We are contacting you regarding the holding of the IOI International Workshop on “Good Environmental Governance” that will take place on 16 and 17 May 2018 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country. In order to move forward in organisational matters, we request your collaboration and kindly ask all interested persons to fill in and submit the attached registration form before 2 April 2018, using this link.

 

Irish Ombudsman and IOI President Peter Tyndall and Austrian Ombudsman and IOI Secretary General Günther Kräuter took part in the annual European Network of Ombudsman Conference on 8-9 March 2018 in Brussels. The conference topics were the future of the EU, current and future challenges for Ombudsmen and cross-border problem solving for EU citizens.

La Defensoría de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes de Santa Fe adhiere al paro internacional de mujeres a realizarse el jueves 8 de marzo con motivo del Día Internacional de las Mujeres Trabajadoras.

The Ombudsman of the Cayman Islands invites applications for a temporary appointment to the position of Deputy Ombudsman (Complaints). The purpose of this temporary post (to March 11, 2020), is to provide leadership in establishing a complaints process for members of the public relating to police misconduct and to establish all of the policies, guidance and educational materials required to support the goals of the Whistleblower Protection Law.

The Azerbaijani Ombudsman attended the General Assembly of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), regional meetings of the European National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) and plenary sessions on priority issues in Geneva in the week of 19^th February 2018.

Last year the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman hosted its first annual open meeting for users of its service which provided a platform to hear about and feedback on the work of the Ombudsman. The second annual open meeting will take place on 22 May 2018 in London presenting a further opportunity to hear about its work and future plans. 

The Office of the Defender of Human Rights of Armenia has established a new Business and Human Rights Unit, which will deal with the protection of rights in the field of business. The aim of this new unit is to contribute to the implementation of business-related human rights across the country through research, monitoring and other activities.

The Ombudsman Mr. Ixhet Memeti had a meeting with the MEPs Mr. Eduard Kukan, Mr. Knut Fleckenstein and Mr. Ivo Vajgl, discussing the situation with the promotion and protection of human rights and freedoms in the Republic of Macedonia, and the challenges that the Ombudsman Institution is facing.