La Comisión de Derechos Humanos e Igualdad del Parlamento Vasco aprobó, recientemente, una declaración institucional a favor de los defensores y defensoras de los derechos humanos con motivo de la celebración, este año, del 70 aniversario de la aprobación, por las Naciones Unidas, de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos.

Durante 2017 se registraron 103 crímenes de odio motivados por la orientación sexual, la identidad y/o la expresión de género, según el informe anual realizado por el Observatorio de Crímenes de Odio LGBT perteneciente a la Defensoría LGBT, dependiente del Instituto contra la Discriminación de la Defensoría del Pueblo de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.

Numerous complaints have been submitted to the Parliamentary Ombudsman criticising the social security institution Kela for refusing to grant basic social assistance for medication prescribed by doctors, or other health care expenses since it changed its policy concerning the granting of basic social assistance for health care exprenses in autumn of 2017.

As part of its strategies to contribute towards realisation of the right to access to justice by Kenyans, the Commission has carried out free legal aid forums in Makueni County. The public forums, conducted in three different towns, are aimed at creating and enhancing citizens’ awareness on administrative justice and on their right to access to information and how it promotes access to justice.

Marianne Ryan, Alberta’s ninth Ombudsman, welcomes legislative changes that expand her office’s jurisdiction to include municipalities. The updated legislation takes effect April 1, 2018 and includes ‘municipalities’ to the jurisdiction, alongside Alberta government departments, designated professional organizations and the Patient Concerns Resolution Process of Alberta Health Services.

The Ombudsman, Ms Connie Lau, held a press conference on April 17 to announce the results of two direct investigations, namely “Water Supplies Department’s Maintenance of Government Water Mains and Risk Management” and “Government Departments’ Handling of the Problem of Air-conditioner Dripping”.

La Defensora de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes de Santa Fe, Analía Colombo, participó este miércoles y jueves de la firma de convenios con centros residenciales. Las actividades se llevaron a cabo en las ciudades de Rosario y Santa Fe y contaron la presencia de la subsecretaria de los Derechos de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes de Santa Fe, Andrea Travaini.

At the meeting with experts on human rights and mental health, the Seimas Ombudsmen Augustinas Normantas and Raimondas Šukys discussed the conformity of the amendments to the Law Mental Health Care with the international obligations of the country in the field of human rights.