In monitoring the work of the Bogovađa Asylum Center, the Protector of Citizens determined that the number of security guards in the Center was not sufficient to maintain security during major riots such as the one of 17 December 2020, and that most of migrants, who participated in the riots emerged after an employee of Commissariat for Refugees and Migration was forced to kiss a religious rites mat, were transferred to Preševo Reception Center.

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chair Chu CHEN and Control Yuan (CY) members made a visit to the National Academy for Educational Research on 23 November 2020. The delegation discussed human rights education with deputy education minister Ching-Hwa TSAI and officials and researchers from the Department of Special Education, K-12 Education Administration, and National Academy for Educational Research.

On 8 December 2020, the Public Defender of Georgia and the Council of Europe held a joint online conference and presented the findings of the study conducted with the support of the Council of Europe on the administration of justice on sexual violence crimes against women.

Citizens’ Representative for Newfoundland & Labrador, Bradley Moss, released a public report on 10 December 2020, highlighting the results of an investigation of evidence concealment by a public official during a previous conflict of interest investigation by his office.

El Defensor del Pueblo santafesino. Dr. Raúl Lamberto, disertó, junto a Peter Tyndall e Irene Oseremen, en la Presentación del Memorándum de Entendimiento entre el Instituto Internacional del Ombudsman (IOI) y la Alianza Global para Ministerios e Infraestructuras para la Paz (GAMIP).

You are cordially invited to join a Zoom presentation of a Memoradum of Understanding signed between the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) and the Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructures for Peace (GAMIP). The event will take place on 29 December 2020 and you can register here.

The IOI General Secretariat wishes you all a festive holiday season and a happy New Year!

Le Secrétariat général vous souhaite d'excellentes fêtes de fin d'année et une très bonne année !

¡La Secretaría General del IIO les desea a todos unas fiestas llenas de felicidad y lo mejor para el año nuevo!

En noviembre de 2020, la Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos (NHRC, por sus siglas en inglés) del Yuan de Control realizó varios eventos relacionado con el Día de los Derechos Humanos, incluyendo «El 20 de noviembre: Día Mundial de los Niños» y «El 25 de noviembre: Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Violencia contra las Mujeres».