The 2nd Curaçao International Ombudsman Conference, held from 4 to 8 June 2012 in Curaçao, is organized by the Office of the Ombudsman of Curaçao and the Caribbean International University in cooperation with the Institute of Latin-American Ombudsman and the Office of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Argentina, Province Santa Fé.
The leading motto of the conference will be “Investigative methods and techniques”, focusing on how to conduct investigations under difficult and challenging circumstances. Main speakers of the conference are renowned ombudsman and experts in this field and include members of the IOI such as Nilda Arduin (Ombudsman of St. Martin), Alex Brenninkmeijer (National Ombudsman of the Netherlands), Arlene Brock (Ombudsman for Bermuda), Ontarion Ombudsman André Marin and the President of the National Human Rights Commission, Raúl Plascencia Villanueva.
The conference will give ombudsmen the possibility to enter into a fruitful dialogue with colleagues and experts from the Caribbean & Latin American Region as well as exchange ideas and experience with expected participants from Europe or Africa. For more details on the conference, please consult the IOI Calendar of Events or contact Mr Radameh Da Costa Gomez, Executive Secretary of the Ombudsman of Curaçao (radameh@ombudsman-curacao.an).