The IOI Board of Directors decided at their Board meeting held in The Hague in May 2024 to continue the regional subsidy programme for the membership year 2024/2025. Members wishing to apply for regional subsidies are invited to submit project proposals until 5 August 2024.

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The National Ombudsman of the Netherlands and European Regional President, Reinier van Zutphen, visited Warsaw last week. The aim of the visit was to talk to Frontex. Over the past years there have been many disturbing signals about pushbacks of migrants at the EU borders which sometimes resulted in people dying. Several National Ombudsman have addressed this in their own countries.

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The Office of the Ombudsman has released the 2023 Annual Report which presents the activities that the Office carried out in the year. Pursuant to the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi and the Ombudsman Act, the Ombudsman has submitted the report to the National Assembly through the Office of the speaker.

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On 8 July 2024, the Parliamentary Ombudsman, Judge Emeritus Joseph Zammit McKeon, presented the Annual Report 2023 to the Speaker of the House, Anglu Farrugia. Throughout 2023, the Office of the Ombudsman focused on enhancing its working relationship with the public administration. It adopted an open-door policy, reaching out to the public and government entities alike.

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On 25 June 2024, the Knesset (Israeli parliament) hosted a special event to mark "National Ombudsday", on the theme: "The investigation of complaints in a state of emergency".

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First follow-up session of Brand Ambassador Program was held on 10 July 2024 at the Secretariat Provincial Ombudsman Sindh with the 10 selected students as Ambassadors for Ombudsman Sindh from the Sindh Madressatul Islam University. Mr Mustafa Jatio, Assistant Director SMIU accompanied the students. 

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Tras registrar que las personas detenidas en la alcaidía duermen y comen en el suelo, a la vez que cuentan con una letrina para más de 40 detenidos, la PPN presentó una acción de habeas corpus correctivo y colectivo. La Justicia hizo lugar al pedido y exhortó a las autoridades policiales a revertir la situación.

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On Monday, 8 July 2024, the Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, expressed his despair at the last volume of case reports published by the Child Law Project. He has also expressed serious concern about the fact that the Child Law Project has not been re-commissioned, and fears that this indicates the shutting down of open communication between the courts and the public in relation to children in care.

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El Defensor del Pueblo, Josué Gutiérrez, formuló un llamado a las autoridades del Estado a atender con urgencia las demandas de los pueblos indígenas, de modo tal que se pueda asegurar el acceso oportuno de este sector de la población peruana a servicios básicos como salud, educación, justicia, agua y desagüe, entre otros.

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The Commonwealth National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) and the ACT Ombudsman, as part of the ACT NPM, jointly monitor the conditions of detention in AFP and ACT policing facilities, to prevent the risk of torture or ill-treatment of detainees.

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En el marco del trabajo que viene llevando a cabo el organismo en la defensa de los derechos de las personas que se encuentran en situación de calle, la Defensora del Pueblo porteño suscribió un acuerdo de cooperación con la Cooperativa de Trabajo “Aflora Hecho en Buenos Aires” con el objeto contribuir con la visibilización de la prestación de asistencia social que realiza esa organización.

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