The 11th IOI World Conference took place from 13 - 19 November 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. The theme of the conference was “Evolution of Ombudsmanship”. The conference papers and presentations are now available online.

Frente a los recientes fenómenos climáticos en el centro y sur del país que han dejado decenas de familias afectadas e innumerables daños materiales, la Defensoría del Pueblo (DP) recuerda a las autoridades regionales y locales la necesidad de elaborar y ejecutar planes de contingencia a fin de encarar estos eventos propios de esta época del año.

La Defensoría del Pueblo y Kernel Community firmaron un convenio de cooperación técnica el cual permitirá la creación e impulso de proyectos de innovación social, los cuales a su vez servirán en la divulgación, educación y orientación de los derechos humanos de la población.

People warming their hands over fire built in petrol drums in refugee camps should be able to find help and humanity in Europe, whose economy is second in the world and where countries are not at war. This is explained by the Ombudsman of Spain in a case study on “Asylum in Spain: International protection and reception system resources” presented and defended recently at the Spanish Parliament.

In December 2016, the Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman published a thematic report under the NPM mandate on the conditions for female prisoners in Norway.

 

The Office of the Turkish Ombudsman will hold the 4th International Symposium on Ombudsman Institutions in Ankara from 2 – 3 March 2017. Under the motto “Migration and Refugees” this year’s symposium will tackle issues such as countries’ policies on refugees, vulnerable groups, xenophobia, racism and islamophobia.

The Ombudsman, Ms Connie Lau, today (January 19) announced the completion of a direct investigation into the arrangements on the display of publicity materials (“PMs”) in public housing estates.

Dr. Ivan Zinger has been appointed as the Acting Correctional Investigator of Canada. The duration of this appointment is for a term of one year or until such time that a new Correctional Investigator is appointed. Mr Zinger followed Howard Sapers, who was appointed Independent Advisor on Corrections Reform to the Ontario provincial government and who had served as the Correctional Investigator from 2004 to 2016.