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2017-07-20Necessity to ensure independence of Ombudsman for Children
The Ombudswoman of the Republic of Croatia expressed concern regarding parts of the Draft Act on Ombudsman for Children. In her opinion, she underlined the importance of strengthening the capacity and indepdence of this office, in order to ensure compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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2017-07-20UN Global Compact on Migration: Preventing torture of migrants should be at core of Compact
In view of the increasing use of immigration detention as a deterrent of migration and the toughening of doemstic and regional migration policies resulting in human rights violations, the APT considers the Global Compact on Migration to be a timely opportunity to raise concerns over these issues. APT proposes a position paper that contains seven key advocacy messages that are indispensable to the Compact from a torture prevention perspective.
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2017-07-20The Ombudsman receives appreciation from US for fight against trafficking in persons
The Ombudsman's Office of the Republic of Latvia has been nominated for the Latvia's 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report Hero. This nomination reflects the work of the Ombudsman's Office in the field of preventing human trafficking.
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2018-02-26Complejo Penitenciario Federal I de Ezeiza
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2017-02-23FRA Report on Child friendly justice (En)
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2017-07-19Ombudsman publishes latest issue of Annual Report
The Ombudsman of Hong Kong released to the public her Annual Report 2017. The Report noted that most government departments are receptive to the recommendations for improvement made by the Office of The Ombudsman to address their inadequacies. The Report also highlighted the increasing number of complaints about access to information in the past few years. The number of related cases the Office received during the past year was at a record high.
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2017-07-19The Ombudsman comments on loss of electors' personal data
In the course of the 2017 Chief Executive (CE) Election, the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) lost two notebook computers, one containing the personal data of 3.78 million electors. Having examined the two reports on the incident, the Ombudsman commented on them today (July 18).
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2016-06-06Defensor del Pueblo de la Nación - Annual Report 2013 - ES
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2017-11-06Code of Conduct Casebook_Issue 14_EN
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2017-11-06Code of Conduct Casebook_Issue 14_Welsh
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2017-07-18Seimas Ombudsmen's Office publishes Annual Report 2016
The Seimas Ombudsmen's Office of the Republic of Lithuania has been defending human rights and freedoms and investigating complaints about the abuse of office by or bureaucracy of state and municipal officials and since 2014 has been monitoring human rights at places of detention. The Ombudsman Institution has now published its Annual Report of the year 2016, detailing its activities and initiatives.
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2016-04-15Primera jornada de capacitación en español se llevará a cabo en Argentina los días 9 y 10 de junio de 2016
El Instituto Internacional del Ombudsman (IIO) tiene el agrado de annunciar la primera jornada de capacitación dirigida a una audiencia hispanohablante. La Defensoría del Pueblo de la Provincia de Santa Fe actuará como anfitriona de este curso de formación que se celebrará del 9 al 10 de junio de 2016 en la ciudad de Rosario (Santa Fe, Argentina).
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2017-07-17The Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation launches newsletter
The Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation (IGT) launched a newletter called IGoT News!. The first edition was issued on 6 July 2017. IGoT News! will regularly inform its readers of the activities of the IGT and what it is hearing from the community, particularly from its complaint handling service.
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2017-07-17Local Government Ombudsman investigations are changing services for the better
Last year the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman made nearly 4,000 recommendations to put things right for people who had suffered injustice – it announced in its Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17, published today. The report details how the Ombudsman is making a difference through its investigations.
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2017-07-17Inauguration of New ACRC Chairperson
Pak Un Jong took office as the new Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) on June 28 at the Government Complex Sejong.
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2017-07-17Joint mission visits to promote rights of migrants
The four international networks of Ombudsmen (AOM, AOMF, FIO and IOI) committed to the protection and promotion of the rights of migrants by adopting the Tirana Declaration in September 2016. Since then, the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsmen (AOM) defined its Strategy for 2017 based on these commitments.
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2018-02-23#UneFemmeSurCinq
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2018-02-23Side event organized by APT focused on NHRIs with an NPM mandate
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2018-02-23IOI Secretary General Günther Kräuter and APT Chief of Operations Barbara Bernath signing the MoU
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2018-02-23IOI Secretary General Günther Kräuter and APT Chief of Operations Barbara Bernath signing the MoU