In a letter addressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, made public on 22 October 2020, the Commissioner raises her concerns about risks to the continuity and the effective functioning of the Polish Ombudsman institution.

La Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos (NHRC, por sus siglas en inglés) del Yuan de Control comenzó a funcionar oficialmente el día 1 de agosto de 2020.

Hon’ble Ombudsman Sindh, Pakistan, Mr. Ajaz Ali Khan presented the Annual Report 2019 of the Institution to the Honourable Governor Sindh on 19 October 2020

On 20 October 2020, the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova and Secretary-General of the Council of Europe Maria Peichinovich-Burich held a meeting at the House of Human Rights in Moscow.

Los autónomos se encuentran en una situación más vulnerable y comprometida, ya que muchas veces no disponen de ningún otro recurso que el propio patrimonio

El defensor del Pueblo de la provincia de Santa Fe, Raúl Lamberto, el gobernador de la provincia, Omar Perotti, y el intendente de Rosario, Pablo Javkin, inauguraron este jueves en Rosario un nuevo edificio de la Defensoría del Pueblo. La propiedad de 360 metros cuadrados está ubicada en calle Paraguay 756 y fue adquirida y refuncionalizada con fondos propios de la institución. Le permitirá brindar una atención de mayor calidad y mayor confort a la ciudadanía.

The second revised edition of a book by Linda C. Reif, now called "Ombuds Institutions, Good Governance and the International Human Rights System" has recently been published by Brill Nijhoff. This book uses comparative law and comparative international law approaches to explore the role of human rights ombuds, classic-based ombuds and other types of ombuds institutions in human rights protection and promotion, their methods of application of international and domestic human rights law and their roles in strengthening good governance.

Ombudsman’s Day is 10^th October. In commemoration of Ombudsman’s Month and to raise awareness of the Ombudsman institution, the African Ombudsman Research Centre (AORC) will be hosting a two-hour facilitated discussion via Zoom on the 27 October 2020 around the threats facing the Ombudsman institution. To RSVP to this event, click on the INVITATION LINK.