La Defensoría del Pueblo de la Nación conjuntamente con UNICEF Argentina están llevando a cabo la Campaña Huella Digital, que consiste en consejos para gestionar la información personal que se comparte en las redes.

The Federal Ombudsman, Syed Tahir Shahbaz has shown great concern over thousands of pending complaints against Ehsaas Programme in the Benazir Income Support Programme(BISP) and directed to resolve all pending complaints within 60 days and submit report.

A new report shows where progress has been made by NSW Government and non-government agencies over the last 12 months in implementing measures aimed to prevent child deaths.

Would you like to hear how other Ombudspersons are coping with the coronavirus crisis? The State Comptroller and Ombudsman of Israel and the IOI invite you to participate in an international webinar on the theme: “Covid-19 and the Ombudsperson - Rising to the Challenge of a Pandemic” on 24 November 2020. Register for the webinar is now open; read more for the registration link.

The Ombudsman of Hong Kong, China, Ms Winnie CHIU, held a press conference on 29 October 2020 to announce the results of two own-motion investigations; one into the maintenance and repair of play and fitness equipment in public rental housing estates and the other one into the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department’s practice of outsourcing street cleansing services.

Dr Freddy Carrión Intriago, Ombudsman of Ecuador, was elected to the role by GANHRI members through an online voting procedure that concluded on 27 October 2020. This election follows the end of Carlos Alfonso Negret Mosquera’s term as Ombudsman of Colombia and as former Chairperson of GANHRI since March 2019.

The Protector of Citizens, Zoran Pašalić, underlined that journalists’ economic position was one of the most important requirements for the existence of professional and free media and announced that he would insist on setting up a single database on the attacks on journalists, where economic pressures would be singled out as a separate segment.

Parliamentary Ombudsman Petri Jääskeläinen is expediting the reform of the Act on the Openness of Government Activities (AOGA).