La defensora del pueblo, Eliana Revollar, expresó su malestar porque pese a las advertencias y recomendaciones efectuadas reiteradamente en relación al desarrollo de un proceso electoral en el país, se haya verificado que las personas con discapacidad siguen siendo el sector poblacional con más dificultades para cumplir con su deber de sufragar.

Later this week, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights will be launching a year-long, Office-wide “UDHR 75 initiative” to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the UDHR and the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action that paved the way for the establishment of his Office. 

Chris Field, President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) and Western Australian Ombudsman, provided an address to ceremony guests on the occasion of the 30^th anniversary of the Office of the Croatian Ombudsman.

On the occasion of the 30^th anniversary of the entry into force of the first Ombudsman Act, Ombudswoman Tena Šimonović Einwalter held a conference on “Protection of Human Rights and the Rule of Law” on 30 November 2022.

Chris Field, President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) and Western Australian Ombudsman, provided an address to conference guests on the occasion of the 30^th anniversary of the Office of the Cyprus Ombudsman.

The Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia has published an ad hoc report on ensuring the rights of women, minors, and foreigners deprived of their liberty in the penitentiary system. The English summary of this report is now available.

The Ombudsperson British Columbia (BC) released the final investigative update to his office’s 2017 report Misfire: The 2012 Ministry of Health Employment Terminations and Related Matters. The update concludes that all of the report’s 41 recommendations to the provincial government are now implemented.

El Defensor del Pueblo, Ángel Gabilondo, considera que para restablecer el suministro eléctrico en la Cañada Real se contemple la concesión de licencias urbanísticas especiales a los afectados. Cerca de 3.000 personas, de ellas más de 1.200 son niños, se ven afectadas por la falta de electricidad que les impide tener una vida digna y que ponen, en algunos casos, en riesgo la salud de muchos de los que allí viven. El Defensor del Pueblo reitera el llamamiento a las administraciones para que se atienda sin más dilación esta emergencia humanitaria.