During the IOI world conference, the Ombudsman of Greece, the Ararteko of the Basque Country and the National Ombudsman of the Netherlands presented their papers on asylum and migration topics. The discussion paper on integration written by the Office of the National Ombudsman of the Netherlands is now available for download.

The comparative study about refugees in Europe, which was conducted by the Ombudsman offices of the Netherlands, Greece and the Basque country, was presented during the IOI World Conference on the topic of "Giving voice to the voiceless". The respective workshop was chaired by the Greek Ombudsman Andreas Pottakis.

On 28 May 2021, Ombudsman Peter Svetina received Mr Roland Schilling, Head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Central Europe (UNHCR), and Ms Romana Zidar, Senior Protection Associate for Slovenia. They discussed current asylum and refugee issues and the challenges facing European countries in the area of migration.

Le Jeudi 27 mai 2021, une mission Gouvernement / Partenaires humanitaires s’est rendu dans l’Anzourou afin de s’enquérir des conditions de vie des populations suite à leur retour dans leurs localités d’origine, populations victimes d’attaques des Groupes Armés Non Etatiques qui avaient suscité un mouvement de ces populations a Tillaberi, Sakoira, Namari Goungou et Dessa.

The Public Defender of Rights of Slovakia has presented her annual report for the year 2020. Throughout 2020, the Public Defender of Rights followed the objective of discharging her function independently, impartially, apolitically and professionally.

The Commissioner for Administration and the Protection of Human Rights (Cyprus Ombudsman) has recently published a summary of her recent ex officio intervention regarding the exercise of civil rights of persons with disabilities and their equal participation in elections.

Les hacemos llegar el Reporte Semanal 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).

A social welfare board requested the police's assistance to transport a 13-year-old girl to one of the National Board of Institutional Care’s residential homes for young people. The transport was delayed partly because the Police Authority and the social services disagreed on whether representatives of the social welfare board should accompany the transport, and partly because there were problems with booking a flight. 17 hours after the girl was taken into care the transport began by car and after 10 hours of transport, she arrived at the residential home