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2021-03-12Best Practice Paper on “Giving Voice to Mental Health Patients” now available
The IOI is pleased to present the next issue of its Best Practice Paper series (BPP). Issue 5 puts a focus on the rights of mental health patients, especially those who are involuntarily detained in psychiatric facilities or required to take medical treatment. The BPP is based on observations made by the Ombudsman of Alberta and the British Columbia Ombudsperson.
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2021-03-10
Persistent challenge: violence against women
Women in Europe continue to face widespread harassment and violence. Many limit where they go and whom they meet out of worry of being attacked. And when attacked, they often do not report it. These are some of the findings of the Fundamental Rights Agency’s (FRA) recent survey into people’s experiences with different types of crimes. On International Women’s Day, FRA calls for better support for women to ensure they can access their rights.
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2021-03-10
Covid-19 - Ombudsman alerts the Government to delays in attributing support to companies
The Ombudsman sent a letter to the Secretary of State for Social Security and to the Deputy Secretary of State and for Fiscal Affairs, in which she requested that efforts be made in order to overcome the situation experienced by companies that have been awaiting, for several months now, attribution of extraordinary support for progressive recovery of activity, wherein the justification for the delay lies in the dynamics of articulation between the Institute of Social Security, IP and the Tax and Customs Authority.
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2021-03-08
8. Reporte semanal “Derechos humanos en perspectiva internacional”
Les hacemos llegar el 8. Reporte Semanal de “Derechos Humanos en Perspectiva Internacional” (27 de febrero al 5 de marzo de 2021), elaborado por el Programa de Observación y Asistencia para el Fortalecimiento de las Defensorías del Pueblo, que forma parte de la Unidad de Política Institucional de la Defensoría del Pueblo de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina).
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2021-03-08
Seoul Metropolitan Government Citizens' Ombudsman Commission celebrates 5th Anniversary
This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Seoul Metropolitan Government Citizens' Ombudsman Commission since it was launched for the first time among local governments of Republic of Korea in February 2016 as an independent collegiate administrative agency. As an ombudsman organization, the commission is responsible for monitoring the municipal administration and protecting the rights and interests of our valued citizens.
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2021-03-08
Public Defender’s Opinion on Social Package for Persons with Disabilities
The Public Defender of Georgia is responding to the request relating to the increase in the amount of a social package intended for persons with disabilities and once again calls on the Government of Georgia to take all measures for the timely transition to a fair system of granting disability status.
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2021-03-08
International Women’s Day 2021: making justice fair, accessible and safer for women
For the first time, 41 oversight bodies from across the globe joined with the APT on International Women’s Day to call for sustained government action to protect the rights of women in prison. The historic statement coordinated by the APT – the first time such a broad range of national and local oversight bodies have come together on this issue – addresses the risks of discrimination, abuse and ill-treatment faced by women in prison worldwide.
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2021-03-08
Journée internationale des femmes 2021: pour une justice équitable, accessible et plus sûre pour les femmes
Pour la première fois, 41 organismes de monitoring du monde entier ont rejoint l'APT à l'occasion de la Journée internationale des femmes afin de demander une action gouvernementale soutenue pour protéger les droits des femmes en prison. Cette déclaration aborde les risques de discrimination, d'abus et de mauvais traitements auxquels sont exposées les femmes en prison dans le monde entier.
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2021-03-08
Día Internacional de la Mujer 2021: por una justicia equitativa, accesible y más segura para las mujeres
Por primera vez, 41 órganos de monitoreo de todo el mundo se han unido a la APT en el Día Internacional de la Mujer para pedir una acción gubernamental sostenida a fin de proteger a los derechos de las mujeres en prisión. Este comunicado histórico coordinado por la APT – la primera vez que tantos mecanismos nacionales y locales de monitoreo se han unido sobre esta temática – aborda los riesgos de discriminación, abuso y malos tratos a los que se enfrentan las mujeres en prisión en todo el mundo.
