Les 17 et 18 octobre 2019, le Défenseur des droits et l’Agence des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne (FRA) co-organisent le 5e séminaire du réseau Independent Police Complaints Authorities’ Network (IPCAN) à Paris.

The Ombudsman Commission welcomes the appointment of Ombudsman Richard Pagen as the Acting Chief Ombudsman. He fills the position left vacant by former Chief Ombudsman Michael Dick whose service came to end when he reached the retirement age of 55 on 4th October 2019.

Hong Kong Ombudsman Winnie Chiu, announced the results of two direct investigations reports: one on “Mechanism for Identifying and Reporting Suspected Child Abuse Cases” and one on “Government’s Planning and Arrangements for Ancillary Facilities for Electric Private Vehicles”.

El pasado 17 de octubre en la sede de Naciones Unidas en Nueva York, se realizó la presentación de “Probemos Hablando”, un programa de la PPN que busca resolver conflictos utilizando la palabra como herramienta y la mediación como metodología.

The Control Yuan hosted the 31st Australasian and Pacific Ombudsman Region (APOR) Conference in Taipei City from 25 - 27 September 2019. The gathering included a work shop on “The Ombudsman’s Role in Human Rights Protection” on 26 September, during which APOR member representatives and foreign guests were invited to share their professional insights and experience as well as case studies.

The Ombudsman for the Ministry of Interior of Bahrain has recently published its sixth Annual Report covering the period 1 May 2018 to 30 April 2019.In this period the Ombudsman has received 1067 complaints and assistance requests. Ombudsman Nawaf Mohamed Al Moawdah declares that this number reflects the users´ confidence in the impartiality, professionalism and commitment to justice of the Bahrain Ombudsman for the Ministry of Interior.

In September this year, the Danish Supreme Court announced that the Parliamentary Ombudsman, Mr. Jørgen Steen Sørensen, had passed the test required to become a Supreme Court Justice. This means that Ombudsman Sørensen will take up his post as a Justice in the Danish Supreme Court on 1 November 2019.

H.E. Justice Hassan Darvishian has been elected as the new President of the General Inspection Organization (GIO) of Iran. He succeeds H.E. Justice Naser Seraj, who held the position in the previous years.