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2018-04-04Dunja Mijatović takes up office as Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
Today, April 4th 2018, Dunja Mijatović takes up the post of Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. National of Bosnia and Herzegovina, she has been elected last January by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. She is the first woman to hold this post, succeeding Nils Muižnieks (2012-2018), Thomas Hammarberg (2006-2012) and Alvaro Gil-Robles (1999-2006).
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2018-04-04La Defensoría del Pueblo de Santa Fe supervisará las políticas de salud mental en la provincia
La Defensoría del Pueblo de Santa Fe será la encargada de supervisar la aplicación de las políticas de salud mental en la provincia, en el marco del órgano del Órgano de Revisión y Promoción de Derechos de los Usuarios de los Servicios de Salud Mental, que fue creado por la ley 13.733, recientemente sancionada por la Legislatura.
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2018-04-04Ombudsman’s report into Australia Post complaints
Commonwealth Ombudsman Michael Manthorpe today released a report into Australia Post complaints regarding carding, Safe Drop and compensation. The report reviews the actions taken by Australia Post since the release of three earlier Ombudsman reports concerning these matters.
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2018-04-04Inspector General of Taxation releases newsletter
The Inspecter General of Taxation released its April newsletter with information concerning ongoing reviews and news concerning the complaint handling service.
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2018-04-04Forum for the creation of an NPM database at the Austrian Ombudsman Board
On 27 and 28 March 2018, the Council of Europe, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the Austrian Ombudsman Board organized a forum with representatives from NPMs of six European countries and international and European experts. The topic was the possible creation of a databank for the exchange of national standards in places of detention and NPM recommendations.
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2018-04-03Report of Public Defender of Georgia on Situation of Human Rights and Freedoms
On March 30, 2018, Nino Lomjaria, Public Defender of Georgia, submitted a report on the situation of human rights and freedoms in 2017 to the Parliament of Georgia.The report discusses the challenges and progress in the protection of human rights and freedoms enshrined in the constitution and names the state agencies and local self-governmental bodies that violated human rights and freedoms. The document also provides information about the implementation of the recommendations issued by the Public Defender.
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2018-04-03Complaints to State of Iowa Ombudsman continue to rise
Complaints to the Iowa Office of Ombudsman rose for the fourth straight year in 2017, due in part to a 157 percent increase in problems relating to managed Medicaid. Corrections-related cases also contributed to the increase, and now represent 44 percent of the Ombudsman’s entire caseload. All told, the Ombudsman fielded 4,855 complaints and information requests last year, 22 percent more than it received in 2013.
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2018-10-25Press Release on 5th Annual Report 2017/2018 (EN)
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2018-10-25IOI Secretary General, Günther Kräuter, congratulates Emily Logan on her new position
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2018-10-25IOI Secretary General Kräuter congratulates Emily Logan on her new position
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2018-10-25bpp issue-3 own-initiative-investigations july-2018 1
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2018-10-25Best Practice Paper - Issue 3
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2018-07-12Moldova - NPM Report 2012 - EN
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2018-10-23benin om-gnonlonfoun oct-2018
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2018-10-23ivory-coast om-toungara oct-2018
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2018-10-23Président Andoche Amègnissè et Médiateur Joseph Gnonlonfoun
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2017-12-05British Columbia Ombudsperson - Annual Report 2015/2016 - EN
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2018-03-29Lamberto informó ante la FIO sobre el observatorio electoral realizado por Adpra en las elecciones de 2017
En la asamblea general de la FIO realizada recientemente en Panamá, el defensor del Pueblo santafesino, quien también es representante de los ombudsman provinciales argentinos ante la Federación Iberoamericana, informó sobre la tarea de observación electoral realizado por las defensorías en las Primarias Abiertas y Obligatorias (Paso) y en los comicios generales celebrados en el país en 2017.
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2018-03-29Comenzó el juicio en un caso por torturas en la cárcel de Ezeiza en el que intervino la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
Con la participación de la PPN como parte querellante, los pasados 21 y 26 de marzo comenzó en el Tribunal Oral en lo Criminal Federal n° 1 de La Plata el juicio contra 5 agentes del Servicio Penitenciario Federal por las torturas impuestas a dos personas privadas de su libertad durante la madrugada del 9 de diciembre de 2007 en el Pabellón B del Módulo II del Complejo Penitenciario Federal I, ubicado en la localidad de Ezeiza.
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2018-03-29Human Rights Defender publishes report on rights of persons with mental health issues in psychiatric institutions
The Human Rights Defender as National Preventive Mechanism has prepared and published an ad hoc report on “Ensuring rights of persons with mental health issues in psychiatric institutions”. The report presents in a systemized way the gross violations identified during the unannounced visits to psychiatric institutions conducted by the NPM subdivision and experts (lawyers, psychologist, psychiatrist, physicians and sociologist) in 2017.