IOI | President delivers Welcome Address to the working seminar on the Manchester Memorandum, November 2021

Chris Field, President of the International Ombudsman Institute and Western Australian Ombudsman, was privileged to be invited by his very valued colleague, Rob Behrens, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, UK, to provide a Welcome Address to the working seminar on the Manchester Memorandum.

Through what has been a period of sustained global tragedy and hardship, Ombudsmen have sought to ensure that the rights of the most vulnerable citizens have been upheld wherever and whenever it has been necessary.

Emboldened by a continued commitment to defending human rights in any context, empowered by the Venice Principles and ennobled by the UN Resolution on the Ombudsman, the Manchester Memorandum is an outstanding initiative at exactly the right time.

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