An event on "Child rights: Equal opportunities" was held by the Ombudsman Institution of Azerbaijan jointly with Goygol District Executive Power in the Gizilja village school. The issue of effective education and upbringing of the children for the future was highlighted during the event.

Raymond Théberge, commissaire aux langues officielles, a fait la déclaration suivante aujourd’hui que le 29 janvier marque le premier anniversaire de son entrée en fonction en tant que commissaire aux langues officielles du Canada. Après son avis, on a également tous un rôle à jouer pour favoriser le respect des langues officielles. Mais d’abord et avant tout, on doit respecter les uns les autres

Los representantes de la Asociación de Defensores del Pueblo de la República Argentina (Adpra) mantuvieron un encuentro con el titular de la Inspección General de Justicia (IGJ) a quien le entregaron una propuesta elaborada por las defensorías donde propusieron diferentes maneras de abordar la problemática surgida por los incrementos desproporcionados en las cuotas de los planes de autos 0 kilómetro.

The Ombudsman of Hong Kong, Ms Connie Lau, published the Office of The Ombudsman’s Brief Report 2018 on 31 January.   The Office received a total of 10,130 enquiries and 4,870 complaints in 2018. The figures were at similar levels to those in the past few years, with an average of 850 enquiries and 400 complaints per month. 

The Commission has published a study that seeks to promote best practice for providing enhanced opportunities for individuals with disabilities to be involved in organised sports.There are an estimated 80m people with a disability in the European Union (EU), equivalent to approximately 15% of the EU population. Disabled people are less likely to take part in organised sport than non-disabled individuals, this despite the many positive benefits of participation. 

Madame le Mediateur du Faso et tous ses collaborateurs adressent leurs vives félicitations à Roch Marc Christian KABORE Président du Faso pour la nomination de Mr Joseph Marie Christophe DABIRE comme Premier Ministre. Ces félicitations sont également adressées aux membres du gouvernement entrant.

The President of the General Inspection Organization (GIO) Iran, H.E. Justice Naser Seraji, took the opportunity of his participation at the 10th Annual Conference of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA), which took place in Vienna (Austria), from 22 – 24 January 2019, to meet with Ombudsman Peter Fichtenbauer, Chairperson of the Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB), and IOI Secretary General Günther Kräuter.

In 2018 Ombudsman of the Republic of Latvia monitored all six hospitals in Latvia, where in-patient psychiatric treatment of children is provided. During these monitoring visits Ombudsman examined treatment and other conditions of children in these hospitals.