A Cornish woman was left without the support she needed after the council told her she could not pay her daughter to care for her, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman said. The woman, who has significant and complex needs, had been using her direct payments to pay her daughter to provide care for her. But Cornwall Council told the family this was not allowed because the daughter lived with...

On 4 February 2021, the Ombudsman Juris Jansons participates in a discussion organised by the Latvian Open Technology Association. Discussion topic - Internet elections: Technology opportunities and risks for free, secret, secure and democratic elections and referendums in Latvia. For more information about the discussion and conference...

The Ombudsman opened an own-initiative inquiry into the role of the Commission in ensuring that member state governments use EU funds with a view to promoting independent living for persons with disabilities and older persons, and transitioning away from residential care institutions...

L’avis du Médiateur fédéral appuiera les discussions de la commission Justice de la Chambre sur la proposition de loi visant à accorder un statut légal et une protection aux lanceurs d’alerte. Le Médiateur fédéral a rédigé cet avis sur la base de :
- son expérience des signalements d’atteinte à l’intégrité et de la protection des lanceurs d’alerte au sein de l’administration fédérale
- des travaux menés dans le cadre de la...

“Today’s judgment ordering Alexei Navalny’s imprisonment in a correctional colony for three and a half years defies all credibility and contravenes Russia’s international human rights obligations”, said the Commissioner.

“Mr Navalny should not have been arrested and tried in the first place because the criminal conviction that has served as a basis for today’s custodial sentence had already been considered arbitrary and manifestly unreasonable by the European Court of Human Rights...