The IOI General Secretariat wishes you all a festive holiday season and a happy New Year!

¡La Secretaría General del IIO les desea a todos unas fiestas llenas de felicidad y lo mejor para el año nuevo!

Le Secrétariat général vous souhaite d'excellentes fêtes de fin d'année et une très bonne année 2016 !

La Defensoría del Pueblo de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires y la Comisión de Familiares de Desaparecidos y Detenidos por Razones Políticas firmaron hoy un nuevo convenio de cooperación mutua por medio del cual la institución digitalizará el archivo histórico de Familiares de Desaparecidos y Detenidos por Razones Políticas.

 

In its efforts to further increase the regional impact of the IOI, the members of the IOI Board of Directors decided at the Annual Board meeting in Windhoek to continue the regional subsidy programme for the membership year 2015/2016.

In December 2015, the Western Australian Ombudsman hosted two staff from the Office of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Indonesia (ORI) for a one week internship as part of  the Indonesian/Australian Ombudsman Linkages and Strengthening Program. This follows the Office hosting a senior delegation from the office of the ORI in September 2015.

The 14th Asian Ombudsman Association (AOA) Conference and General Assembly Meeting together with the 17th AOA Board of Directors Meeting were hosted by the Honourable Federal Ombudsman of Pakistan, H.E. Mr. M. Salman Faruqui on 24 & 25 November 2015 in Islamabad.

In October 2015, representatives of national institutions of 20 countries of the world unanimously adopted the Kyiv Declaration on the "Role of NHRIs in Conflict and Post-conflict Situations" following results of work of a two-day international conference of the same name.

The Pacific Ombudsman Alliance (POA) issued its latest Newsletter for December 2015. The full Newsletter is available here.

On 16 December 2015, the newly appointed Polish Human Rights Defender Dr Adam Bodnar paid an inaugural visit to the General Secretariat of the IOI.