LATIN AMERICA | Series on 'Ombudsmen in Latin America'

Coordinated by ACIJ, the 'TPA Initiative' - a network of civil society organizations with the shared mission of strengthening Latin American accountability systems - has recently released the series ‘Ombudsmen in Latin America’, which includes three case studies of the Peruvian Ombudsman, the Argentinean Ombudsman and the Uruguayan National Institution of Human Rights.

The reports present a characterization of the different ombudsmen, a study of their practices, in the fields of transparency, accountability and openness towards citizenship, and end up putting forward some recommendations for these institutions to enhance increased interaction with the public.

The series Ombudsmen in Latin America presents an overview of the roles performed by the Ombudsmen of Peru, Argentina and Uruguay. The reports approach the trajectories of these institutions since they were created, allowing for a structural and functional analysis, wich also takes into account mechanisms of transparency and interaction with other stakeholders. At the same time, the focus is placed on new technologies, which provide a framework for network building and communication between audit organizations and civil society.

In order to collect the information, a series of interviews with state officials were carried out. In addition, official documents along with regulatory legislation and press material were considered. Interviews and reports from various sources, official websites, and the opinions of academics and specialist lawyers in the area were all checked out to enrich the findings and conclusions of these studies.

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Source: Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia, ARGENTINA