The advocate’s status and the accurate perception of their role in the society are one of the issues of the great priority for the Defender. The mission of the advocate is to provide quality legal assistance, proper legal defense against the charges during the criminal procedure.

On August 2nd, the Ombudsman, Ms Connie Lau invited members of the public to provide information and views on the implementation of the Mandatory Window Inspection Scheme by the Buildings Department.

The Office of the Ombudsman of Malawi is looking for one senior expert to take on the consultancy in a project funded by the European Union, which aims at improving democratic governance via a more effective and responsive judiciary and improved accountability and oversight. Applications should be send to the Malawi office by 10 August 2018.

Passed away in Melbourne on 23 July 2018, aged 94. Norman was Victoria’s second Ombudsman, following a distinguished career with the RAAF and six years as Victoria’s first Director of Consumer Affairs. We all strive to make a difference in life, but not too many people can look back on a life quite so well-lived, who helped so many thousands of people, as Charles Norman Geschke, popularly known as Norm.

Dans le cadre de sa visite sociale au Mali, l’Ombudsman du Soudan, Monsieur Ahmed Abuzaid AHMED a initié une série de rencontre auprès de certaines Autorités maliennes dont le Médiateur de la République. Accompagné par le Consul honoraire du Soudan au Mali, Monsieur Ahmed Hamid SALEH, l’Ombudsman a été reçu en audience, le jeudi 19 juillet 2018, par la Directrice de Cabinet du Médiateur de la République, Madame TRAORE Nènè SISSOKO.

Le Défenseur des droits, Jacques Toubon, se félicite de la modification, dans la loi pour un Etat au service d’une société de confiance, adoptée hier à l’Assemblée nationale, de l’article L. 114-17 du code de la sécurité sociale qui donnait la possibilité aux organismes sociaux d’infliger une pénalité financière non seulement en cas de fraude aux prestations sociales, mais aussi pour de simples erreurs de déclaration commises par l’allocataire.

A Control Yuan joint committee recently issued a report on its investigation into the government’s long-term care program, identifying a serious shortage of long-term care workers as one of the major problems that needs to be addressed.

Since Jean-Jacques Gautier’s original idea of a system of visits to places of detention, prevention has progressed. The transparency of places of deprivation of liberty has increased and the need for safeguards to prevent violations is now recognised. The timeline and this annual report show APT’s driving role in these developments.