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Experts from the Institution, in its dual capacity as Office of the Ombudsman and National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture, visited the Foreigners Internment Centre in Barcelona port Free Trade Zone on 7 September. The visit took place without any prior notice in order to establish the extent to which the deficiencies detected during […]

The Ombudsman (Defensora del Pueblo), Soledad Becerril, took part today in an international meeting of Ombudsman Institutions on migratory flows, which is being held in Tirana (Albania). Soledad Becerril gave an address on the role of the Ombudsman in combating negative stereotypes and hate speech. She pointed out that “hate is used for the purpose […]

If it is not possible to stop the war in Syria, providing humanitarian aid is the least that the West can do. The UN special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has called for a pause in the attacks “that allows supplies and assistance personnel into the city of Aleppo and other parts of Syrian […]

The Office of the Ombudsman has welcomed the implementation of the new protocol for assessment by the police of the degree of risk of gender violence and for managing the safety of victims, which includes a guidebook with safety advice. The protocol, which was signed in at the end of July by the Secretary of […]