Mr. Şeref Malkoç has been re-elected as Chief Ombudsman of Turkey by the General Assembly of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 11 November 2020. Mr Malkoç, a 60-year-old prominent lawyer and former member of the Parliament, was sworn in on the 1 December 2020 at the Parliament. Performing this duty since 05 December 2016, Mr. Malkoç’s new mandate will be for another four years until 2024. 

Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, being the custodian of public interests has, taken suo motu action to ensure all safety measures to protect the prison inmates from the outbreak of a second wave of COVID-19.

In an investigation initiated upon learning from the media about the sexual abuse of a child from Zaječar, the Protector of Citizens determined that only after the monitoring by the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy did the Zaječar Social Welfare Center react and place the child in a foster family, which was why disciplinary proceedings were initiated against the expert workers.

Como cada 10 de diciembre, el Ararteko conmemora el Día Internacional de los Derechos Humanos e invita a la ciudadanía y a las administraciones públicas vascas a sumarse a la celebración y a renovar su compromiso con la Declaración.

DIGNITY – Danish Institute against Torture invites you to join a webinar on monitoring health in places of detention, which includes the launch of the DIGNITY Health Monitoring Manual. The webinar will take place on Wednesday 13 January 2021. Online registration is now open.

On 30 November, Ombudsman Ms Winnie Chiu announced the launch of a direct investigation to examine the management of waste separation bins by the Environment Bureau and the Environmental Protection Department (EPD), and the effectiveness of the relevant programme.

In a recent report Commissioner for Administration and Protection of Human Rights (Ombudsman), Maria Stylianou-Lottides,  has urged the Justice Ministry to look into speeding up actions to support a transfer request from a member of the LGBTI community to serve out the remainder of their prison term in Nicosia prisons.

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has reappointed both its Ombudsman and Integrity Commissioner for another five years. Ombudsman Paul Dubé and Integrity Commissioner Hon. J. David Wake have served in their current roles since 2016. Their respective terms as Officers of the Assembly were extended by a unanimous vote of MPPs at Queen’s Park on 30 November 2020.