Every year the Austrian Ombudsman Board reports about the results of its investigative proceedings as well as the observations and findings of its monitoring work as National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) to Parliament and the general public. The Annual Report 2017 is now available in English.

The Ombudsman Mr. Melron Nicol-Wilson on Thursday 9th August 2018 presented the 2017 Annual Report on the activities of the Office of the Ombudsman to His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio at State House.

Se trata de “La Defensoría del Pueblo y La Constitución de los Derechos”, que recopila las exposiciones realizadas por profesionales y referentes nacionales en una jornada realizada en mayo pasado, donde se debatió la importancia de que la figura del defensor esté consagrada en la Constitución provincial. El defensor santafesino pidió garantizar derechos a través de la Carta Magna.

La Tercera Visitadora General, Ruth Villanueva Castilleja, presentó el Estudio de Armonización Legislativa, que revela avance en la armonización del 87%, aunque en el derecho a la libertad religiosa y de culto el porcentaje es de cero por ciento.

The Inspector-General of Taxation (IGT) welcomes the release of his report into the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) verification of Goods and Services Tax (GST) Refunds. The review arose from concerns raised through the taxpayer complaints and IGT work program about the ATO’s GST Refunds risk assessment tools and adequacy of the ATO’s engagement with taxpayers and their representatives where release of refunds is delayed.

On 9 August 2018, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Penal Reform International (PRI) published a “Guidance Document on the Nelson Mandela Rules – Implementing the United Nations revised Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners”.

The IOI’s 3^rd Best Practice Paper will be officially launched by IOI President Peter Tyndall at the IOI Conference on Own Initiative Investigations, which will be hosted by the Office of the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman (NIPSO) and held in Belfast on 22 and 23 October 2018.

Le Bureau du Médiateur de la République de Côte d'Ivoire a publié le 5ème numéro du magazine d'informations qui informe sur régulièrement sur toutes les nouvautés importantes.