The 30^th anniversary of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) in 2019 was an opportunity to take stock of the committee’s achievements. Since 1989, the CPT has carried out more than 450 visits to Council of Europe member states, conducting its fact-finding work in police stations, prisons, immigration detention centres, psychiatric establishments, social care homes and other locations where persons may be deprived of their liberty.

La Defensoría del Pueblo de Santa Fe, junto con la Defensoría General de Lomas de Zamora, el Consejo Superior de la Judicatura de Colombia y la Defensoría del Pueblo de Colombia, organizan el 2° Congreso Latinoamericano de Justicia Restaurativa “Construyendo una cultura de diálogo, paz y derechos humanos”.

En rendant public son plus récent Rapport annuel, l’Ombudsman de l’Ontario Paul Dubé s’est penché sur les défis inouïs et durables que la pandémie du coronavirus a posés au secteur public de la province.

In 2019, the reform of local self-government and territorial organization of government continued in Ukraine. The process of forming the amalgamated territorial communities brought about the issue of the ability of local self-government bodies to ensure the observance, realization and protection of rights of citizens to social protection, healthcare, work, education and culture. Therefore, one of the strategic directions of the Commissioner’s activity was to exercise parliamentary oversight over the observance of social rights of citizens in the context of decentralization.

On 1 June 2020 Mr Vusumzi Magwebu took office as the new Ombudsman of the City of Cape Town. He has vast experience in investigations from both private and public sectors. He is a former prosecutor and was also a senior investigator with the office of the Public Protector, South Africa.

In 2019, the Ombudsman received 51,313 requests through the various channels available to citizens (6.6% more than in 2018), and 9823 complaint procedures were opened, representing an increase of 5% in relation to 2018. Compared with 2017, the growth in new complaint procedures is 26%; taking 2016 as a reference, the increase is 42%.

Ante incremento de casos de coronavirus en Cajamarca y el colapso del hospital COVID-19 Simón Bolívar, la oficina de la Defensoría del Pueblo en Cajamarca demandó dotar de mayores recursos humanos y logísticos al sistema de respuesta de la Dirección Regional de Salud (Diresa), a fin de garantizar la atención oportuna de los pacientes.

The English-language version of the 2019 Annual Report of the Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman has now been published. Niels Fenger, who took up the position of Parliamentary Ombudsman on 1 December 2019, points out the value of uncovering recurring errors in order to help many citizens at the same time and stresses that a guiding principle for him is to apply the institution’s resources where they can be of the greatest possible use in protecting citizens’ legal rights.

En el día de apoyo a las víctimas de la tortura, desde el Mecanismo Nacional para la Prevención de la Tortura, instamos al Estado a garantizar el respeto de las salvaguardas de la población bajo la custodia del Estado, y a implementar acciones que permitan un trato digno a estas personas, ya que las condiciones en que se encuentran actualmente podrían constituir tortura o malos tratos.

Many older people in care homes fell victim to COVID-19. Many also faced months of isolation and restrictions often harsher than those enforced for other parts of the population. The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) looks at how the pandemic affected the rights of older people. It highlights the need for a rights-based approach as governments shape their exit strategies.

Ce lundi 29 juin le Défenseur des droits, Jacques Toubon est intervenu à l’occasion d’un webinaire intitulé « Equality 2020, 20 years of Equality bodies » co-organisé par « Equinet », le réseau européen des organismes de promotion de l’égalité. Réunissant 46 membres issus de 34 pays d’Europe, majoritairement des bureaux d’Ombudsman ou des commissions pour les droits humains, Equinet entend promouvoir l’égalité en Europe, et ce en soutenant les actions et travaux des organismes nationaux de promotion de l’égalité.

El próximo domingo, 28 de junio, se celebra y conmemora mundialmente el Día del rgullo LGTBI. El Ararteko se suma a esta conmemoración para reivindicar, una vez más, la importancia de velar por el respeto de la diversidad humana y trasladar al colectivo LGBTI un mensaje de apoyo y esperanza.

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) is calling on the UK Government to give clarity about its plans for a robust and independent lessons-learned exercise into the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.