The “Young Citizen” Education Public Union organized a public discussion on “Equal rights and equal opportunities” for eliminating causes of domestic violence (DV), regulating property disputes within family relations, social protection of DV victims and their education in the concerned field.

Con la presencia del Procurador Penitenciario de la Nación (PPN), Francisco Mugnolo, se inauguró la nueva sede de la delegación. Al cerrar la ceremonia, el Sr. Mugnolo subrayó que al ser la Procuración un organismo relativamente joven es necesario contar con distintas delegaciones con el propósito de difundir el trabajo realizado en defensa los derechos de las personas privadas de su libertad.

The Office of Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé developed a paper on Ombudsman strategies for getting Ombudsman recommendations accepted and implemented. The paper is available here. 

H.M. Government of Gibraltar announces the retirement of Mr Mario Hook as Public Services Ombudsman by placing on record its gratitude and admiration for his 14 years of dedicated service to good practice and administration.

The Ombudsman, Advocate John Walters secured the release of 46 alleged illegal immigrants detained in Windhoek police holding cells.

‘Sorry’ seems to be the hardest word: The Victorian Government should consider amending the law to allow public agencies to apologise for mistakes without fear of legal repercussions, according to a new report by the Victorian Ombudsman.

Rob Behrens began his new role as Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman and Chair of the organisation on Thursday 06 April 2017.

On the 22^nd of March the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights hosted Equinet’s kick off project meeting on combating violence against women which was followed by the Working Group meeting on Gender Equality on 23^rd of March.