The online learning platform for the 2-day training seminar "AI and Decision-Making Processes, Compliance with the Rights of Individuals," which was held in Tallinn, Estonia, on October 15-16, 2024, is now open! The platform includes all seminar presentations, key takeaways, and case studies to explore and work through. Kindly click here to get access to this online course.

Participan en el Consejo una quincena de alumnos de institutos de todo el país. Se reunirá una vez al mes para tratar temas que les afectan y servirá para incorporar su visión a la institución.

On 29 October 2024, Dr. Ákos Kozma, Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary, and Dr. Elisabeth Sándor-Szalay, Deputy Commissioner for the Rights of National Minorities in Hungary, attended the meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Nationalities in Hungary. The session focused on Report no. B/7848 on the activities of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary and his deputies in 2023.

Kindly click here to read an opinion piece published by Parliamentary Ombudsman Joseph Zammit McKeon in The Times on 11 November 2024.

On 14 November 2024, the Ombudsman, Mr Jack Chan, announced the launch of a direct investigation operation to examine the Government’s monitoring and regulation of slope safety in detail.

In a meaningful outreach initiative, the Ombudsperson Punjab, Ms. Nabila Hakim Ali Khan, visited the Women University of Multan to promote awareness about critical legal protections for women. During a seminar held on campus, Ms. Khan discussed two essential legal frameworks designed to protect women's rights: the Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2010 and the Punjab Enforcement of Women Property Rights Act 2021. Her aim was to emphasise the importance of understanding and utilizing these laws to safeguard women’s rights.

Public Protector Adv. Kholeka Gcaleka recently addressed final year law students at the University of the Witwatersrand. Kindly click here to read Adv. Gcaleka’s speech.

The Dean, Faculty of Laws, University of Malta, a former Senior Investigating Officer with the Office of the Ombudsman in Malta and author of “The Ombudsman: too soft a take on the public administration?” (BDL 2020) is currently working on another, somewhat more ambitious work, this time considering the ombudsman institution from a global perspective. The Ombudsman of Malta kindly asks for a vast participation in the survey and hopes for responses until the end of November 2024. Please click here to access the survey.