E Diputado del Común, Rafael Yanes, impartió una charla informativa sobre las funciones de la Institución a un grupo de alumnos de Bachillerato del IES San Benito, en La Laguna. También estuvo presente un grupo de alumnos de intercambio procedentes de un centro educativo de Alemania.

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  El FORO DE DERECHO ARAGONÉS, iniciativa común de las Instituciones y Entidades que agrupan a las profesiones jurídicas de Aragón, organiza desde 1991 unos Encuentros anuales al objeto de fomentar el mejor conocimiento y comprensión de nuestro derecho. Las tres sesiones de los VIGESIMOMONOVENOS ENCUENTROS del Foro de Derecho Aragonés mantienen el formato tradicional de los Encuentros, en el que los...

11 November 2019

The results of a published recent study revealed the unpleasant truth: not all professionals working in care homes have the necessary knowledge on proper enforcement of residents' rights. The report presented by the Seimas Ombudsmen's Office reveals that the rights of particularly vulnerable residents are often unjustifiably restricted; however, specialists, who behave with the residents disrespectfully do not perceive their actions as flawed because they lack the necessary human rights expertise.

Augustinas Normantas, Head of the Seimas Ombudsmen's Office, said he felt the need for such an unusual investigation when he realised that most human rights abuses in social care institutions were linked to the lack of knowledge amongst staff about human rights issues. And the frequent inability of the staff of these institutions to respond to such an important demand for assurance of human rights has a profound negative impact on the welfare, sometimes even the safety, and quality of the services provided by social care institutions.

El Defensor del Pueblo ha reiterado su preocupación por los ataques sufridos por menores extranjeros no acompañados en los últimos días.

Without adequate data, government and civil society cannot formulate effective responses to antisemitism that continues to haunt Europe. FRA’s latest annual overview of antisemitism data 2009-2019 identifies large gaps in recording antisemitic incidents in a way that allows to collect adequate official data across the EU.