El 4 de agosto, la Defensoría del Pueblo de la Nación – a través de la Oficina de Pueblos Indígenas - llevó a cabo una nueva reunión de la Mesa de Trabajo que celebran periódicamente con integrantes de organizaciones indígenas.

 

L’Institution du Médiateur de la République de Côte d’Ivoire a pris part à un atelier sur la mise en place des mécanismes nationaux de prévention de la torture, organisé par l’Institution internationale des Ombudsmans (IOI) les 17, 18 et 19 juin 205 à Riga en Lettonie.

On 7 August 2015 the Senate approved the appointment of Dr. Adam Bodnar as seventh Polish Human Rights Defender. Mr Bodnar, who will take office after having taken the oath before the Sejm (Parliament), will succeed Prof. Irena Lipowicz. On behalf of the international Ombudsman community, the IOI would like to thank Prof. Lipowicz for the valuable and significant contributions she made as a member of the IOI Board of Directors.

This quarter's Casebook contains summaries of recent cases the Ombudsman has dealt with. The Ombudsman hopes that by sharing the outcomes of cases, we will all learn from the mistakes and good practice of others.

The Public Defender has presented June information bulletin about the efforts of the Public Defender's Office. The key topic in the information bulletin is the visit and important meetings of the Public Defender and his delegation to Brussels. The ongoing events of Georgia, situation in human rights, threats in conflict regions and many sensitive and painful issues of our population were discussed at the meetings held in NATO, the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Open Society European Policy Institute of Brussels.

An investigation by the Ombudsman for Children found significant gaps in the approach to registering, inspecting and monitoring of children’s residential centres which are run by private and voluntary agencies. He has recommended that the inspection of these centres should transfer to HIQA without delay.

La defensora de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes de Santa Fe, Analía Colombo, se reunió este miércoles con representantes de UNICEF Argentina, el gobernador de la provincia Antonio Bonfatti y el reciente gobernador electo de Santa Fe, Miguel Lifschitz para evaluar el trabajo llevado adelante por el Observatorio de los Derechos de la Niñez y la Adolescencia a partir de la cooperación de UNICEF con la provincia y en particular con la Defensoría.

 

It is with great sorrow that the International Ombudsman Institute has learned that Roy Gregory, Emeritus Professor of Politics, died in London on 14 July 2015. In his scholarly work Prof. Gregory made a significant contribution to promoting and developing the concept of Ombudship. The IOI is therefore pleased to share with you a tribute written by his longtime colleague at the University of Reading, Dr. Philip Giddings.