Based on the initiative of Commissioner for Fundamental Rights Dr. Ákos Kozma, the agencies and organizations – such as the Hungarian Prison Service, the Police and the state-owned forest enterprises – participating in the renovation and refurbishment-related programme aimed at several residential child care communities donated school supplies to the residents of these facilities, including the ones that had been renovated through mutual effort.

 

The Ombudsman has encouraged the Council of the European Union to assess whether its guidance for corporate sponsorship of its rotating presidency is effective at mitigating potential conflicts of interest and reputational risks for the EU, and to explore possible measures to help mitigate these risks.

El Síndic de Greuges de la Comunitat Valenciana, Ángel Luna, lamenta que la Conselleria de Educación no haya concretado qué medidas va a adoptar para aliviar la desigualdad de los escolares en situación de vulnerabilidad social, tal y como recomienda exhaustivamente la institución que preside.

Ealing council wrongly turned away a pregnant woman who approached it for help with housing, despite police and other agencies saying it was not safe for her to return to her tenancy in another area. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman was asked to investigate. It found the council used an outdated, narrow definition of domestic abuse, limiting it to physical attacks.

Pursuant to Section 10(4) of the Ombudsman Act 1995, the Ombudsman, Judge Emeritus Joseph Zammit McKeon, has submitted the Ombudsplan 2025 to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Anġlu Farrugia. The Ombudsplan 2025 sets out the planned activities and initiatives that the Office of the Ombudsman aims to undertake in the coming year. It also provides Parliament with an update on the concerns raised in the previous year’s Ombudsplan.

The Cairns and Murgon watch‑houses inspection report: Focus on detention of children, prepared by the Inspector of Detention Services, was tabled by the Honourable Curtis Pitt MP, Speaker of the Queensland Parliament on Wednesday, 11 September 2024. Under the Inspector of Detention Services Act 2022 the Queensland Ombudsman, Mr Anthony Reilly, is also the Inspector of Detention Services.

La Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos (NHRC, por sus siglas en inglés) aprobó el informe de investigación sobre el caso de denuncia del Sindicato Profesional de Auxiliares de Vuelo de la municipalidad especial de Taoyuan el 23 de julio de 2024, señalando que el código de vestimenta de las aerolíneas nacionales para las auxiliares constituye una discriminación que incumple la Convención sobre la Eliminación de Todas las Formas de Discriminación Contra la Mujer.

The Office of the Ombudsman opened its third Ombudsman Assistance Center (OAC) at the DoubleDragon Plaza in Pasay City on 22 August 2024. Intended to cater to walk-in clients for the filing of complaints and Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth including the processing of Ombudsman clearance, the OAC is designed to provide responsive and streamlined frontline services.