Durante una ceremonia presidida por la titular del Congreso de la República, juramentó hoy Walter Gutiérrez Camacho, como Defensor del Pueblo para el periodo 2016 -2021. Estuvieron presentes también, la ex Defensora del Pueblo, Beatriz Merino Lucero así como el ex Defensor del Pueblo encargado, Eduardo Vega Luna.

The number of students being expelled has risen over 25 per cent in the past year. Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass has therefore commenced an ‘own motion’ investigation into school expulsions.

On 7 and 8 September 2016 IOI President John R. Walters and IOI Secretary General Günther Kräuter attended a high-level International Conference in Tirana.

Public Protector Adv. Thuli Madonsela was, on Friday 2 September 2016, awarded Honorary Membership of the Law Society of Botswana. An inscription on the award states that Adv. Madonsela is being recognized for “…her unwavering and courageous defence of strong independent public institutions."

La fragata española “Reina Sofía”, que participa en las operaciones militares de la UE en el Mediterráneo para luchar contra las redes de tráfico de personas y tratar de evitar la emigración ilegal. En su última intervención frente a las costas de Libia ha rescatado a 1.048 personas, 914 hombres, 122 mujeres y 12 niños.

Artículo de opinión del asesor de la Defensoría del Pueblo de la provincia de Santa Fe, doctor Carlos Constenla, en el diario La Nación publicado el 23 de agosto de 2016.

The Office of the Citizens’ Representative (ORC) of Newfoundland and Labrador presented the September issue of the institution’s newsletter “OCR Insights”.

The National Investigation Symposium is a joint initiative of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption, the NSW Ombudsman and the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) NSW. This is a biennial event, with the 11th symposium to be held in Sydney in November 2016.