El Presidente de la Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos, Luis Raúl González Pérez, recibió el 8 de abril de 2019 a Michelle Bachelet, Alta Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, con quien acordó mantener y fortalecer la comunicación y la colaboración en favor de una mejor defensa de los derechos humanos en el país.

Last July, the first comprehensive summer school for ombudspersons was held, following the example set by countries such as Canada and England, where a special training course for and about ombuds work already exists. The aim of this in-depth summer school was to highlight all the different aspects of the work an ombudsperson carries out.

Radio Ombudsman – the regular podcast of Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PHSO) – introduces Jenna Brown, Ombuds at the University of Denver and founder of the European Network of Ombudsmen in Higher Education (ENOHE).

Women throughout the EU face inequalities. But Roma women face additional challenges such as anti-Gypsyism, extreme poverty, exclusion and discrimination which reinforce their disadvantages, according to the latest report from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. It underlines the urgent need for targeted, gender-sensitive measures that allow Roma women to realise their full potential.

El Ministro de Justicia y Derechos Humanos de la Nación, Germán Garavano, declaró la emergencia carcelaria por el término de tres años. La Procuración Penitenciaria fue convocada para ser parte de la Comisión de Emergencia en Materia Penitenciaria con el objeto de analizar la situación actual. 

Se trata de un trabajo de investigación de Políticas Sociales y Derechos Humanos a nivel local, que analiza desde la perspectiva de derechos humanos seis aspectos vinculados con políticas públicas. Puede descargarse, en inglés y en castellano, desde la web.

Azerbaijani Ombudsman’s Office has been cooperating with the UNFPA Azerbaijan from the beginning of its establishment. In 2015, in the frame of this cooperation it was started to assess the country’s progress in implementing treaty body recommendations on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).

Contacts to the Iowa Office of Ombudsman in 2018 reached their highest number in 17 years, according to an annual report released today. Letters and calls from inmates in Iowa’s county jails and their families increased most dramatically – the office fielded 68 percent more jail complaints last year than in 2016. Managed Medicaid complaints held steady after a massive influx in calls from patients and providers in 2017. In sum, complaints, information requests, and special projects in 2018 totaled 5,178. This is more than a 5 percent increase from 2017 and a 29 percent increase since 2013.