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  • 2019-08-20

    UN Special Envoy on disability and accessibility

    As part of her mandate to promote the rights of persons with disabilities at regional and global levels, Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes, Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations on Disability and Accessibility, developed a campaign titled “Good treatment for girls, boys and adolescents with disabilities in the world".

  • 2019-08-20

    Enviada Especial de Naciones Unidas sobre Discapacidad y Accesibilidad

    Durante sus labores en Naciones Unidas, Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes, Enviada Especial del Secretario General de Naciones Unidas sobre Discapacidad y Accesibilidad, desarrolló la campaña del “Buen trato para niñas, niños y adolescentes con discapacidad en el mundo”.

  • 2019-08-19

    Ombudsman closely cooperates with National Human Rights Commission of Korea

    Azerbaijani Ombudsman closely cooperates with National Human Rights Commission of Korea and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) for capacity building of the staff.

  • 2019-08-19

    Riga Workshop - Draft Agenda

  • 2011-11-25

    Chief Ombudsman ends his term

    Mr Pramote Chotimongkol will be leaving his position as Chief Ombudsman of Thailand after having completed his six year term in August 2011.

  • 2011-11-23

    Ontario Ombudsman launches mobile app

    On November 8, 2011, Ontario Ombudsman André Marin launched a “mobile app” version of his office’s website. This web application will make it easier for the public to connect with his office via smartphones and tablets.

  • 2011-11-23

    L’Ombudsman de l’Ontario lance son app mobile

    Le 8 novembre 2011, l’Ombudsman de l’Ontario a lancé une version « app mobile » de son site Web.  

  • 2019-08-16

    Commonwealth Ombudsman released two reports about abuse in the Defence Force

    The first report, Defence’s policies for receiving and responding to reports of abuse, examines current Defence policies and procedures for the reporting and management of abuse. This report focuses on Defence’s documentation in this area; subsequent reports will examine how the policies and procedures are applied in practice.

  • 2019-08-16

    L’Ombudsman de l’Ontario lance une recherche à l’échelle nationale pour un(e) commissaire aux services en français

    L’Ombudsman de l’Ontario, Paul Dubé, a annoncé les détails de son plan pour pourvoir le poste de commissaire aux services en français au sein de son bureau. M. Dubé choisira le nouveau/la nouvelle commissaire avec l’aide d’un comité d’experts : Michel A. Carrier (Commissaire aux langues officielles du Nouveau-Brunswick par intérim), et Linda Cardinal (professeure à l’Université d’Ottawa et autorité reconnue à l’échelle internationale sur les droits linguistiques).

  • 2019-08-14

    ENNHRI submits third-party intervention to European Court of Human Rights on right to vote for persons with disabilities

    ENNHRI has submitted a third-party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights in the cases of Strøbye v. Denmark and Rosenlind v. Denmark concerning the right to vote for individuals who are under legal guardianship or deprived of their legal capacity. Led by the National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) of Denmark (Danish Institute for Human Rights), the submission underlines that voting rights cannot be withdrawn solely based on a disability.

  • 2019-08-14

    "Terapias de reconversión" constituyen actos de tortura contra las personas LGBTI

    Se ha solicitado a colegios profesionales, Ministerio Público y municipalidades, de acuerdo a sus competencias, investigar y sancionar las referidas prácticas.

  • 2011-11-14

    Re-election of Executive Committee

    According to the I.O.I. By-laws the President, the Vice-President and the Treasurer of the I.O.I. need to be elected on a yearly basis.  During the Livingstone meeting of the I.O.I. Board, held from 30 October to 2 November 2011 the Executive Committee has been re-elected by the members of the Board.

  • 2011-11-14

    New Board member

    The North American Region of the I.O.I. therefore held elections during its meeting in Florida (USA), held in October 2011 and welcomed Hawaii State Ombudsman, Mr Robin Matsunaga as a newly elected Director to the I.O.I. Board.

  • 2011-11-09

    New admissions to the I.O.I.

    At its 2011 meeting in Zambia, the Board of Directors unanimously approved the applications for institutional membership from a total of six ombudsman institutions from the Asian, the Caribbean & Latin American and the European Region.

  • 2019-08-07

    Victorian Ombudsman calls for end to saga affecting owners of Ninety Mile Beach land

    Owners of land that cannot be built on along Gippsland’s Ninety Mile Beach should be refunded rates and waste charges, Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass has recommended.

  • 2019-08-07

    Meeting calls for strengthening of Ombudsman Institutions in Africa

    The Chairperson of the Commission and the Secretary General of the African Ombudsman and Mediators Association (AOMA), Hon. Florence Kajuju has urged other Ombudsmen to deepen their commitment and support the decentralisation of the operations of AOMA which is the goal and philosophy behind the Association’s regional meetings.

  • 2011-11-03

    New Alberta Ombudsman sworn in

    On October 18, 2011, Peter Hourihan was sworn in as Alberta’s eighth Ombudsman. Over the course of his 35 year career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Mr. Hourihan worked in a variety of policing roles, most recently serving as the Commanding Officer for the RCMP in British Columbia, responsible for federal, provincial and municipal police operations.

  • 2019-08-06

    Derecho al sufragio de las personas privadas de su libertad

    A pesar de que en nuestra legislación vigente la ejecución de la pena implicaría solo la restricción de la libertad ambulatoria, las personas condenadas actualmente siguen sin gozar del acceso a otros derechos fundamentales, como lo es el derecho al voto. La Procuración Penitenciaria de la Nación (PPN) sostiene que los derechos políticos son derechos humanos de importancia fundamental, por lo cual la pena privativa de la libertad no debiera privar el goce de éstos por parte de las personas condenadas.

  • 2019-08-05

    BC Ombudsperson’s annual report highlights 40-year history of ensuring BC’s most vulnerable are treated fairly

    Victoria – British Columbians complained about the two government departments that provide services to some of BC’s most marginalized citizens more often than any other public body last year, according to the BC Ombudsperson’s 40th Annual Report released today.

  • 2011-10-27

    Argentinian General Defender visits the Austrian Ombudsman Board

    On October 19th 2011, the Austrian Ombudsman Board was visited by a delegation of the Argentinian General Defender institution  (Defensoría del Pueblo de la Nación Argentina). 

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