Two more criminal cases have been launched based on the ad hoc public report of the Human Rights Defender on violations in psychiatric establishments.

 

The partnership between the Ombudsman of Portugal and his Turkish counterpart was officially launched on Monday 12^th of November in Ankara with a kick-off meeting between the teams from both institutions. The meeting followed the Portuguese Ombudsman selection by the European Union for a twinning project to reinforce the technical training of the Turkish Ombudsman staff.

There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to local inclusion but four key elements can boost the chances of success, finds the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights’ latest report.

La CNDH reconoce la determinación tomada por el pleno de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la nación en el sentido de invalidar la Ley de Seguridad Interior y llama la atención sobre la necesidad de que la prevención y el fortalecimiento de las instituciones civiles como responsables principales de la seguridad pública, se desarrollen en el Plan Nacional de Paz y Seguridad 2018-2024.

Ombudsman Peter Tyndall has expressed his disappointment that the HSE has not fully implemented the recommendations made in his 2015 investigation into the health care system. 

 

Provincial Ombudsman Sindh being the custodian of public interests has took a Suo Moto action on news published in Daily Newspapers regarding alleged corporal punishment and torture with sticks upon a student of class V by the Principal of SM Grammar School Korangi Karachi.

La Defensoría de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes de la Provincia de Santa Fe manifiesta su preocupación y disidencia con el Proyecto de Ley “Código Procesal Penal Juvenil” aprobado recientemente por el Senado Provincial.

 

The Seimas Ombudsman Augustinas Normantas and the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova conducted a joint humanitarian monitoring mission to Donetsk and Luhansk regions on 8-9 November 2018 with an aim to observe and assess the human rights situation therein.