Les membres de l’Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) et de l’Association des Ombudsmans et Médiateurs de la Francophonie (AOMF) ont tenu leur première conférence commune les 23 et 24 novembre dernier à Tunis (Tunisie).« Une réunion fondatrice d’un combat commun pour le droit et pour la démocratie » selon les mots de M. Toubon, Défenseur des droits de France et Secrétaire général de l’AOMF.

A young woman’s death from anorexia nervosa would have been prevented had the NHS provided appropriate care and treatment, according to a Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) report published today (Friday 8 December 2017).

Le Médiateur de la République a tenu du vendredi 17 novembre au 1er décembre 2017 sa session annuelle, édition 2017. Deux cent onze dossiers concernant vingt-cinq structures dont quinze ministères, cinq communes, trois préfectures et deux établissements publics étaient à l’ordre du jour.

On 6 December 2017, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published its “Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey (EU-MIDIS II): main results” report. Nearly a decade since FRA carried out a similar survey, the findings underline the need for specific and stronger measures to provide legal protection against discrimination coupled with effective sanctions.

IOI Secretary General Günther Kräuter congratulated Polish Ombudsman Adam Bodnar in Warsaw for the 30th anniversary of his institution. He furthermore stressed the importance of independence of Ombudsman institutions. IOI Europe president Rafael Ribo also expressed his concern about the human rights situation in Poland and other European countries.

 

The Asian Region of the IOI held an electronic ballot to fill the vacant position of one Asian Director on the IOI Board of Directors. Ms Un-Jong Pak, Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission in Korea, received the highest number of votes and was therefore declared elected as new Asian Director.

IOI Secretary General and Austrian Ombudsman Günther Kräuter attended the OSCE Parallel Civil Society Conference 2017 in Vienna on 5 December, in order to discuss the results of the OSCE self-evaluation process.

British Columbia’s Ombudsperson Jay Chalke released his 2016-2017 Annual Report on 7 November 2017. The Report details a year’s work upholding administrative fairness across B.C.’s more than 2,800 provincial and local public authorities.