On 23 September 2020, the webinar on "On-site Monitoring of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic" will bring together NHRIs and high-level experts in the field, such as members of the UN CRPD Committee, the president of the Council of Europe European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), and the vice-president of the European Disability Forum (EDF).

Pierre Heusser is the newly appointed Ombudsman of the City of Zurich. He was elected by the municipal council (local parliament) in January and succeeded Claudia Kaufmann in mid-August.

Manitoba Ombudsman has initiated an investigation into a privacy breach affecting approximately 9,000 children who are clients of Children’s DisABILITY Services (CDS) in Manitoba Families.

Les hacemos llegar el reporte semanal “Derechos humanos en perspectiva internacional”, elaborado por el Programa de Observación y Asistencia para el Fortalecimiento Institucional de las Defensorías del Pueblo, que forma parte de la Unidad de Política Institucional de la Defensoría del Pueblo de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.

Today the Commonwealth Ombudsman Michael Manthorpe released a report: “Did they do what they said they would?” on the implementation of recommendations made in a number of earlier public investigation reports.

The Public Defender of Georgia presented a special report on the results of the monitoring carried out in preschool educational institutions. The report was prepared with the support of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) within the framework of a project on "Strengthening the Capacity of the Center for the Rights of the Child".

El Defensor del Pueblo (e.f.), Francisco Fernández Marugán, valora positivamente que la Secretaría de Estado de Migraciones haya aceptado su recomendación para que los solicitantes de protección internacional puedan obtener una autorización de residencia sin tener que renunciar a su estatus.

Dès son entrée en fonction le 23 juillet 2020, la Défenseure des droits Claire Hédon est allée à la rencontre des acteurs publics et institutionnels et des délégués dans les territoires. La Défenseure des droits s’est ainsi rendue afin de rencontrer les représentants de l’association La Sauvegarde, une association que intervenant pour la protection de l’enfance; cette association a abordé les cas des mineurs isolés.

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) contacted the Human Rights Defender of Armenia on their own initiative to discuss the procedure for the ongoing judicial appointment process for the Constitutional Court and an agreement was reached to closely monitor the process.

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office is proud to support “How’s your Head? A guide to staying afloat post COVID-19”, a mental health manual created by young people, for young people.

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman is calling for more to be done to help the adult social care sector capitalise on the valuable learning complaints can bring, in its annual review.

El Defensor del Menor de Andalucía, Jesús Maeztu, ha lamentado hoy que la pandemia sanitaria causada por la COVID 19 ha tenido consecuencias en los derechos y garantías de la infancia y la adolescencia, al tiempo que ha advertido de que estos problemas se agudizarán.

The Ministry of Education will apologize to students and compensate any students who were financially harmed by the issuance of incorrect provincial exam results in 2019 as a result of a B.C. Ombudsperson investigation.

En el marco de su función de monitoreo la PPN tiene un fuerte compromiso en presentar información confiable. Por ello publica periódicamente informes y reportes estadísticos sobre la situación de los lugares de detención federales. En esta oportunidad se suma a estas publicaciones una serie de informes por establecimiento penitenciario con datos actualizados al primer semestre de 2020.