New Zealand is again ranked first equal with Denmark in the Transparency International annual index of perceived levels of public sector corruption.

On Thursday, 28 January the Cayman Islands joins the rest of the world in marking International Data Protection Day. Cayman’s Data Protection Law (DPL) contains important rights for individuals, including the right to be informed about how personal data is being used. The Office of the Ombudsman is tasked with oversight and enforcement of the DPL. Individuals have the right to complain to the Ombudsman if they believe their data is not being processed legally or fairly.

On 26 January 2021, the IOI held a successful second round of the IOI Remote Media Training. This session brought together 16 participants from Europe, Africa, Asia, North America and the Caribbean.

The Federal Ombudsman Syed Tahir Shahbaz by taking cognizance of the difficulties of senior citizens and widows has directed Director General National Savings (CDNS) to facilitate senior citizens, widows and pensioners as per banking standards.  He was chairing a high level meeting to review the progress on CDNS Reforms Report issued by the Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat(WMS).

La Cadena Cope realizó un programa en directo en la cafetería Regina de la calle Triana de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Parliamentary Ombudsman Petri Jääskeläinen has nominated Committee Counsel Matti Marttunen, Doctor of Laws and Master of Laws trained on the bench, as Secretary General of the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman. Marttunen will take office on 1 March 2021.

An investigation on providing assistance to victims of domestic violence revealed a sad reality: assistance to victims of violence is often still unavailable, those who call the police are still left alone with the perpetrator, and assistance often includes purely formal oral consultations, despite the obvious need for specific assistance. These and other striking conclusions were drawn by the Seimas Ombudsman Augustinas Normantas, having summarized the results of the investigation into the provision of assistance to persons, who had experienced domestic violence.

Les hacemos llegar el 44. 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).