Ontario Ombudsman annouces dates for its Sharpening your teeth: Advanced, Investigative and Administrative Watschdogs" Training, taking place in Toronto in October 2017. Registration is now open and will be available for a reduced price, if registered until July 31.

 

A new law came into force in Québec on May 1, 2017. Under the Act to facilitate the disclosure of wrongdoings relating to public bodies, the Québec Ombudsman is mandated to handles disclosure of wrongdoing committed regarding any public body subject to the Act. From now on, whistleblowers will enjoy reliable, safe and independent recourse.

La Defensora de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes de Santa Fe, Analía Colombo, solicitó al parlamento argentino que designe al Defensor/a de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes y al Defensor/a del Pueblo de la Nación.

Depuis le 1er mai 2017, une nouvelle loi est entrée en vigueur au Québec. La Loi facilitant la divulgation d’actes répréhensibles à l’égard des organismes publics confie le mandat au Protecteur du citoyen du Québec de traiter les divulgations d’actes répréhensibles commis à l’égard de tout organisme public visé par cette loi.

Former Scottish Information Commissioner Rosemary Agnew was nominated by the Scottish Parliament as the new Scottish Public Services Omubdsman. She has taken up post on 1 May 2017.

In a recent report on “Human Rights regression in Spain” the Catalan Ombudsman analyzes the impacts on human and fundamental rights that with a specific focus on Catalonia.

Issue 28 of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales’ Casebook (January – March 2017) has been published. The Casebook is a collection of summaries of cases dealt with in the previous quarter.

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Act, the Ombudswoman Lora Vidović is organising a high level international conference „Reclaiming human rights in Europe: How to enhance the democratic space?“ on 11-12 May 2017 in Zagreb.