Un vecino de Santa Cruz de Tenerife logra que el Ayuntamiento le indemnice con más de 38.000 euros

Date of article: 20/05/2019

Daily News of: 20/05/2019

Country:  Spain - Canary Islands

Author: Regional Ombudsman of the Canary Islands

Article language: es

La intervención de la Diputación del Común ha logrado que un vecino de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, que sufrió una aparatosa caída en una de las calles de la ciudad, reciba una indemnización por parte del Ayuntamiento de 38.692 euros.

El afectado presentó una reclamación en el Consistorio en el año 2016 por las secuelas sufridas tras el incidente, reclamando el pago de una indemnización rela...

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La cónsul de México recibe a Beatriz Barrera

Date of article: 17/05/2019

Daily News of: 20/05/2019

Country:  Spain - Canary Islands

Author: Regional Ombudsman of the Canary Islands

Article language: es

La adjunta especial de Igualdad y Violencia de Género de la Diputación del Común, Beatriz Barrera, visitó a la cónsul de México, Ángeles Bacca, con el fin de conocer su trabajo como referente de la lucha y la constancia de la mujer para lograr la igualdad social y la inclusión laboral.

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Diplomats for Equality support the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia 2019

Date of article: 17/05/2019

Daily News of: 17/05/2019

Country:  EUROPE

Author: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

Article language: en

32 Embassies, Delegations and Permanent Missions support IDAHOBIT and EuroPride 2019, which will take place in Vienna.

We, the Diplomatic Missions of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, the United States of America, joined by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and UN Globe, welcome 17 May as International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, as a celebration of diversity around the world and express our support for IDAHOBIT 2019.

Even now, in many places, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) people continue to suffer discrimination and violence, often with deadly consequences. In 70 countries, there are laws that criminalise private, consensual sexual relations between adults of the same sex, and we were and are alarmed by recent severely retrograde and inhumane measures brought in to target these relationships. Other countries offer LGBTI people little or no protection from discrimination in the workplace or in the provision of goods and services.

We remain committed to improving institutional protection against discrimination; removing or amending discriminatory laws, policies and practices; reducing hate speech, violence and harassment based on discrimination; and increasing the participation of LGBTI communities in our societies.

In support of this, FRA will soon launch its EU-wide LGBTI survey, seven years after the first one, to capture the experiences of discrimination and hate crime towards LGBTI people.

Criminalisation of and intolerance towards LGBTI persons denies them their political and civil rights just as much as their economic, social, and cultural rights. It weakens society by letting violence and bullying go unchecked, with severe consequences for the health and well-being of victims and their families. Ultimately, more tolerant and inclusive societies benefit everyone.

We also wish to pay homage to the courageous advocacy efforts carried out by human rights defenders, activists, journalists, media workers and civil society organisations to raise awareness about the issues affecting LGBTI persons and the violations they may face.

Finally, we are pleased that the initiative ‘Diplomats for Equality’ will be able to take an active part in EuroPride Vienna from 1-16 June 2019. For more information, go to our website (link is external) and follow our social media accounts on Twitter @dipforequality and Instagram #diplomatsforequality.

One of the highlights this year will be the EuroPride conference (link is external) where the FRA Director, Michael O'Flaherty will give an opening keynote speech.

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E-book. Know Human Rights through the cases that come to us

Date of article: 15/05/2019

Daily News of: 17/05/2019

Country:  Portugal

Author: National Ombudsman of Portugal

Article language: en

As part of the commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Office of the Ombudsman - which in Portugal is the National Human Rights Institution - wrote an annotated version, illustrating each of the rights enshrined in it with cases and problems that The Ombudsman has been called upon to solve the problem over and over again. This publication, in electronic version, can be downloaded here (in Portuguese only).

"Two decades later we decided to promote a second edition of the Annotated Declaration. Through this reprint we account of our daily work, done with the tools every day, but guided by the ideals of all time", says the Ombudsman.

"With this book, we hope to able to elucidate the reader as to the nature of the issues which citizens normally bring to the Ombudsman and elucidate about the idea of ​​justice that seeks to be ever present in our decisions", adds Maria Lúcia Amaral.

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