The Seimas Ombudsman Augustinas Normantas and the Speaker of the Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis discussed the human rights issues in Ukraine with the Ukrainian Ombudsman Lyudmyla Denisova. The Seimas Ombudsmen's Office together with other Lithuanian organisations implements an EU Twinning project aimed at strengthening the skills of the staff of the Ukrainian Ombudsman institution.

Over the past years the IOI has developed several training programmes that cater to the specific needs of member institutions acting as National Preventive Mechanism (NPM). The 4^th IOI workshop for NPMs will be generously hosted by the Office of the Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman and held in Copenhagen from 7 - 9 November 2018.

After the first meeting of the Council of the Human Rights Ombudsman (Council), Ombudsman Vlasta Nussdorfer presented the Council's tasks, orientations and composition and contribution to the functioning of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (Ombudsman).

On 1 May 2017, the Québec Ombudsman was entrusted with handling disclosures of wrongdoings committed by or regarding a public body pursuant to the Act to facilitate the disclosure of wrongdoings relating to public bodies. This is the context for the Québec Ombudsman’s release of its first public integrity investigation conclusion. 

Le 1er mai 2017, la Loi facilitant la divulgation d’actes répréhensibles à l’égard des organismes publics confiait au Protecteur du citoyen le mandat de traiter les divulgations d’actes répréhensibles commis au sein ou à l’égard d’un organisme public. C’est dans le cadre de ce nouveau mandat que le Protecteur du citoyen diffuse sa première conclusion d’enquête en matière d’intégrité publique. 

La Defensoría del Pueblo se refirió al nuevo cuadro tarifario aprobado por Enargas que entró en vigencia el 1 de abril y señaló que el mismo no considera la situación socioeconómica de los usuarios y la evolución de salarios y de la economía en general. En el mismo sentido remarcó una serie de items a tener presentes por los usuarios.

Le magazine de la Association des Médiateurs des Collectivités Territoriales (AMCT)publique un article du Médiateur de la Province de Pistoia (Toscane, Italie), Manuele Bellonzi, sur la défense civique en Italie : histoire et perspectives.

 

The Control Yuan recently published the "Annual Report of the Control Yuan 2017" in English and Spanish. The report shows the Institution's activities and work in the past operational year.