On 14 February 2014 the Catalan Ombudsman, Rafael Ribó, presented the report The Provision of general interest services and best corporate practices at the Parliament of Catalonia.

The Control Yuan (CY) formed a taskforce on January 20, 2014, to develop measures reaffirming its role as a human rights institution.

The 2013 Annual Report registers a record number of resolutions that implied important changes towards the citizens’ benefit.

At the end of February 2014, delegates at a two-day African Ombudsman Summit adopted a pioneering declaration on the minimum standards for effective ombudsman institutions and cooperation.

Violence against women undermines women’s core fundamental rights such as dignity, access to justice and gender equality. For example, one in three women has experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15; one in five women has experienced stalking; every second woman has been confronted with one or more forms of sexual harassment.

The Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Valeriya Lutkovska, presenting the Special report on  violations of human rights during the events that took place in Ukraine from 21 November 2013 till 22 February 2014.

The ombudsman’s activity aims at providing adequate protection to vulnerable groups of society, whose rights are especially susceptible to infringement is one the ombudsman’s priorities.

In preparation of the 2014 meeting of the IOI Board of Directors, the Ombudsman of the Province of Santa Fe, Dr. Edgardo José Bistoletti, recently met with the Ambassadors of New Zealand and Austria in Argentina to invite them to attend the official opening ceremony of the meeting.