Hanna Vang. is the new Ombudsman of Faroe Islands

Date of article: 10/04/2021

Daily News of: 28/04/2021

Country:  Faroe Islands

Author: Faroese Parliamentary Ombudsman

Article language: en

Hanna Vang was elected Ombudsman on the 1st of January 2021 for a period of 5 years. She took office on the 1st of April.

Currently, the staff of the Ombudsman consists of three legal advisers and a secretary.

The Ombudsman of the Faroese Parliament is directly elected by parliament for periods of five years. The first Ombudsman was Joen H. Andreasen, was elected for the period 1. January 2001-21. December 2005. The second Ombudsmans, Sólja í Ólavsstovu, was elected for the period 1. january 2006 - 31. december 2020

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Alleged pushbacks to Turkey of foreign nationals who had arrived in Greece seeking international protection

Date of article: 28/04/2021

Daily News of: 28/04/2021

Country:  Greece

Author: Greek Ombudsman

Article language: en

Own initiative investigation by the Greek Ombudsman on alleged pushbacks to Turkey of foreign nationals who had arrived in Greece seeking international protection

Description

Interim report

(updated up to 31 December 2020)

An interim report on alleged illegal pushbacks of foreign nationals from Greece to Turkey, in the area of Evros river was publicised by the Ombudsman, on April 28, 2021. The report provides a brief, concise overview of the Ombudsman’s own-initiative inquiry from June 2017 through the end of 2020. It presents key aspects of the reported incidents, records the handling of the allegations by the Greek authorities and makes proposals, in the direction of shielding legality, enhancing transparency, and ensuring full respect for the principles of the rule of law. The interim report has already been sent to the Minister of Citizens’ Protection and the Chief of the Police.

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Reconocimiento a todos los agentes que han contribuido con su trabajo a la aprobación del Proyecto de la Ley Orgánica de Protección Integral a la Infancia y a la Adolescencia frente a la violencia

Date of article: 28/04/2021

Daily News of: 28/04/2021

Country:  Spain - Andalucía

Author: Regional Ombudsman of Andalucía

Article language: es

El pasado 15 de abril de 2021el Congreso de los Diputados aprobó el poyecto de la Ley Orgánica de Protección Integral a la Infancia a la Adolescencia. Desde el Defensor del Menor de Andalucía, como garante de los derechos de la infancia y adolescencia, valoramos muy positivamente su aprobación. Durante la entrega del XIII Premio del Menor, el pasado 16 de abril, el titular Jesús Maeztu expresó la importancia de visibilizar los casos de violencia y proteger a los niños y las niñas con todas las herramientas posibles. “La sociedad y los poderes públicos debemos trabajar para proteger a muchos niños y niñas de todas aquellas situaciones de violencia que ponen en peligro su vida y que, sin duda, pueden condicionar su desarrollo en el futuro, como en el caso de agresiones físicas, abusos sexuales, maltratos, acoso escolar o bullying”.

El trabajo que viene realizando esta Institución como Defensor del Menor de Andalucía, junto con el Ararteko y el Síndic de Greuges , ha merecido el reconocimiento como agentes que han contribuido con su trabajo a la aprobación del Proyecto de la Ley Orgánica de Protección Integral a la Infancia y a la Adolescencia frente a la violencia.

Compartimos el enlace y artículo de Pepa Horno titulado “Celebración y memoria de la aprobación de la LOPIVI”, donde se mencionan las áreas de Infancia de nuestras tres defensorías.

Desde el Defensor del Pueblo Andaluz como Defensor del Menor de Andalucía requeríamos una Ley como esta, con una protección integral del menor que sufre violencia y que promueve, aún más, su interés superior. Felicitar a todas las Organizaciones implicadas y a las Defensorías que como el Defensor del Menor de Andalucía trabajamos e impulsamos esta iniciativa.

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Ombudsman clarifies about bank fees

Date of article: 27/04/2021

Daily News of: 28/04/2021

Country:  Portugal

Author: National Ombudsman of Portugal

Article language: en

The Ombudsman received a complaint from DECO, in which this association asked her to complain to the legislator about the elimination of the temporal application norm of Law no. 57/2020, through which the legislator limited the prohibition of certain bank commissions to new contracts.

The Ombudsman responded negatively to DECO, in the terms of the letter that can be read here [in Portuguese only].
 
In this letter, it is emphasized that the norm in question does not offend any constitutional precept, since the Constitution does not impose, in matters such as this, an obligation of retroactivity or retrospectivity. It also stresses that the legislator's choice to apply the new regulation only to new contracts is the result of weighing up the different interests at stake, within the framework of its political freedom of action.
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