« Le Président de la République, Son Excellence Monsieur Alassane Ouattara, a procédé ce mercredi 4 avril 2018 à la signature d’un décret portant nomination du Médiateur de la République. Ainsi, Monsieur Adama Toungara, est nommé Médiateur de la République », a annoncé le Secrétaire Général de la Présidence de la République, M. Patrick Achi. Par ce décret, M. Adama Toungara succède à Monsieur N’Golo Coulibaly, nommé depuis le 14 juillet 2017, Président de la Haute Autorité pour la Bonne Gouvernance.

El Defensor del Pueblo, Francisco Fernández Marugán, ha visitado hoy el CEIP Albolafia de Córdoba, un centro escolar de educación infantil y primaria en el que la mayor parte de sus alumnos son de etnia gitana. Para el Defensor del Pueblo es necesario erradicar la segregación escolar del alumnado gitano y asegurar la integración de estas niñas y niños.

Vulnerable patients with mental health conditions are being badly let down by the NHS, causing them and their families needless suffering and distress, according to a Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report published today. The Ombudsman has also found that NHS mental healthcare staff can lack the capacity, skills and training they need to do their job effectively, and do not always have the support they need to learn from mistakes.

The Ombudsman Sindh Mr Asad Ashraf Malik, who is also the President Asia Region of the IOI, welcomed a four member delegation of UN-Women, led by Mr Jamshaid Qazi, Country representative UN-Women Pakistan, on 8 April 2018.

Mr Elton Georges, former Complaints Commissioner of British Virgin Islands, passed away in the evening of 4 April 2018. On behalf of the IOI community, President Tyndall, Secretary General Kräuter and Regional President Arduin expressed their heartfelt condolences to Mr Georges’ family, friends and colleagues.

Depriving the rights on liberty does not automatically lead to the loss of other civil, political, economic, cultural and social rights. Amongst them is the right to correspondence, which was denied to a prisoner who wanted to complain against the quality of service and price of the business providing services in prison. The Ministry of Justice accepted the Ombudswoman's recommendation and instructed all criminal bodies to prevent such situations in the future.

A meeting with Regis Brillat, Head of the Department of the European Social Charter of the Council of Europe (CoE), and Zoltan Hernyes, Head of the CoE Azerbaijan Office, was held at the Azerbaijan Ombudsman Office. Both sides presented their work carried out for the protection of human rights and freedoms and discussed the possibility of conducting joint trainings on the European Social Charter.

Today, April 4th 2018, Dunja Mijatović takes up the post of Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. National of Bosnia and Herzegovina, she has been elected last January by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. She is the first woman to hold this post, succeeding Nils Muižnieks (2012-2018), Thomas Hammarberg (2006-2012) and Alvaro Gil-Robles (1999-2006).