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2024-11-22AOB welcomes Uzbek Ombudsman Institution to study visit in Vienna
From 18 to 20 November 2024, the Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB) received a delegation from the Uzbek Ombudsman Institution (Authorized Person of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights) for a study visit in Vienna. Ombudsperson and IOI Secretary General, Ms Gaby Schwarz, and Uzbek Ombudsperson, Ms Feruza Eshmatova, also discussed ways to deepen cooperation within the International Ombudsman Institute.
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2024-12-13
The Ombudsman’s Children’s Division has examined conditions for children and young people in the psychiatric sector
In 2023, the Ombudsman’s Children’s Division focused on children and young people in the psychiatric sector by means of a number of monitoring visits. This focus area was chosen because children and young people with a psychiatric diagnosis can be in a particularly vulnerable situation. This is especially true for children and young people who need to be hospitalised in the psychiatric sector.
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2024-11-15
Online course now open: "AI and Decision-Making Processes, Compliance with the Rights of Individuals" training seminar
The online learning platform for the 2-day training seminar "AI and Decision-Making Processes, Compliance with the Rights of Individuals," which was held in Tallinn, Estonia, on October 15-16, 2024, is now open! The platform includes all seminar presentations, key takeaways, and case studies to explore and work through. Kindly click here to get access to this online course.
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2024-11-15
El Síndic de Greuges de Cataluña inaugura la decimoséptima edición del Consejo Asesor Joven
Participan en el Consejo una quincena de alumnos de institutos de todo el país. Se reunirá una vez al mes para tratar temas que les afectan y servirá para incorporar su visión a la institución.
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2024-11-15
Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and Deputy Commissioner for the Rights of National Minorities Attend the Meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Nationalities
On 29 October 2024, Dr. Ákos Kozma, Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary, and Dr. Elisabeth Sándor-Szalay, Deputy Commissioner for the Rights of National Minorities in Hungary, attended the meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Nationalities in Hungary. The session focused on Report no. B/7848 on the activities of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary and his deputies in 2023.
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2024-11-07
Cruzando fronteras para mostrar los logros de Taiwán en el campo de los derechos humanos: la NHRC del Yuan de Control asiste a reunión anual de la APF en Tailandia
Del 24 al 25 de septiembre de 2024, la presidenta de la Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos (NHRC, por sus siglas en inglés) del Yuan de Control, Chen Chu; la vicepresidenta de la NHRC, Wang Yu-ling; y los miembros de la NHRC Kao Yung-cheng y Lin Wen-Cheng asistieron a la edición número 29 de la Reunión Anual de los Miembros del Foro Asia Pacífico para Instituciones Nacionales de Derechos Humanos (APF) en Bangkok, Tailandia. En calidad de observadores, los representantes de la NHRC presentaron un informe sobre los resultados de trabajo de dicha comisión en temas de igualdad de género.
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2024-11-07
NSW Ombudsman’s Review of the DCJ Complaint System in respect of its Aboriginal Child Protection functions, tabled in Parliament
The NSW Ombudsman’s report - Review of the DCJ Complaint System in respect of its Aboriginal Child Protection functions, was tabled in Parliament on 6 November. The report follows a comprehensive review of the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) system for handing complaints from, or involving, Aboriginal families in the child protection system. The review focused on understanding DCJ’s complaint handling system, the foundational elements underpinning it and how well it is operating in practice.
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2024-10-31
Ombudsman reaches seven ADCs with Mobile Accountability Clinics
The Office of the Ombudsman has in the past week been to eight Area Development Committees (ADCs) in Nkhata Bay district with Mobile Accountability Clinics. The Office has been conducting meetings with about 40 members of each ADC and later held public rallies, raising awareness about the functions of the office and how local communities can utilize its services.
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2024-10-31
Defensoría de Panamá y Colombia firman carta de entendimiento sobre Derechos Humanos
Una Carta de Entendimiento con la intención de robustecer la cooperación, protección y defensa de los derechos humanos de las personas inmersas en los movimientos migratorios mixtos y de las comunidades de ingreso, tránsito y acogida, firmaron recientemente el Defensor del Pueblo de Panamá, Eduardo Leblanc González, y su homóloga de Colombia, Iris Marín Ortíz.
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2024-10-31
Ethics committee opinions on commissioners’ intended new jobs should be made public, says European Ombudsman
The European Ombudsman has suggested the European Commission make public all future opinions adopted by the independent ethics committee concerning former commissioners’ post-mandate jobs.
