For the second straight year, Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé is among the nominees for Canadian Lawyer magazine’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada. The list, chosen by the magazine’s internal editorial panel, readers and past honourees, recognizes lawyers who have played a significant role in the legal profession in the past 18 months.

Le 17 mai 2018, le Médiateur de la République, Baba Akhib HAÏDARA a remis officiellement son Rapport annuel 2017 à S.E.M. le Président de la République, Ibrahim Boubacar KEÏTA. C’était à la faveur d’une cérémonie solennelle qui a regroupé le Premier Ministre, le Président de la Cour Constitutionnelle, les membres du Gouvernement, les membres du Cabinet du Président de la République et les collaborateurs du Médiateur de la République.

El Defensor del Pueblo (e.f.), Francisco Fernández Marugán, ha recomendado a la Comisaría General de Extranjería y Fronteras que imparta instrucciones para que se establezca un sistema de registro de las solicitudes de asilo en los Centros de Internamiento de Extranjeros (CIE) que cumpla con la Ley de Procedimiento Administrativo Común.

A 73-year-old grandmother’s death from bladder cancer was avoidable, an investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has found. She died following a hospital’s nine-month delay to diagnose her. An inadequate local investigation failed to recognise this, and her son subsequently brought a complaint about her care to the Ombudsman.

Victorian government departments, local councils and other agencies dealing with challenging behaviour from members of the public will benefit from a new guide tabled in the Victorian Parliament today. Tabling her Good Practice Guide to Dealing with Challenging Behaviour, Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass said the guide aimed to help create better understanding between government bodies and the public.

The Commonwealth Ombudsman, Mr Michael Manthorpe PSM, has released a report into the detention of a man who was detained for nearly four years while he still held a visa, as a result of problems with the notification of refusals from the Department of Home Affairs.

The Equality Body of the Czech Republic – the Ombudswoman – published the summary report for the year 2017 informing about her main activities in the field of protection against discrimination. The Ombudswoman received 384 complaints concerning discrimination in 2017, most of them from the area of work and employment. In the year 2017, people mostly complained about discrimination on the grounds of disability. Ombudswoman established discrimination in 40 individual cases.

El Observatorio de la Vulnerabilidad del Síndic ha analizado en la reunión de hoy las modificaciones al Estatuto de Personas con Discapacidad de la Comunidad Valenciana. Para ello, hemos contado con el testimonio del presidente del CERMI en la Comunitat Valenciana, Luis Vañó que se ha felicitado por el consenso alcanzado en les Corts Valencianes a la hora de adecuar el Estatuto de las Personas con Discapacidad a la Convención de Naciones Unidas sobre Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad, siendo la primera comunidad autónoma en hacerlo.