The Constitutional Court recognized unconstitutional the legal regulations stating the automatic (by default) deprivation of the contact with outside world of detainees and convicted persons transferred to the disciplinary cell, based on the application submitted by the Human Rights Defender. The Court stated June 5, 2019 as a deadline for the National Assembly and the Government, giving a possibility to correspond the challenged provisions to the requirements of the decision, otherwise they will be declared repealed.

En 2018 se ha producido un incremento de las solicitudes de intervención del Síndic en el ámbito de los derechos civiles y políticos. Rafael Ribó solicita en su informe a todas las instituciones catalanas que establezcan como retos prioritarios la consideración de la vivienda como derecho fundamental y no solo como objeto económico y la igualdad de oportunidades en la educación.

Dunja Mijatović, Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe (CoE), paid a visit to Austrian Ombudsman and IOI Secretary General, Günther Kräuter, to discuss relevant human rights issues.

La institución provincial solicitó a los partidos políticos que se autolimiten para dar cumplimiento a los lineamientos de la normativa nacional e internacional de paridad de género en la conformación de listas de la futura elección.

Ombud, Charles Murray, released last Thursday, 7th of February, findings of his office’s probe into complaints of mistreatment of patients at the Restigouche Hospital Centre in Campbellton, caused in part by chronic understaffing.

The 2nd of February is nationally celebrated as Youth day in Azerbaijan according to the Decree signed by the President, Haydar Aliyev in 1997. Since that day, each year numerous events are conducted in the country where the young people actively participate. On this occasion by the initiative of Azerbaijani Ombudsman many events were organized in different regions of the country with participation of the young people.

A new book edited by Marc Hertogh and Richard Kirkham brings together leading scholars and practitioners to discuss state-of-the-art-research on the 'ombudsman' institution. 'Research Handbook on the Ombudsman' illustrates how empirical research may contribute to a better understanding of the ombudsman in action.

Le Médiateur de la République, Joseph H. Gnonlonfoun poursuit toujours sa mission de sensibilisation pour la cause de la paix et de la concorde dans le cadre des élections législatives du 28 avril 2019.