The Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan published an ad hoc report on “The Rights of Detained and Convicted Persons Transferred to the Disciplinary Cell on Inviolability of Private and Family Life, Freedom of Communications”.

 

Irish Ombudsman and IOI President, Peter Tyndall, has welcomed the Irish government’s decision to establish a scheme to repay clients who lost money following the closure of an adoption agency in 2015. The scheme is being set up following extensive discussions between the Irish Ombudsman, the Adoption Authority of Ireland, and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

Manitoba Ombudsman has released its investigation report on the City of Winnipeg’s Handi-Transit service, now called Transit Plus. The service provides transportation for approximately 7,500 clients who are unable to use the fixed-route transit system because they are legally blind or have a physical disability that significantly impairs their mobility.

Dentro de la población presa, las personas extranjeras representan un colectivo de alta vulnerabilidad. La Procuración Penitenciaria de la Nación menciona que las cuestiones idiomáticas, alimenticias, condiciones climáticas adversas y el aislamiento social, cultural y familiar sobredimensionan los padecimientos del encarcelamiento.

The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) will hold its annual meeting from 4 – 6 March 2019 in Geneva. During this meeting, GANHRI gathers NHRIs from all around the world for their General Assembly, the Annual Conference, and several other meetings and side events.

The annual meeting of the IOI Board of Directors will be held from 14 – 16 May 2019 in Mérida (Mexico). The Board accepted the generous invitation of Mr Luis Raúl González Pérez, President of the National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH) to host this event in 2019.

Palabras de Luis Raúl González Pérez, Presidente de la CNDH en la Audiencia Pública relativa a la Reforma Constitucional en materia de Guardia Nacional. Estas incluyen los puntos básicos del análisis que formula la CNDH de México, respecto del dictamen aprobado en sentido positivo, por la Comisión de Puntos Constitucionales, de la H. Cámara de Diputados, que replantea a la Guardia Nacional.

During 20 – 21 November 2018, General Viddhavat Rajatanun, Chief Ombudsman of Thailand, and Mr. Boon Tapanadul, Ombudsman, as well as Mr. Raksagecha Chaechai, Secretary-General of the Office of the Ombudsman and executives, welcomed the delegation from the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) of the Republic of Korea, led by Mr. Kwon Kunsang, Director-General of the Ombudsman Bureau.