At the General Meeting held on 13^th June 2017 Ms. Victoria Pearman was elected the new President of the Caribbean Ombudsman Association (CAROA) and a new CAROA Council was appointed effective on 1^st July 2017.

Save the Date: The Estonian Chancellor of Justice will host a capacity-building IOI workshop „Human Rights in the Digital Age“ from 23 to 24 January 2018 in Tallinn, Estonia. 

The United States Ombudsman Association (USOA) will hold its 2017 Annual Conference from 2 – 6 October 2017 in San Antonio, Texas, at the Drury Plaza Hotel, San Antonio Riverwalk.

 

Le Médiateur de la République a présenté au Président de la République et au parlement de l'Assemblée Nationale un rapport annuel. Le rapport présenté retrace les principales activités du Médiateur de la République à savoir le traitement des réclamations et des interpellations au cours de l’année 2016.

Deputy-Ombudsman Maija Sakslin said she was not convinced that children's rights, legal protection and best interests are implemented in hearings associated with family reunification applications at Finland's foreign missions. The Deputy-Ombudsman investigated the issue on her own initiative and found that questionable and incorrect procedures were in use.

Victoria Pearman, Ombudsman for Bermuda, submitted her Annual Report for the calendar year 2016 to the Office of the Speaker of the House of Assembly in accordance with her statutory duty under the Ombudsman Act 2004. The Ombudsman's Annual Report for 2016 reports on the work of the Office from 1st January to 31st December 2016.

En un reciente informe, la Defensoría del Pueblo advierte las deficiencias del Estado para evitar la deforestación ilegal de la Amazonía peruana a causa de cultivos a gran escala. Así, solo entre los años 2010 y 2014, se reemplazaron 30,773 hectáreas de bosques amazónicos para cultivar palma aceitera y cacao.

La Comisión Bicameral de la Defensoría del Pueblo de la Nación celebró una audiencia pública en la que se recibió a los candidatos propuestos por diferentes organizaciones no gubernamentales para integrar el Comité Nacional de Prevención de la Tortura y otros tratos o penas crueles, inhumanas o degradantes.