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2024-10-31
Finalizan las XXXVII Jornadas de Coordinación de Defensorías del Pueblo
Con la lectura de una declaración programática de las defensorías del pueblo el 30 de octubre de 2024 han finalizado las XXXVII Jornadas de Coordinación de Defensorías del Pueblo organizadas por el Ararteko en Vitoria-Gasteiz. Bajo el título La labor de las defensorías en la promoción del derecho a la buena Administración expertos de diferentes ámbitos y personal de las defensorías han ofrecido ponencias y han participado en varias mesas redondas.
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2024-10-31
Ombudsperson Schwarz welcomes ACRC representatives for an exchange visit to Vienna
On 28 October 2024, Gaby Schwarz, Ombudsperson of the Austrian Ombudsman Board and Secretary General of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI), received representatives from the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission of South Korea (ACRC) for an exchange meeting.
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2024-11-22
The Office of the Ombudsman and the Business Community
Kindly click here to read an article by the Parliamentary Ombudsman, Mr Joseph Zammit McKeon, which was published in the "Movers and Shakers 2024".
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2024-10-24
Élection du Médiateur du Royaume du Maroc, premier vice-président de l'Association des médiateurs et ombudsmans de la Francophonie
Le Médiateur du Royaume du Maroc, Monsieur Mohamed BENALILOU, a été élu jeudi 17 octobre 2024, à Québec, au Canada, premier vice-président de l'Association des médiateurs et ombudsmans de la Francophonie, représentant le groupe africain, aux côtés du Médiateur de la Wallonie et de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, de l'Ombudsman de la province du Nouveau-Brunswick au Canada, du Défenseur des droits français et du Médiateur de la République du Bénin, et a ce titre, il a également été élu président du "Comité d'engagement" de ladite association.
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2024-10-24
European Ombudsman criticises Commission failure to inform public how it assessed human rights risks in EU-Tunisia agreement
The European Ombudsman has criticised the Commission for not being transparent about the human rights information it relied on before signing an agreement with Tunisia that includes EU funds for border management. She also called on the Commission to set out explicit criteria for suspending EU funding.
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2024-10-24
Ombudsman presented his recommendations and findings to ECRI representatives in their areas of competence
On 21 October 2024, the Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina and Dr. Simona Drenik Bavdek, assistant head of the Center for Human Rights, met with representatives of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), who were visiting Slovenia that week to prepare the sixth report on the state of human rights in the country.
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2024-10-17
Mediation Case: Lands Department attentive to public concern with prompt actions to address risk of tree collapse
A village resident was concerned about the condition of the trees on the government land nearby, particularly a large tree adjacent to his house, which had grown taller and taller with its trunk leaning more significantly. The Ombudsman’s Office sympathised with his long-standing concern, given that tree collapse had caused casualties time and time again in the past.
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2024-10-17
Comisión de Derechos Humanos de la Ciudad de México finaliza proyecto de fortalecimiento regional
En consonancia con el objetivo del Instituto Internacional del Ombudsman (IIO) de promover el intercambio de información y ayudar a sus miembros a desarrollar capacidades, la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de la Ciudad de México desarrolló, entre mayo de 2023 y mayo de 2024, el proyecto “Construcción de una agenda común y acciones estratégicas en materia de derechos humanos para América Latina y el Caribe desde los Organismos No Jurisdiccionales en el contexto post COVID-19”. El proyecto fue financiado por el programa de subvenciones regionales del IIO.
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2024-10-17
Ombudsman celebrates 50 years with conference on the role of the Ombudsman in the defence of democracy and fundamental rights
On September 27, the Palácio de Vilalva in Lisbon hosted the conference “Five Decades of Freedom and Justice: Celebrating 50 Years of the Ombudsman and April 25”. The event, organized by the Ombudsman’s Office, marked the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of this institution in Portugal.
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2024-10-17
Ángel Gabilondo en la Comisión Mixta de Relaciones con el Defensor del Pueblo: “Es la hora del Parlamento”
El Defensor del Pueblo, Ángel Gabilondo, ha comparecido el martes, el 15 de octubre de 2024, en el Congreso de los Diputados ante la Comisión Mixta Congreso-Senado de Relaciones con el Defensor del Pueblo para presentar el Informe sobre abusos sexuales en el ámbito de la Iglesia católica y el papel de los poderes públicos. Una respuesta necesaria.