El Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la Defensoría del Pueblo de CABA participó en la IV Reunión del Consejo Federal para la Lucha contra la Trata y Explotación de Personas que tuvo lugar en la Ciudad de Córdoba el día 10 de mayo de 2017.

The Parliamentary Ombudsmen’s investigation points to significant failures in the placement of unaccompanied minors and the social service’s follow up of the minor’s care.

The 10th edition of the Ombudsman's Casebook has now been published. It includes summaries of some of the cases Ombudsman and IOI President Peter Tyndall examined recently.

El Comité contra la Tortura de la ONU (CAT) emitió sus observaciones finales luego del examen periódico de la Argentina en cumplimiento de la Convención contra la Tortura llevado a cabo los días 26 y 27 de abril.

Los Ombudsman de las provincias de Santa Fe, Buenos Aires y Córdoba se comunicaron telefónicamente y acordaron que se evalúen las obras necesarias para que la cuenca no desborde e inunde las localidades vecinas. Piden consensuar soluciones entre las tres jurisdicciones.

On the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Asian Ombudsman Association (AOA), First Vice-President of the IOI Diane Welborn and Secretary General Günther Kräuter were represented at AOA’s 15th General Assembly, jointly held by national and provincial ombudsman of the region. Diane Welborn’s opening speech on the successful work of the AOA in the fight against corruption and Günther Kräuter’s contributions to two sessions of the conference formed part of an excellently organized conference dealing with the past, present and future perspectives of Asian Ombudsman institutions.

Two direct investigation reports on “Housing Department’s Mechanism for Taking Follow-up Action against Unauthorised Alterations by Public Housing Tenants” and “Government’s Regulation of Factory Canteens” were released by the Office of the Ombudsman of Hong Kong.

The Queensland Ombudsman offers practical and interactive training opportunities for public sector officers on managing complaints, making decisions, managing unreasonable conduct and ethical dilemmas.