The Waka Tangata E-News includes news and views from integrity organisations in the Pacific and Australasian Region. Issue 4of Waka Tangata is now available online.

From 26 to 28 of November 2019 a high level conference on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Armenia's Human Rights Defender's Institution took place in the National Assembly in Yerewan.

We are all looking forward to the 12th World Conference which will take place in Dublin/Ireland from 17 to 22 May 2020. Please note, the deadline for submitting applications for funding ends today, 6 December 2019.

In a series of hearings, MEPs quizzed five candidates for the position of the European Ombudsman on what they could bring to the post by way of impartiality, visibility, transparency and ethics, if elected. Video recordings of each one-hour hearing now are available online.

The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) will host a Complaints Improvement Conference in Edinburgh on 25 February 2020. Colleagues interested in learning from complaints are welcome to attend this mixture of presentations and workshops on topics such as resolution, supporting staff and vulnerable people through the complaints process or the use of social media. Save the date!

The Office of the Ombudsman of Ireland is delighted to announce that Peter Tyndall has been reappointed as Ireland’s Ombudsman and Information Commissioner for a second six year term-of-office.

El 3 de diciembre se celebra el Día Internacional de las Personas con Discapacidad. Este día tiene como objetivo promover una mayor sensibilización e implicación de la sociedad en su conjunto, y de los poderes públicos en particular, en el esfuerzo por remover los obstáculos de todo tipo que se interponen entre las personas con discapacidad y el pleno disfrute de los derechos que tienen reconocidos.

El 25 de noviembre, el Síndic, Rafael Ribó, entregó en el Parlamento el informe anual sobre los derechos de los niños. El informe contiene los aspectos destacados de la actuación del Síndic en defensa de los derechos de los niños. Durante la presentación, el Síndic ha exigido más recursos presupuestarios para poder llevar a cabo las inversiones estructurales necesarias en el ámbito de la infancia.