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.

The South Australian Ombudsman’s 2018-19 Annual Report was tabled in parliament today. Mr Wayne Lines reported his Office responded to over 4000 complaints about state and local government.

Victoria’s WorkCover scheme is failing to deliver just outcomes for long term injured workers, inflicting a huge emotional toll on them, their families and wider society, Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass has found.

The first ever International Ombud Expo 2019 was hosted by the Public Complaint Commissioner of Nigeria at Abuja from 28-31 October, 2019. The Provincial Ombudsman Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Aqal Badshah Khattak, was invited as Lead Speaker for the event.

The Waka Tangata APOR E-News includes news and views from integrity organisations in the Pacific and Australasian Region. Issue 3 of the Waka Tangata APOR E-news is now available online.

The Danish Parliament, Folketinget, has elected Dr. jur. Niels Fenger as new Parliamentary Ombudsman. He will succeed Mr. Jørgen Steen Sørensen who has taken up an appointment as a Justice of the Danish Supreme Court.

Since 1 December 2019 British Colombia, Canada, has a new law that gives current and former provincial government employees a way to bring forward concerns about wrongdoing in workplace. The Public Interest Disclosure Act gives the Ombudsperson a new statutory mandate to conduct whistleblowing investigations if employees do not wish to report those concerns internally to their employer.