National human rights institutions (NHRIs) are crucial for the protection and promotion of fundamental rights across the EU but their full potential remains untapped, finds a new report from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). It suggests next steps to boost NHRIs’ impact and efficiency, such as providing adequate resources, strong powers and clear mandates in line with the United Nations Paris Principles.

Basado en los resultados del I y II Congreso Latinoamericano de Justicia Restaurativa, llevado a cabo por la Defensoría del Pueblo de Santa Fe, junto con la Defensoría General de Lomas de Zamora, el Consejo Superior de la Judicatura de Colombia y la Defensoría del Pueblo de Colombia, se presenta el trabajo “La justicia restaurativa como un derecho humano”.

A l’occasion de la première Journée internationale de l’air pur pour des ciels bleus, le Secrétaire général de l’ONU, António Guterres, a réclamé lundi 7 septembre 2020 un changement radical et systémique pour empêcher les émissions de polluants atmosphériques.

El 30 de agosto 2020 en el Hospital Muñiz, se confirmó el doceavo fallecimiento por COVID19 de personas detenidas bajo custodia del Servicio Penitenciario Federal.

La oficina de la Defensoría del Pueblo en Tumbes demandó al Hospital Regional II-2 “José Alfredo Mendoza Olavarria” iniciar una investigación, en el marco de un debido procedimiento administrativo, con el fin de identificar a las funcionarias, los funcionarios y/o el personal de salud que ordenaron el entierro de dos ciudadanos en el cementerio COVID-19, pese a que ambos fallecieron por otras causas.

A widow approached the Provincial Ombudsman Sindh for delay in payment of pension and other service dues in respect of her deceased husband who was an employee of Agriculture Department, Government of Sindh and expired during service.

The Prison and Probation Service should do more to ensure the legal rights of inmates who are to be placed in disciplinary cells. This is the Ombudsman’s assessment following monitoring visits to 11 local prisons, five state prisons and one immigration detention centre under the Prison and Probation Service.

On 3 September 2020, the Committee received the European Ombudsman (EO), Ms Emily O’Reilly, who presented her 2019 Annual Report. Members had the opportunity to exchange views with the Ombudsman on the progress of her work for the past year.