Pension for Life, implemented on April 1, 2019, is a new financial compensation regime available to Canadian Armed Forces Veterans.  This investigation compared lifetime financial benefits under three compensation schemes:  Pension Act, the New Veterans Charter/Veterans Well-being Act, and the new Pension for Life.

Los Defensores europeos han debatido sobre la coordinación necesaria y los problemas comunes que está generando en la ciudadanía la epidemia de COVD19. En esta reunión on line, impulsada por la Defensora del Pueblo Europeo, Emily O'Reilly, participaron más de 35 defensores del pueblo nacionales y regionales de toda Europa, entre ellos, el Defensor del Pueblo andaluz, Jesús Maeztu, con el fin de compartir el trabajo que están realizando para defender los derechos de las personas en esta crisis.

Avec la plateforme « Solidarité Covid-19 Francophonie », l’OIF a mis en place le 31 mars 2020 un dispositif aidant les talents numériques de l’espace francophone à se fédérer et créer des solutions innovantes au service de leurs communautés.

BC Ombudsperson Jay Chalke wrote an opinion piece on the role of oversight during the pandemic, which was published in one of the provincial papers past weekend.

The Western Cape Police Ombudsman presents its Annual Performance Report for the 2019-2020 financial year. It seeks to enhance the efficiency of police services and improve relations between the police and communities by investigating complaints of police inefficiency and/or by investigating any breakdown of relations between the police and communities in the Western Cape.

The Human Rights Defender started a discussion proceeding on his own initiative based on the statement about ill-treatment, including beating of the citizen’s son in the psychiatric establishment.

The Ombudsman suggested adaptations of procedures to ensure effective suspension of the practical effects of all tax enforcement proceedings in relation to seizures (or other coercive acts) on the part of the Tax Authority, the Social Security Executive Chambers and the third parties responsible for complying with them, in the cases of banks, paying entities (of salaries or pensions) and debtor entities (of credits of those executed).

The anti-crisis economic plan adopted by the Georgian Government includes important aspects in response to the challenges emerged amid the coronavirus pandemic, however, the plan does not adequately address the needs of persons with disabilities.