In order to create awareness and to bring the issue of child labour on our national agenda, the Office of the National Commissioner for Children in the Federal Ombudsman of Pakistan Secretariat with the help of UNICEF organized a major event at Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) on Tuesday, 23.06.

 

El Defensor del Pueblo (e), Eduardo Vega, hizo un llamado a las autoridades del gobierno central para que suscriba la «Convención Interamericana sobre la protección de los derechos humanos de las personas mayores», la cual se aprobó en la última reunión de la Asamblea General de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), celebrada el lunes último, y que fue firmada por seis países miembros: Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Costa Rica y Uruguay.

On 12 June 2015, 26 delegates of the Korean Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) visited the Vienna-based IOI General Secretariat and the Office of the Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB).

 

The last few weeks a group of People’s Deputies are executing a political order, making groundless accusations and are putting an overt political pressure on the institution of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights.

 

Under the heading “Transparency and Efficiency – Two key values”, the Ombudsman of Montreal presented its Annual Report for 2014.

The United States Ombudsman Association (USOA) will hold its 36th Annual Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona from 14 to 16 October 2015. Registration is now open for the conference and the pre-conference workshop.

Manitoba Ombudsman Charlene Paquin has released her office’s annual reports for the calendar year 2014, including a report under The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and The Personal Health Information Act (PHIA) and a separate report under The Ombudsman Act and The Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act (PIDA).

The Annual Report 2014 of the Gibraltar Public Services Ombudsman was submitted to the Parliament on Wednesday 20th May 2015. The report covers the period 1st January to 31st December 2014 and it contains summaries of investigations undertaken and completed during this period together with reviews and comments of the most salient issues of this last year.