Ensuring that citizens and children are involved in decisions that affect them. Upholding fundamental (children’s) rights in cases of evictions and migration. The question of whether (and, if so, how) the government is learning from experiences in its compensation programmes. These are just some of the issues from the Ombuds Agenda 2023 on which the National Ombudsman, the Ombudsman for Children and the Ombudsman for Veterans will be focusing particular attention this year.

The Commissioner for Human Rights, Marcin Wiącek, met with the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Reem Alsalem, who was on an official visit to Poland.

The annual seminar of the Office of The Ombudsman, which has been suspended for three years due to the epidemic, just resumed on 10 March at the Environmental Academy of the Environmental Protection Department (“EPD”).

Les hacemos llegar el 62. Reporte Internacional de “Derechos Humanos en Perspectiva Internacional” elaborado por el Programa de Observación y Asistencia para el Fortalecimiento 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 (Argentina).

On Wednesday 8 March, International Women’s Day, the IOI President Chris Field PSM issued a statement noting that the IOI recognizes and celebrates the exceptional women who lead, and all those women who work for, offices of the Ombudsman, Public Defenders, Mediators and other human rights institutions around the world.

The IOI President, Chris Field, had the privilege of attending an official reception on the occasion of his visit to Morocco at the Residence of the Australian Ambassador. 

IOI President Field’s third day in Morocco provided a very welcome opportunity for a formal bilateral exchange with the Mediator of the Kingdom of Morocco, Mr. Mohamed Benalilou.

En las XXX Jornadas Centrales de Derecho de Familia, organizadas por la Asociación Española de Abogados de Familia (AEAFAEl), el Defensor del Pueblo, Ángel Gabilondo, destaca el trabajo que realizan los abogados de familia y asegura que cumplen una labor “esencial para la sociedad”.