Ottawa, December 17, 2021 – Today, the Correctional Investigator, Dr. Ivan Zinger, released new data that shows that the proportion of incarcerated Indigenous women has continued to increase unabated, and is nearing 50% of all federally-sentenced women. On January 21, 2020, the Office of the Correctional Investigator reported that the proportion of Indigenous men and women in federal custody had reached a new historic high, surpassing 30% of the overall incarcerated population. The combined men and women Indigenous proportion in federal corrections is now 32%, and climbing.

On the sidelines of the 9th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, Dr. Muhannad Hijazi, JIACC’s Chairman met with Hassan Abdel Shafi Ahmed, Administrative Control Authority’s Chairman, to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on mutual cooperation against corruption and its preventive measures.

On 1 December 2021, the Office of the Ombudsman of Israel, in association with the IOI and AOM, hosted an international online conference on the theme "Protecting the Rights of Older People in an Age of Longevity", in celebration of the Israel Ombudsman's jubilee year. Video recordings of the conference are now available online.

You can now watch the video record of the facilitated discussion on “Ethical Transparent and Accountable Leadership”, held on 14 December 2021, on YouTube and access the presentations from webinar speaker here.

In terms of Article 22(4) of the Ombudsman Act, the Ombudsman Mr Anthony C. Mifsud and the Commissioner for Environment and Planning, Perit Alan Saliba, have sent to the House of Representatives the Final Opinion in relation to a complaint on car damages suffered due to sea water flooding at Birżebbuġa.

Commemorating International Migrants Day. ''We have to realise a system that will offer refugees reliable protection, and which will ensure respect for the rights of all migrants!''

“Hate breeds hatred”: The Human Rights Defender of Armenia has released an awareness video on the consequences of the dissemination of hatred. Hate speech always returns to the one who spreads hatred. This is the message of the awareness-raising video published by the Human Rights Defender of Armenia.

Les hacemos llegar el 49. 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).