The Azerbaijani Ombudsman met with Mr. Menno Ettema, program manager, anti-discrimination department of CoE and Anca Sandescu, project manager, capacity building and co-operation projects unit, gender equality division of CoE at the Office of the Ombudsman.

On 15 March 2019, the “Principles on the Protection and Promotion of the Ombudsman Institution”, (“The Venice Principles”) were adopted by the Venice Commission. A translation of the text into Italian has been made available by the Office of the Ombudsman of the Autonomous Province of Trento a (Italy).

The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Mr Anthony C. Mifsud, presented the Case Notes 2018 to the President of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Anglu Farrugia. This year’s edition, as usual, tries to report cases that are of general interest and represent a good cross-section of the complaints investigated by the Ombudsman and the Commissioners.

La Defensoría del Pueblo recomendó dejar sin efecto el proceso de contratación de más de 400 profesionales y personal técnico del Hospital Regional de Tumbes, por presuntas irregularidades que ponen en riesgo la transparencia y el principio de la legalidad de dicha convocatoria.

La Defensoría del Pueblo abrirá una queja contra el Sistema Penitenciario después de que la Oficina de Protección de los Derechos Humanos de las Personas Privadas de Libertad encontrara en la Cárcel de Deborah una persona privada de libertad con posibles problemas psiquiátricos que permanece en condiciones inhumanas. Además, el personal administrativo labora en oficinas que no cumplen con las condiciones adecuadas.

The Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman, Marie Anderson, and the Irish Ombudsman, Peter Tyndall, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide for co-operation on complaints about North-South Implementation Bodies.  The MoU will ensure that users of public services, both north and south of the Ireland/Northern Ireland border, will be able to have complaints investigated efficiently by the appropriate independent Ombudsman.

 

Ombudsman Gwendolien Mossel and her team started a Community Outreach Program during the month of March. The Bureau visited the various districts to seek out the concerns, grievances and complaints of the people as well as continuing to promote awareness on the role of the institution.

El Síndic de Greuges de Cataluña, Rafael Ribó, y el Síndic de Greuges de Cornellà, Joan Barrera, han firmado un convenio de colaboración entre las instituciones que ambos encabezan. Con este, ya son 37 los convenios firmados con síndicos locales. Además, el Síndic de Greuges de Cataluña también tiene acuerdos de colaboración mutua con las nuevas universidades públicas catalanas.