Ángel Gabilondo asiste a la entrega del XVII Premio del Observatorio Contra la Violencia Doméstica y de Género 2022.

Date of article: 29/11/2022

Daily News of: 01/12/2022

Country:  Spain

Author: National Ombudsman of Spain

Article language: es

En esta edición se ha reconocido el trabajo realizado por la Asociación de Mujeres Juezas de España (AMJE), por las Comisiones Provinciales de Coordinación Contra la Violencia sobre la Mujer, y por la fiscal Gracia Rodríguez, que ha recibido la mención especial `Soledad Cazorla, fiscal´.

Además, y con motivo del XX Aniversario de del Observatorio contra la Violencia Doméstica y de Género, la presidenta de esta institución y vocal del Consejo General del Poder Judicial, Ángeles Carmona, ha entregado un reconocimiento especial a la vicepresidenta de la Comisión Europea Věra Jourová.  

El acto de entrega ha sido inaugurado por la presidenta del Observatorio y clausurado por el presidente del Consejo General del Poder Judicial, p.s., Rafael Mozo. Al mismo han asistido, entre otras autoridades, la presidenta del Consejo de Estado, Magdalena Valerio, el fiscal general del Estado, Álvaro García Ortiz; y la delegada del Gobierno contra la Violencia de Género, Victoria Rosell. También ha estado representado el Ministerio de Justicia.

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Con motivo del Día de la Infancia tuvo lugar en la sede de la Institución una jornada sobre «Salud Mental Infanto-Juvenil».

Date of article: 29/11/2022

Daily News of: 01/12/2022

Country:  Spain - Galicia

Author: Regional Ombudsman of Galicia

Article language: es

La Jornada se realizó con la Plataforma de Organización de Infancia de Galicia, y intervinieron la Valedora do Pobo, Mª Dolores Fernández Galiño; Xesús Vilas, Presidente de la Plataforma de Organizaciones de Infancia de Galicia y José Mazaira Castro, médico psiquiatra, Coordinador responsable de la Unidad de Hospitalización de Salud Mental de la Infancia y Adolescencia del C.H.U.S., que impartió una charla magistral sobre el tema.

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Sozialsprechstunde: Bürgerbeauftragte berät in Rellingen persönlich

Date of article: 28/11/2022

Daily News of: 01/12/2022

Country:  Germany - Schleswig-Holstein

Author: Regional Ombudsman of Schleswig-Holstein

Article language: de

Probleme bei Hartz IV, wie zum Beispiel mit der Übernahme der Kosten für Miete oder Heizung, mit der Hilfe zum Lebensunterhalt, dem Wohngeld oder auch mit Leistungen der Krankenkassen oder Schwierigkeiten beim Kindergeld ­ die Bürgerbeauftragte für soziale Angelegenheiten des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, Samiah El Samadoni, hilft bei allen Fragen rund um das Sozialrecht. Darüber hinaus berät die Bürgerbeauftragte auch als Leiterin der Antidiskriminierungsstelle des Landes und als Ombudsperson in der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe im Rahmen dieser Sprechstunde. Zudem ist die Bürgerbeauftragte auch Beauftragte für die Landespolizei und damit Ansprechpartnerin für Beschwerden von Bürger*innen und Eingaben von Polizist*innen.

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Il Difensore Civico sui banchi di scuola. Inizia nelle scuole del Lazio questo progetto sperimentale.

Date of article: 29/11/2022

Daily News of: 01/12/2022

Country:  Italy

Author: Italian National Coordination of Regional and Autonomous Provinces Ombudsman Institutions

Article language: it

 Dopo tanti mesi di lavoro dietro le quinte ha preso il via il progetto a carattere sociale, educativo, didattico rivolto agli studenti. Grazie alla sensibilità dell’Ufficio Scolastico Regionale del Lazio nelle scorse settimane le scuole del Lazio sono state invitate ad esprimere una condivisione didattica su un progetto dal titolo appunto “Il Difensore Civico sui banchi di scuola”.

Al progetto, per questo primo anno in forma sperimentale, hanno aderito 30 scuole, e raggiunto il numero prefissato, sempre le scuole hanno condiviso un programma di incontri in presenza presso gli Istituti Scolastici.

L’obiettivo è quello di costruire una coscienza collettiva informata e preparata al riconoscimento del ruolo e delle funzioni del Difensore Civico partendo dal dialogo con i giovani studenti, classe dirigente e consapevole del nostro domani.

Convinto come la scuola sia la matrice di una formazione intesa utile a far crescere una generazione di cittadini consapevole dei propri diritti, ma allo stesso tempo, rispettosa delle leggi che regolano la vita in comune, da domani inizieremo a dare un senso concreto all’educazione civica nella scuola con questa bella iniziativa che mi emoziona e mi rende orgoglioso,

Dott. Marino Fardelli – Difensore Civico della Regione Lazio e Presidente del Coordinamento Nazionale dei Difensori Civici delle Regioni e delle Province Autonome Italiane

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We publish our fourth Equality and Human Rights Casebook

Date of article: 30/11/2022

Daily News of: 01/12/2022

Country:  United Kingdom - Wales

Author: Public Services Ombudsman for Wales

Article language: en

The Casebook contains a selection of cases considered by us over the last year which involved equality and human rights considerations.

In 2021/22, we considered 59 such cases. The selection presented in the Casebook relates mainly to health, but several cases concern social care and housing.

Several cases in this Casebook relate directly to the measures introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic to protect public health. Three cases concern the application of the ‘Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation’ (DNACPR) procedure and one concerns the rules around face-covering exemptions.

The publication also includes several cases where equality duties may have been engaged. Those concern mainly how public services providers considered reasonable adjustments to disabled people.

Michelle Morris, the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales said:

Promotion of equality and human rights is everybody’s business.

As the Ombudsman, we cannot conclude that someone’s human rights have been breached, or that they have been discriminated against. That is a matter for the Courts. However, these issues are often inseparable from people being treated unfairly and suffering injustice. Because of that, if we see that someone’s human rights or equality rights may be relevant in a case, we will reflect that in our conclusions and recommendations.

We publish this Casebook to raise awareness of how we approach human rights and equality issues in our casework, but also to promote improvement of public services. For this reason, we also include several complaints that we did not uphold. We believe that this is important to better explain our approach to such cases, as well as to highlight correct administrative practice by the bodies investigated.

We know that there is an ongoing discussion at UK level about the future of the Human Rights Act 1998. We are clear that, regardless of the outcome of those discussions we will continue to do all we can to promote and protect the human rights and equality rights of the people who use Welsh public services.

Read the Casebook on our website here.

30 NOV

 

Equality | Human rights | Press Release |

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