The Cleveland Youth Detention Centre inspection report: Focus on separation due to staff shortages, prepared by the Inspector of Detention Services, was tabled by the Honourable Curtis Pitt MP, Speaker of the Queensland Parliament on Tuesday 27 August 2024. 

The report by Queensland Ombudsman, Mr Anthony Reilly makes 15 recommendations for improvement at the Cleveland Youth Detention Centre on issues including staffing levels, approval processes for separations and the provision of basic facilities in separation rooms and holding cells.

A Major in the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) lodged a complaint after he was not promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel despite meeting the eligibility criteria. He claimed the selection process for the promotion was flawed and that he suffered an injustice as a result. The investigation by the Parliamentary Ombudsman of Malta examined the selection process used for promotions from Major to Lieutenant Colonel within the AFM.

El Defensor del Pueblo de Navarra-Nafarroako Arartekoa, Patxi Vera, se trasladó el 27 de agosto 2024 a la sede de Fundación Elkarte, en Pamplona, donde mantuvo un encuentro con sus responsables. Fundación Elkarte tiene como principal propósito la promoción social de personas vulnerables, en línea con los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) relacionados con la pobreza, la educación y el trabajo inclusivo.

A teenager with Autism and ADHD was less than a week away from being made homeless because Devon County Council had not decided where he should live when he became 18. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman remedies injustice and shares learning from investigations to help improve public, and adult social care, services.

La labor de los Organismos Públicos de Derechos Humanos a nivel global, regional y local es fundamental para entender y analizar los prejuicios de género, con el propósito de incidir y erradicar las desigualdades que enfrentan las mujeres en el ejercicio de sus derechos. Así lo destacó la Presidenta de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de la Ciudad de México, Nashieli Ramírez Hernández, al participar en el Seminario Web “Garantizar la equidad de género: El papel del Ombudsman”, organizado por la Asociación Africana de Defensores del Pueblo y Mediadores, en colaboración con el IIO.

The International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) and the Office of the Chancellor of Justice of Estonia in collaboration with the e-Governance Academy (eGA) invites you to participate in a 2-day training seminar on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Tallinn, Estonia on October 15–16, 2024. Kindly also consult this reminder for information on the e-learning platform, which is part of this project and which will be open for participants and others interested in the materials. The deadline for application is Friday, 13 September 2024.

Le jeudi 22 août 2024, Monsieur Kla Konan, Médiateur Délégué du N’Zi, de l’Iffou et du Moronou, accompagné des membres de sa délégation composée de Nanan Tangoua 2, président du comité de veille et de suivi de la situation de la cohésion sociale de Bocanda et chef du village d’Abéhanou, ainsi que Madame Mia N’guessan Charlotte, son assistante, ont séjourné dans la sous-préfecture de N’Zekrézessou (département de Bocanda). Cette sortie est la deuxième relative aux activités de renforcement de la proximité avec le corps préfectoral et les populations des différentes sous-préfectures de son ressort territorial.

Join the African Ombudsman Research Centre (AORC), the research and training arm of the African Ombudsman and Mediators' Association (AOMA) for the thought-provoking webinar on "Webinar Celebrating Women's Month - Ensuring Gender Equity: The Role of the Ombudsman" on Tuesday, 27 August 2024, at 10 am (GMT+2), organised in collaboration with the International Ombudsman Institute. The Program is now available.