We are pleased to announce that a new date has been agreed for the 12^th IOI World Conference and General Assembly. The conference will now take place from 23 - 28 May 2021.

Tenemos el agrado de comunicar que se ha fijado una nueva fecha para la 12ª Conferencia Mundial y Asamblea General del IIO. La conferencia se llevará a cabo los días 23 – 28 de mayo de 2021.

Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer que nous avons convenu sur une nouvelle date pour la 12^ème Conférence mondiale et Assemblée générale de l'IIO. La conférence  aura lieu du 23 – 28 Mai 2021.

The impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) brings unprecedented challenges for our society, both nationally and globally. Public authorities must make significant decisions that affect public health, civil liberties and people’s prosperity. The public’s right to access information about such decisions is vital.

El Defensor del Pueblo (e.f.), Francisco Fernández Marugán, ha expresado su “profundo dolor” por el fallecimiento de su amigo y compañero Enrique Múgica Herzog, que ejerció como Defensor del Pueblo desde el año 2000 al 2010.

The Anit-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) has analysed a total of 52,118 cases of civil complaints for two months after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Korea, and pushed for measures to mitigate people’s inconvenience in cooperation with relevant ministries and agencies.

In the framework of combating new COVID19 pandemic the activities on combating the virus continues in Azerbaijan. By the country President’s decree on pardoning dated 6 April 2020, 176 convicts were released from prison and sent into quarantine.

The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia has created a special page on its website, exclusively dedicated to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 5 March 2020, Ms Marjeta Cotman and Dr Jože Ruparčič were elected by the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia to the position of Deputy Ombudsmen of the Republic of Slovenia.

Federal Ombudsman Syed Tahir Shahbaz chaired a meeting to direct investigating officers and senior officers to facilitate complainants by observing all safety measures.

At this very serious moment in our collective life, many citizens are wondering about the meaning and scope of the State of Emergency, decreed on the 18 March 2020 by His Excellency the President of the Republic. The questions, associated with natural feelings of unease and apprehension, are in themselves more than justified. Never before, during the almost forty-four years of the Constitution of the Republic, had the need been felt to resort to this exceptional instrument of ordering social relations. The need has now arisen.

The Office of the Ombudsman of Turkey is pleased to share with you the abridged English version of the 2019 Annual Report of the Ombudsman institution. The year 2019 was marked by significant number of complaint applications which reached 20.968 in 2019.

El Procurador Penitenciario de la Nación emitió una nota dirigida a la Presidenta de la Cámara Federal de Casación Penal para solicitar que se definan criterios de actuación frente a la emergencia sanitaria y penitenciaria.

Immediately after declaring the State of Emergency in Armenia, the Human Rights Defender has started the monitoring of the situation with regard to domestic violence. Reason for comprehensive monitoring is that the restrictions imposed during the State of Emergency increase the risk of violence in the family. In this respect, women, children and the elderly are the most vulnerable groups.

The purpose of immigration detention is to ensure that people with no right to remain in the Netherlands are available for deportation. How this should be done has been a matter of debate for some years. In 2015 the Minister of Justice put forward draft legislation proposing a new differentiated regime and in May 2017 the Rotterdam detention centre introduced this new regime in anticipation of the legislation. This prompted the National Ombudsman to investigate the way the new regime works in practice.