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En este día el Ararteko renueva su compromiso para apoyar una sociedad más justa e igual, en la que no exista la xenofobia ni la intolerancia. Este año las Naciones Unidas han propuesto como lema "Aprender de las tragedias históricas para combatir la discriminación racial del presente".

Su objetivo es explorar las causas profundas del racismo y la discriminación y hacer hincapié en la necesidad de aprender de las lecciones del pasado. Constituye, por ello, una ocasión para recordar el horror al que el odio racial ha llevado a las sociedades, el intenso sufrimiento de determinados grupos étnicos y el riesgo que conllevan los discursos estigmatizantes que destruyen la libertad y el bienestar social, así como las propuestas que no están fundadas en una confianza en el ser humano y un respeto a los derechos humanos universales.

Para ello se insiste en la importancia de estudios rigurosos sobre las causas de la desigualdad y de la estratificación social y sobre los movimientos migratorios y la globalización, que permitan hacer análisis serios y políticas inclusivas.

La eliminación de la discriminación está unida a la lucha por la igualdad y a actuaciones de los poderes públicos que la hagan real y efectiva. Para favorecerla se debe facilitar la participación de todas las personas en la vida política, económica, cultural y social, y se debe propiciar una cultura de derechos humanos.

Este día también nos recuerda nuestra responsabilidad colectiva de promover y proteger la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos, y permite reiterar, una vez más, la convicción en que todos los seres humanos nacen libres e iguales en dignidad y derechos, principio que inspira el trabajo de esta institución.

Vitoria-Gasteiz, 21 de marzo de 2015

El síndic de greuges de la Comunitat Valenciana, José Cholbi, ha solicitado al Ayuntamiento de Quart de Les Valls que facilite a sus concejales el acceso a la documentación precisa para el ejercicio de su cargo. A lo que el defensor añade que en caso contrario, que deberá interpretarse de forma restringida, la denegación se haga de forma expresa y amparada en las causas legales previstas. 

Así ha resuelto el defensor del pueblo valenciano la queja interpuesta por un concejal del citado ayuntamiento que denunciaba que había solicitado en varias ocasiones un informe municipal sobre la utilización de terrenos no urbanos como aparcamiento municipal. 

En su escrito final, Cholbi alude a los derechos de los miembros de las corporaciones a acceder a la información, dada la importacina práctica de ésta para acometer con conocimientos suficientes el ejercicio de sus funciones, entre las que se encuentra la actividad de control y fiscalización del gobierno, las deliberaciones del pleno o la votación de propuestas.

A nivel legal, el síndic recuerda que esta obligación de los ayuntamientos viene regulada en el artículo 128-1 de la Ley de Régimen Local de la Comunidad Valenciana: para el mejor cumplimiento de sus funciones, los miembros de las corporaciones locales tienen derecho a obtener del alcalde o presidente, o de la Junta de Gobierno Local, todos los antecedentes, datos e informaciones que obren en poder de los servicios de la corporación y sean necesarios para el desempeño de su cargo.

A status human rights institutions are independent and autonomous statutory bodies that safeguard and promote human and fundamental rights. Their position, duties and composition are specified in the Paris Principles, a set of criteria adopted by the UN in 1993.

Finland's National Human Rights Institution consists of the Parliamentary Ombudsman, the Human Rights Centre and its Human Rights Delegation.

The A status entitles the Human Rights Institution to participate and take the floor in sessions of the UN Human Rights Council and to vote in the ICC meetings. The Finnish Human Rights Institution now is one of 72 similar institutions with A status in the world.

The document was presented by ICC Chairman Lawrence Mushwana, and it was received by Parliamentary Ombudsman Petri Jääskeläinen and Director of the Human Rights Centre Sirpa Rautio. The ceremony was also attended by Secretary General Päivi Romanov from the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman and Human Rights Centre expert Kristiina Kouros.

A young farmer has now received the £45k he was denied by the Rural Payments Agency, following a Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman investigation.

The farmer, in his 20s, from Herefordshire had been complaining to the Rural Payments Agency for three years in order to receive the money he believed that he was entitled to under the European Union's Single Payment Scheme, an income support for farmers.

The farmer tried to have his entitlements - without which you cannot claim the subsidy - put into his name, as they were previously under his grandparent's name.

When his farm secretary called up the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) to make the change, there was a problem with the computer system and she was told not to send the form which would put the entitlements in his name. This advice was wrong and as a result the farmer missed the deadline for claiming.

The farm secretary called the RPA, before the deadline, to check several times if the computer problem was fixed. The computer problem wasn't fixed and she was never asked to send in the form, meaning the deadline was missed.

Following an investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, he has now received a £45,377.30 payment by the RPA equivalent to the subsidy he would have received, plus £1,468.71 interest and an additional £1,000 for the poor service he received from the RPA.

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Julie Mellor said:

'This case highlights the importance of complaining. This young farmer had been farming for two years when he suddenly lost his expected income despite taking what he considered to be all the necessary steps to ensure he would receive this subsidy.

'He went through three years of complaining, causing him distress and financial hardship, which meant that he struggled to pay his rent.

'Our investigation resulted in the farmer being given more than £45k by the RPA, which he should have received but was previously denied to him because of a failure to put right a mistake.'

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman is independent and impartially investigates complaints from individuals about UK government departments, and other public organisations, and the NHS in England. It carries out adjudications making final decisions on people's complaints. The Ombudsman Service investigates 4,000 cases a year and upholds around 42 per cent.

Land agent John Amos, based in Herefordshire, who complained to the Ombudsman Service on behalf of the young farmer, said:

'My client was delighted with the outcome.

'Throughout the process, the Ombudsman Service was remarkably helpful in keeping us up to date with regular phone calls. This process was extremely user friendly, helpful and produced a fair outcome.

'The service from start to finish was first class. It is extremely important that this service exists as a last resort for this type of case.

'I would recommend this service to anyone in a similar position without hesitation.'

Notes to editors

1. The Rural Payments Agency is a paying agency for the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
2. For more information please contact press officer Marina Soteriou on 0300 061 4996 or email marina.soteriou@ombudsman.org.uk