Following a peer review of the Catalan Ombudsman service carried out by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Rob Behrens, along with the Federal Ombudsman of Belgium, Catherine De Bruecker, Catalan Ombudsman Rafael Ribó shares his fascinating experience on the PHSO podcast Radio Ombudsmann #17.

In 2019, the reform of local self-government and territorial organization of government continued in Ukraine. The process of forming the amalgamated territorial communities brought about the issue of the ability of local self-government bodies to ensure the observance, realization and protection of rights of citizens to social protection, healthcare, work, education and culture. Therefore, one of the strategic directions of the Commissioner’s activity was to exercise parliamentary oversight over the observance of social rights of citizens in the context of decentralization.

On June 23, in a videoconference mode, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova met with Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović.

The People's Advocate identified some problematic issues regarding the procedures followed and documentation drafted by the Local Authority of the Border and Migration in Tirana for the case of deportation of the Turkish citizen H.Çalik., therefore the People's Advocate recommended to the State Police to conduct a detailed analysis of them.

Le Défenseur des droits, qui a reçu plus de 103 000 réclamations en 2019, est un lieu d’observation privilégié non seulement des difficultés quotidiennes rencontrées par les usagères et usagers des administrations et des services publics, mais aussi des atteintes portées à leurs droits et libertés et des discriminations dont ils peuvent faire l’objet.

Two ministerial orders made during the COVID-19 pandemic by BC’s Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General went beyond the authority assigned to him under the Emergency Program Act and thus are contrary to law, an Ombudsperson investigation released today finds.

In the extraordinary circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic where the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia allows necessary deviations from human and minority rights, the Protector of Citizens, as an independent state authority for protection of human rights, has strenghtened the supervision and extended its work to almost 24 hours all seven days a week, so that the citizens of the Republic of Serbia could also in extraordinary circumstances achieve their rights.

Recently, the Control Yuan published the 2019 Annual Report. The report includes 6 case summaries, which are categorized into public expenditures, upholding discipline and safeguarding human rights. In 2019, the Control Yuan received 14,425 people’s complaints and issued 262 investigation reports. Also 18 impeachment and 116 corrective measure cases were proposed.