On Friday 1 November 2019 the office of the National Ombudsman of the Netherlands will organize a Poldershop on how ombudsman assess the actions of government. Some ombudsman refer to the law, others to human rights treaties and still others have their own list of norms. Save the date!

El Ministerio del Interior ha aceptado una recomendación del Defensor del Pueblo (e.f.), Francisco Fernández Marugán, para hacer efectiva, de manera inmediata, la reagrupación familiar en los matrimonios mixtos en los que uno de los cónyuges ya cuenta con el estatuto de refugiado o es beneficiario de protección subsidiaria.

An event on "Child rights: Equal opportunities" was held by the Ombudsman Institution of Azerbaijan jointly with Goygol District Executive Power in the Gizilja village school. The issue of effective education and upbringing of the children for the future was highlighted during the event.

Certaines personnes handicapées ont droit au tarif social énergie, un tarif avantageux sur leur facture de gaz et d’électricité.

On Jannuary 31^st, the Human Rights Defender made an immediate recommendation concerning a detainee held in the “Prison Hospital” penitentiary institution who suffers from a severe illness stage 4^th peripheral lung cancer. The recommendation was also made public and provided that the deprivation of liberty of the prisoner is incompatible with his health conditions and endangers his right not to be subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment and right to life.

Al cumplirse el vigésimo segundo aniversario de la fundación de la Defensoría del Pueblo, la entidad encargada de tutelar la defensa de los Derechos Humanos en Panamá instaló su primer Consejo Consultivo, acto que contó con la participación de miembros de la sociedad civil y del cuerpo diplomático.

All of Victoria’s 79 local councils will be surveyed on how they handle complaints from the public as part of an enquiry undertaken by Victorian Ombudsman, Deborah Glass.

El defensor del Pueblo, Raúl Lamberto, solicitó a Vialidad Nacional y a los encargados de la empresa Corredor Panamericano II que tomen medidas para garantizar la seguridad vial tras el aumento de denuncias de los usuarios viales ante el mal estado de la autopista Rosario-Córdoba en el tramo Carcarañá-Roldán.

A recent column by Deb Hutton, published by Queen’s Park Briefing on 18 January 2019, raised provocative questions about the role and usefulness of independent officers of the Legislature. Ontario Ombudsman, Paul Dubé, wrote an opinion piece on this matter, which was published as a guest column in Queen’s Park Briefing on 1 February 2019.

The Ombudsman addressed a recommendation to the Minister of Justice to amend Act No. 32/2008 of 17 July on the retention of data generated or processed in the context of the provision of communications services publicly available electronic communications networks or public communications networks.