Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier says holding government to account is never more important than in a time of crisis.

Mr Boshier says the highlight of the year ending 30 June 2020 was managing a busy, and expanding, programme of work, while providing independent oversight of the impact of government actions to combat COVID-19.

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Leicestershire County Council has agreed to apologise and pay a teenager £7,200 after it left her without a school place for nearly 14 months at a critical time in her education.

La exigencia de disponer de recursos propios con unos ingresos mínimos para la renovación de la autorización de residencia en propicia la exclusión social y laboral

Piden la modificación del Reglamento de la Ley de extranjería con la idea de que se elimine esta interpretación restrictiva

Acting on the Protector of Citizens’ recommendation on emergency employment of professional employees in social welfare centers throughout Serbia, the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy obtained the consent of the Government of Serbia to employ a total of 187 new professional workers on an indefinite-term basis, 108 of whom will be employed in social welfare centers.

On 23 February the African Ombudsman Research Centre (AORC) hosted a Webinar, in collaboration with the IOI, to discuss the UN Resolution on Ombudsman and Mediators. IOI President Peter Tyndall spoke at the webinar, along with IOI Secretary General Werner Amon, and the Médiateur of the Kingdom of Morocco, Judge Mohamed Benalilou.

The United States Ombudsman Association (USOA) hosted a four-hour virtual training on 22 October 2020, entitled “Poverty, Race, and Consciousness”. The presenters were Dr. Shariff Abdullah and Dr. Donna M. Beegle.  There were 98 individuals registered for the event, 17 of which were IOI members. The event was funded by an IOI subvention. 

Les hacemos llegar el 6. Reporte Semanal de “Derechos Humanos en Perspectiva Internacional” (13 – 19 de febrero de 2021), elaborado por el Programa de Observación y Asistencia para el Fortalecimiento de las Defensorías del Pueblo, que forma parte de la Unidad de Política Institucional de la Defensoría del Pueblo de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina).