15. April 2020
Tenemos el agrado de comunicar que se ha fijado una nueva fecha para la 12ª Conferencia Mundial y Asamblea General del IIO. La conferencia se llevará a cabo los días 23 – 28 de mayo de 2021.
14. April 2020
In the framework of combating new COVID19 pandemic the activities on combating the virus continues in Azerbaijan. By the country President’s decree on pardoning dated 6 April 2020, 176 convicts were released from prison and sent into quarantine.
14. April 2020
El Procurador Penitenciario de la Nación emitió una nota dirigida a la Presidenta de la Cámara Federal de Casación Penal para solicitar que se definan criterios de actuación frente a la emergencia sanitaria y penitenciaria.
14. April 2020
El Defensor del Pueblo (e.f.), Francisco Fernández Marugán, ha expresado su “profundo dolor” por el fallecimiento de su amigo y compañero Enrique Múgica Herzog, que ejerció como Defensor del Pueblo desde el año 2000 al 2010.
14. April 2020
The international Ombudsman community mourns the death of Enrique Múgica Herzog, former Spanish Ombudsman, President of the Federation of Ibero-american Ombudsman FIO and founder of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsman (AOM), who passed away on Saturday, 11 April 2020, apparently victim of COVID-19.
14. April 2020
Immediately after declaring the State of Emergency in Armenia, the Human Rights Defender has started the monitoring of the situation with regard to domestic violence. Reason for comprehensive monitoring is that the restrictions imposed during the State of Emergency increase the risk of violence in the family. In this respect, women, children and the elderly are the most vulnerable groups.
10. April 2020
Le Défenseur des droits a eu connaissance de situations dans lesquelles l’accès à des supermarchés a été refusé à des enfants. Alors que de nombreuses familles sont monoparentales, ces refus ont pour effet soit de rendre impossible l’accès à des biens de première nécessité, soit de porter atteinte à l’intérêt supérieur des enfants en imposant qu’ils soient laissés seuls à la porte du magasin.
10. April 2020
On 27 March 2020, Petri Jääskeläinen, the Parliamentary Ombudsman, nominated a new Human Rights Delegation to serve a term from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2024. The Delegation has 38 members; a total of 134 people applied to join the Human Rights Delegation.