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2021-03-08
La Defensoría del Pueblo adhiere al Paro Internacional de Mujeres del próximo lunes
Las trabajadoras de la institución estarán desobligadas a concurrir a sus puestos laborales para poder participar de las numerosas manifestaciones y actividades que se desarrollarán en el marco del Día de la Mujer. El organismo también adhirió “a las reivindicaciones del Movimiento de Mujeres”.
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2021-03-03
Control Yuan receives inmate videoconferencing petition
The Control Yuan (CY) has made the provision of diverse services a policy goal and been dedicated to the implementation of receiving complaints via videoconferencing. On 27 January 2021, the CY received its first inmate videoconference petition. This practice enables inmates deprived of physical and communication freedom to file complaints to CY members via videoconference.
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2024-04-12
Recommendations not implemented: Addressing inconsistencies in pre-retirement leave for detailed public officers
Pursuant to Article 22(4) of the Ombudsman Act, the Parliamentary Ombudsman, Judge Emeritus Joseph Zammit McKeon, submitted two reports to the House of Representatives in relation to two complaints on inconsistencies in pre-retirement leave for detailed Public Officers.
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2024-04-12
Ombudswoman Submits 2023 Annual Report to the Croatian Parliament
On 29 March 2024, Ombudswoman, Tena Šimonović Einwalter, submitted a new annual report to the Croatian Parliament. The Ombudswoman’s report for 2023 provides an analysis and assessment of the human rights situation in Croatia, as well as 147 recommendations.
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2021-03-02
Citizens right to free and fair elections
With the election period drawing near, the Office draws attention to various developments causing concern with regard to the individual’s right to properly participate in the forthcoming political elections. Some of these developments include village council activities that may be discriminatory or coercive of the individual in their effect; and campaign committees influencing voters’ preference by unscrupulous means including bribery.
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2021-03-02
Defensoría del Pueblo pone disposición de usuarios App para presentar sus quejas
Con el objetivo de ampliar la cobertura y respuesta a la población, la Defensoría del Pueblo, pone a disposición a partir de hoy una nueva aplicación para todos los usuarios, la cual les permitirá disponer en cualquier momento y lugar de toda la información necesaria para presentar una queja ante la entidad y conocer todo lo relacionado a los derechos humanos.
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2021-03-01
Manuel Lezertua reelegido para un segundo mandato como Ararteko
Manuel Lezertua Rodríguez ha tomado esta mañana posesión del cargo como ararteko de la Comunidad Autónoma Vasca ante el Pleno del Parlamento Vasco, después de que el pasado día 18 fuera reelegido por una amplia mayoría, y si ningún voto en contra, para un segundo mandato de cinco años.
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2021-03-01
El SPF aprueba un nuevo protocolo de traslados de personas privadas de libertad
Para cumplir con un fallo de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos de noviembre de 2019, el pasado 8 de febrero de 2021 la titular de la intervención de la Dirección Nacional del SPF aprobó el “Protocolo de traslado de personas privadas de libertad en el ámbito del Servicio Penitenciario Federal”, publicado en el Boletín Público Normativo N° 731.
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2024-04-11
Ombudsman releases report on agriculture subsidy program
The Office of the Ombudsman in Malawi has officially released an investigation report following a Systemic Investigation it conducted on the Implementation of the Agriculture Subsidy Program dubbed the Affordable Input Program (AIP).
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2021-02-24
Council to apologise to pupil left without a school for more than a year
Leicestershire County Council has agreed to apologise and pay a teenager £7,200 after it left her without a school place for nearly 14 months at a critical time in her education.
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2021-02-24
Los defensores del pueblo hacen frente común para pedir adecuar los requisitos de residencia de los menores migrantes
La exigencia de disponer de recursos propios con unos ingresos mínimos para la renovación de la autorización de residencia en propicia la exclusión social y laboral Piden la modificación del Reglamento de la Ley de extranjería con la idea de que se elimine esta interpretación restrictiva