The 10^th Biennial Caribbean Ombudsman Association (CAROA) Conference and training will be held in Bermuda from 28 – 31 May 2019. Please save the dates! The proposed theme of the conference is “Strengthening the role and performance of Ombudsman and Human Rights Institutions in the Caribbean”. The conference will be followed by a two-days training session.

El Defensor del Pueblo de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Alejandro Amor y el presidente del Centro de Desarrollo Económico y Social Urbano, Itai Hagman, firmaron esta tarde un convenio de colaboración con el objetivo de realizar una medición de la desigualdad urbana desde una perspectiva multidimensional.

En el año 2015 el Síndic emitió una resolución en que recomendaba una revisión y una reforma de la legislación para que todas las personas con discapacidad tuvieran el derecho a votar y a participar en la vida pública

En 18 de octubre de 2018 el Procurador Penitenciario Dr. Francisco Mugnolo presentó el seminario “Drogas: de la prohibición a la regulación. Resistencias y desafíos” en la Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. La actividad se realizó en el marco del Proyecto de Visibilización del Impacto de las Políticas de Drogas impulsado por la Procuración Penitenciaria.

The Inspector-General of Taxation (IGT), Mr Ali Noroozi, welcomes the public release of his report into the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) Fraud Control Management. The Parliament’s Senate Economics References Committee requested that the IGT examines the ATO’s fraud control management due to concerns surrounding allegations of tax fraud that may be linked to abuse of position by a public official.

The Ombudsman for the Ministry of Interior Bahrain has released his fifth Annual Report for the period 2017/2018. The Office was established as part of the Bahraini government’s response to the recommendations of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI).

The Ombudsman of Hong Kong, Ms Connie Lau, held a press conference on 18 October 2018 to announce the results of a direct investigation report on “Housing Department’s arrangement for using idle spaces in public housing estates” and a full investigation report on “Transport Department’s improper arrangement for implementation of 2-way toll collection at the Lantau Link”, that caused serious traffic congestion.

The Office of the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman (NIPSO) published the October edition of its quarterly bulletin. The bulletin contains news of the upcoming conference on own initiative investigations to be held in Belfast next week, a link to NIPSO’s new animated video for members of the public and a selection of the Office’s latest investigation reports.