On 19 November 2020, the IOI successfully held its first session of the IOI Remote Media Training. The interest in this training was enormous and participants from all six IOI world regions applied. In this first training session, a total of 18 persons from 18 different Ombudsman institutions from all corners of the globe took part in this high-end media training.

Está disponible el reporte semanal de “Derechos Humanos en Perspectiva Internacional” para el período del 7 al 13 de noviembre de 2020. El reporte semanal está elaborado por el Programa de Observación y Asistencia para el Fortalecimiento de las Defensorías del Pueblo de la Defensoría del Pueblo.

After the Government brought back the quarantine regime and re-introduction more intensive restrictions on human rights and freedoms throughout the territory of the Republic of Lithuania, the Seimas Ombudsman Augustinas Normantas presented a report assessing the compliance of emergency management measures that were introduced in March this year with human rights and freedoms.

La semaine internationale de sensibilisation à la fraude est une initiative de l’ACFE, la plus grande association mondiale rassemblant plus de 85 000 professionnels de la lutte contre la fraude et dont le Centre Intégrité du Médiateur fédéral est membre. L’ACFE souhaite diminuer l'impact de la fraude dans les entreprises et les services publics par la prévention et la sensibilisation.

Preparations are in full swing for the Israel-IOI hosted international webinar on the theme: Covid-19 and the Ombudsperson - Rising to the Challenge of a Pandemic. Don’t forget to register for the webinar at the attached link! 

For the eleventh consecutive year, the Western Australian Ombudsman has been recognised as one of Western Australia’s best practice entities for timeliness and quality of reporting, financial reporting and controls by the Auditor General.

Tenemos el agrado de invitar a usted a la XI Asamblea y Seminario Virtual "Hermanas Mirabal", del Instituto Latinoamericano del Ombudsman-Defensorías del Pueblo (ILO), que tendrá lugar los días 26, 27 y 28 de noviembre próximo. En el contexto de pandemia, se tomó la decisión de abordar temas relacionados con los derechos humanos en situaciones de excepción y el rol que cumplen las instituciones de derechos humanos.

We have the pleasure of inviting you to the 11th Assembly and Seminar of the Institute of Latin American Ombudsman (ILO), to be held virtually from 26 – 28 November 2020. In the context of the pandemic, the ILO decided to put a special focus on human rights in exceptional situations and the role human rights institutions play in such settings.