La Defensoría de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes de Santa Fe, a cargo de Analía Colombo, invita a la presentación del Informe 2015 del Observatorio de los Derechos de la Niñez y la Adolescencia de Santa Fe. La actividad se llevará a cabo el jueves 5 de noviembre a las 10.00 en el Centro de la Juventud (avenida Belgrano 950) de la ciudad de Rosario.

On 29 October 2015, Hong Kong Ombudsman Connie Lau, announced at the 19^th Ombudsman’s Awards Presentation Ceremony that the Immigration Department (ImmD) has won this year’s Grand Award, while the Correctional Services Department (CSD) and the Legal Aid Department (LAD) are the runners-up. Individual awards were given to 50 public officers for their outstanding performance in providing quality customer service. More than 200 guests from various government departments and public organisations attended the annual presentation ceremony.

The 1st Vice-President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) Diane Welborn, also Ombudsman of Dayton and Montgomery County of Ohio State in the U.S., visited the Control Yuan (CY) on the morning of 27 October 2015. She also spoke at the CY on the recent trends and challenges facing the IOI.

El III Seminario Internacional sobre " Derechos Humanos y Metrópolis - La defensa de los Derechos Humanos y Universitarios – Del Multiculturalismo a la Interculturalidad: Las Defensorías Especializadas” se llevará a cabo el 5 y 6 de noviembre de 2015 en la Ciudad de México. El seminario esta coorganizado por el Instituto Latinoamericano del Ombudsman–Defensor del Pueblo (ILO) y la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM).

Dr. Mustafa Barari was appointed as the President of the Jordanian Ombudsman Bureau (JOB) on 18 October 2015.

Despite access to justice being a core fundamental right, barriers prevent many from exercising this legal right. European Day of Justice on 25 October serves to remind us of the need to improve access to justice and raise awareness of the key role this right plays in itself and in enabling other rights to be claimed.

La iniciativa que la Defensoría del Pueblo de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires presentó en la Legislatura porteña, impulsada conjuntamente con la Casa del Encuentro, el Equipo Latinoamericano de Justicia y Género (ELA), el Comité Argentino de Seguimiento y Aplicación de la Convención Internacional de los Derechos del Niño y la Red Internacional de Periodistas con Visión de Género en Argentina, ya cosechó más de 20 mil adhesiones a través de la popular plataforma de peticiones change.org.

In a ceremony held on 19 October 2015, the Office of the Ombudsman of The Gambia presented its new website. In her welcome remarks, Ombudsman Fatou Njie-Jallow indicated that the website is aimed at creating more awareness among citizens about the role and function of the Office and she encouraged all to make use of the online complaints service which, she indicated, would save them time and energy.