Este martes 6 de abril se cumplen 40 años de la aprobación de la Ley Orgánica 3/1981 que regula y desarrolla la figura del Defensor del Pueblo.

En estas cuatro décadas de historia, la Institución ha tramitado 999.358 quejas, ha formulado a las Administraciones 25.376 resoluciones y ha interpuesto 31 recursos de inconstitucionalidad y 11 recursos de amparo ante el Tribunal Constitucional.

Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova presented the publication "Protection, promotion and development of the Ombudsman Institutions", prepared by the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation together with the Director General of Human Rights and the Rule of Law of the Council of Europe, Christos Giakoumopoulos.

El Presidente del Parlamento, Unai Hualde, ha recibido hoy en su despacho oficial a Francisco Javier Enériz, Defensor del Pueblo de la Comunidad Foral, quien le ha hecho entrega formal del Informe Anual correspondiente al ejercicio 2020, un dossier que contempla 3.393 actuaciones, 505 más que en 2019, lo que supone un aumento del 17,5 %.

Un total de 1807 expedientes estuvieron referidos a la situación provocada por la Covid-19, en gran parte relacionados con la sanidad, la educación y las residencias de mayores.

Se dictaron cerca de un millar de resoluciones, con un grado de aceptación del 78,68 % de las recomendaciones dirigidas a las Administraciones.

The Seimas Ombudsman’s Office – the National Human Rights Institution – has submitted its Activity Report of 2020 to the Seimas highlighting human rights concerns of the last year. The COVID-19 pandemic, which shook the world in 2020, also impacted the activities of the Seimas Ombudsman, who repeatedly noted that during the pandemic it was especially important to ensure that residents of care homes and convicts had the opportunity to keep in touch with their family members. In other cases, when it was established that certain rights of individuals were violated due to the conditions of the pandemic, own-initiative investigations were started.

On 26 March 2021, the Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group of the European Parliament which operates in the framework of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs continued the discussion on the freedom of the media and the rule of law in Slovenia. Ombudsman Peter Svetina has accepted the invitation of the Group, headed by the Dutch MP Sophie in 't Veld, and participated in the second round of discussions in Brussels.

La Procuración Penitenciaria de la Nación presenta un proyecto de ley a la Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación para que las personas privadas de la libertad condenadas accedan a su derecho al sufragio universal.

On March 19, 2021, Public Defender of Georgia Nino Lomjaria participated in the 5th Conference on the World Down Syndrome Day. This year's message for World Down Syndrome Day is "Connect", which responds to the pandemic situation in the world.