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2019-05-24IOI Board Meeting held in Mérida, Mexico
The annual IOI Board Meeting was held from 14 – 17 May 2018 in Mérida, Mexico. Raúl González Pérez, Mexican Ombudsman and President of the Mexican National Human Rights Commission, and his office generously hosted the event.
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2010-12-23CV_Peter Kostelka_English
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2019-05-22
Celebrating One Decade – Looking to the Next
Ombudsman Toronto's 2018 Annual Report, now available, celebrates a decade of listening, investigating and improving City services. The Annual Report highlights the results of some of the 2125 cases the office handled in 2018.
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2012-06-20
Update on the situation of antisemitism in the EU
A new FRA Working Paper includes statistical data on antisemitic incidents collected by supranational, governmental and NGO sources. The update shows that antisemitism remains a problem for civil society as a whole and for Jewish populations in particular across the EU.
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2010-11-24
Draft Programme
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2019-05-17
Victorian Ombudsman’s latest OPCAT investigation
In 2017, the Australian Government announced its intention to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) treaty. Since then, the Victorian Ombudsman has been actively investigating the practical changes needed to implement OPCAT in Victoria.
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2023-05-19
Greek Ombudsman - Conference Programme - Police arbitrariness and racial motives - EN
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2019-05-15
Control Yuan Inspects Correctional Facilities to Ensure Compliance with the Convention against Torture
The Control Yuan Committee on Judicial and Prison Administration Affairs headed on an inspection visit to three facilities, Kaohsiung Second Prison, Ming Yang High School and Kaohsiung Drug Abuser Treatment Center, administered by the Agency of Corrections under the Ministry of Justice on April 26, 2019.
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2019-05-15
El Síndic de Greuges de Catalunya articula un servicio específico de atención a las víctimas junto a la Comisión de abusos sexuales a niños en el entorno eclesiástico
La protección de los niños frente al maltrato y al abuso fue uno de los motivos por los que el Síndic recibió el encargo legal específico en relación a los derechos de los niños y se creó la figura del adjunto o adjunta de infancia en el año 1989.
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2023-05-17
Rafael Ribó recibe la medalla de oro del IOI por su trayectoria en la defensa de los derechos
El lunes, 8 de mayo 2023, Rafael Ribó, que fue síndic de greuges de Catalunya entre 2004 y 2022, fue galardonado con la Orden de Oro al Mérito del Instituto Internacional del Ombudsman (IOI) por su compromiso y trabajo con esta institución.
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2023-05-17
The Commissioner for Human Rights publishes report “Human rights by design - future-proofing human rights protection in the era of AI”
On 9 May 2023, the Commissioner for Human Rights published her report and recommendations “Human rights by design - future-proofing human rights protection in the era of AI”. She highlights 3 major obstacles and 3 priority areas of actions to ensure human rights are safeguarded in the design, development and deployment of AI. She also emphasises the key role National Human Rights Structures, including Ombudsman institutions, play in monitoring and supervising human rights in AI systems.
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2023-05-17
In Memoriam Ivan Bizjak
Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina and his collegues offer their sincere condolences to family, relatives and friends regarding the passing of Ivan Bizjak, the first Human Rights Ombudsman in the independent Republic of Slovenia, at the age of 68.
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2023-05-17
The Ombudsman held a conference on „Police arbitrariness and racist motivation“
The Greek Ombudsman held a conference on "Police arbitrariness and racist motivation" on Tuesday, 2 May 2023, in the hall of the Thessaloniki Bar Association.
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2023-05-17
Head of the Office of the Ombudsman, Dr. Esther Ben-Haim, addresses UN open-ended working group on ageing
On 3.4.2023 - 6.4.2023, the UN open-ended working group on ageing convened in New York and discussed different aspects of the challenges facing countries pertaining to the rights of older persons.
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2023-05-17
Toronto’s Ombudsman sees record increase in complaints
Toronto’s Ombudsman says the City clearly has more work to do to ensure it serves people fairly. In his 2022 Annual Report released on 25 April 2023, Kwame Addo cites the record increase in complaints to his office, noting that "whether it was through unclear communication, inaccessible services, or inconsistent decision making, the City was not always putting the public first.”
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2023-05-17
Ararteko - Ombudsman of the Basque Country - Programm - Seminar - EN
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2012-05-08
Pakistan Federal Tax Ombudsman - Jurisdiction
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2012-07-05
NPM - AOB members meet Commission Chairpersons for a first working meeting
Only one day after the entry into force of the new legal foundations of the Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB) Chairwoman Terezija Stoisits and fellow AOB members Peter Kostelka and Gertrude Brinek met with the recently appointed six Commission Chairpersons for a first working session.
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2012-10-25
AOT - 4th Edition
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2019-05-09
Nuevo informe: medidas de fuerza
Se presentó un nuevo resumen infográfico de lo sucedido durante 2018 con relación a la temática medidas de fuerza. Estas representan un medio a través del cual las personas detenidas expresan su disconformidad y visibilizan sus reclamos ante el Poder Judicial y el Servicio Penitenciario Federal.