La Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CNDH) informó que 22 entidades carecen de su respectiva ley para salvaguardar la integridad de las personas defensoras de derechos humanos, en tanto que las 10 restantes ya cuentan con ella para proteger a quienes desempeñan esa actividad.

The Western Australian Ombudsman has tabled his 2017-18 annual report in Parliament. The report outlines the work of the Office for the year. The Office finalised 94% of complaints within 3 months and 100% of the Ombudsman’s recommendations were accepted for the eleventh consecutive year.

In April, the Chief Ombudsman announced investigations into four agencies (the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, the Ministry for the Environment, the Department of Conservation, and Land Information New Zealand) as part of a long-term strategy to raise the quality of official information delivery from the public sector.

The CPT-report reviews the treatment of persons detained by the police, the situation of prisoners held in three county prisons (ie Zagreb, Split and Osijek) and the Zagreb Prison Hospital, as well as the treatment of juveniles deprived of their liberty under criminal legislation. The situation of involuntary psychiatric patients is examined in the light of the recently adopted mental health legislation at different psychiatric establishments.

The Greek Ombudsman, Andreas Pottakis, presented his assessment on the relocation programme for asylum seekers which ran between September 2015 and September 2017, during the recent meeting of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) in Brussels, where he participates in the capacity of Regional Director.

Une cinquantaine de citoyens ont participé au forum citoyen « Make My Administration » organisé par le Médiateur fédéral les 22 et 23 septembre derniers au Sénat. Ce 3 octobre, ils ont officiellement remis leurs recommandations à des politiques et hauts fonctionnaires.

On behalf of the European Region of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) the Office of the National Ombudsman of the Netherlands will hold two “poldershops” in November 2018 (one on the new EU data protection regulation and one on communication). A few places are still available and you are invited to register online.

The African Ombudsman and Mediator Association (AOMA) presents the 10th Issue of “African Ombudsman Today”. The regular newsletter from the African continent can now also be downloaded from the IOI website.