The Ombudsman Commission of Papua New Guinea presents its bi-monthly newsletter. Read about the highlights and activities within the Ombudsman Commission in the months of July and August 2021.

The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) held a press conference to announce that an independent monitoring mechanism as required by Article 33 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will be set up to build long-term cooperation between government agencies and representatives for disabled persons, jointly facilitating the implementation of the CRPD.

Chaque année au Québec, plus de 21 000 personnes âgées ont besoin d’une place d’hébergement public. Le Protecteur du citoyen du Québec a enquêté sur les règles et pratiques entourant l’accès à un hébergement permanent.

Every year in Québec, more than 21,000 elderly people need a place in a public residential resource. The Québec Ombudsman investigated the rules and practices surrounding access to permanent residential resources.

A Gloucestershire woman was left malnourished and without the support she needed for her medical conditions because the county council ignored professional advice, a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigation has found.

The Australian Commonwealth Ombudsman’s 2020–21 Annual Report has been published. The report provides an overview of the 2020–21 financial year for the Office, detailing the performance of the Office’s core work. This is the first Annual Report delivered by Acting Commonwealth Ombudsman Ms Penny McKay.

Following the annual Government Report on the Operation of the State and County Prisons and Juvenile Correctional Institutions, which recorded nine inmate deaths in the entire prison system during the course of 2020, Ombudswoman Tena Šimonović Einwalter instigated an investigation procedure in this matter.

The Public Defender of Rights of the Czech Republic presents the English version of its Annual Report 2020. It provides comprehensive information about the activities of the Public Defender of Rights of the Czech Republic in all areas of his mandate.