia, ha permitido un abordaje integral y una lectura compleja de las problemáticas con las que nos enfrentamos a diario.