On 25 March 2019 the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman), Adam Bodnar, invited representatives of different international human rights institutions, including the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI), to discuss the current situation of threat that he is facing at the moment.

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The Caribbean Ombudsman Association (CAROA) and the Ombudsman for Bermuda are pleased to invite you to attend the 10th Biennial CAROA conference and training which will be held from 28 - 31 May 2019 at the Fairmont Southampton Resort in Bermuda.

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The Ombudsman of Valle d’Aosta hosted an IOI seminar on the benefits of networking, sharing best practices and supporting colleagues under threat. With the view to promote the Ombudsman concept, participants adopted the Aosta Declaration, which calls for the creation of a National Ombudsman in Italy.

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Dans certains cas, l’administration accorde une allocation plus élevée lorsqu’elle constate que l’état de la personne handicapée s’est aggravé. Or, les problèmes rencontrés par l’administration dans le traitement des dossiers retardent les examens médicaux et les décisions.

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This report presents the state of play of the implementation of the right of European Union citizens with disabilities to vote in elections to the European Parliament. With this report, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) provides a full picture of how this right is actually implemented. The report is available in English, French and Spanish.

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The Basque Ombudsman, Manuel Lezertua, the Greek Ombudsman, Andreas Pottakis and the Dutch Ombudsman, Reinier van Zutphen, spoke with two commissioners of the European Commission on Tuesday 19 March. The topic was the integration of asylum seekers and refugees and relocation. 

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La defensora de derechos humanos y fundadora del colectivo "Caminando Fronteras" Helena Maleno ofrecerá una conferencia sobre los movimientos migratorios, los derechos de las personas migrantes y las acciones humanitarias el próximo martes día 2 de abril de 2019 a las 18:00 horas en el salón de actos del Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Bizkaia, en Bilbao.

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The Control Yuan (CY) carried out an investigation after receiving a complaint by a citizen claiming he was being deprived of his right to work by being prohibited for life from holding a taxi driver’s license due to a conviction for attempted murder, despite having already served his prison sentence. The right to work is the right of each citizen to earn a living to survive and should be protected by the government.

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Adam Bodnar, Commissioner for Human Rights, took part in the NHH Symposium. He spoke about the rule of law, independence of the judiciary, judicial cooperation and the principle of mutual recognition of judgments in the European Economic Area.

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Upon investigating the appeals addressed by a number of convicts, human rights organizations and the Ombudsman, 431 convicts including 35 women and 14 foreigners were pardoned by the Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, dated March 16, 2019.

Con la presencia de mujeres representantes de entidades sociales, gremiales, culturales y políticas el defensor, Raúl Lamberto, presentó el libro “Abriendo Sentidos” cuyo objetivo es convertirse en una guía práctica y adaptable a casi todos los contextos para trabajar situaciones de violencia de género, pero que además pueda adaptarse a otras situaciones, de violencia en el trabajo, en los efectores de salud, en educación, etc.

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A man lost his eye due to NHS failures in treating an eye infection, causing him significant distress and leaving him unable to work or drive. An investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has found that the failure to diagnose and treat the complainant’s eye infection correctly, meant that it became untreatable and, as a result, he had to have one eye surgically removed.

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The Queensland Ombudsman’s report, The Brisbane Youth Detention Centre report: An investigation into the management of young people at Brisbane Youth Detention Centre between November 2016 and February 2017, was tabled on the 27^th of March by the Honourable Curtis Pitt MP, Speaker of the Queensland Parliament.

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The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, received a reply from the Minister of Justice, Francisca Van Dunen, to the recommendation made to the Government to amend the law on the retention of data generated in the context of the provision of electronic communications services.

The Ombudsman of the Province of Santa Fe, Dr. Raúl Lamberto, presents a publication on "Social Policies and Human Rights at the local level", product of the joint work between the Office of the Ombudsman of the province of Santa Fe and the National University of Rosario, which is now also available in English.

The Ombudsman Association’s 2019 Conference on “Driving Improvements: collaboration and peer learning” will be held in Belfast on 21/22 May 2019. Alongside plenary sessions on the need for kindness and emotion in public policy, there will be workshops on the common challenges faced by all Ombudsman schemes.

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En el marco de la Segunda Conferencia de Alto Nivel de las Naciones Unidas sobre la cooperación Sur-Sur del Plan para Buenos Aires (PABA+40) la Procuración Penitenciaria de la Nación organizó junto con la Oficina del Alto Comisionado para los Derechos Humanos (ACNUDH) un evento paralelo en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Buenos Aires.