These are, primarily, the Human Rights Chamber and the Bosnia and Herzegovina Ombudsman and Entity offices of the Ombudsman for Human Rights.

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(a) The establishment of the Human Rights Ombudsman in January 1995

It is also encouraged by the establishment of the Human Rights Ombudsman whose task is to safeguard human rights, including children s rights.

It is also encouraged by the establishment of the Human Rights Ombudsman whose task is to safeguard human rights, including children apos s rights.

Using the materials developed for the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman, MINUGUA provided human rights verification training for dozens of local organizations.

The Government of Ramiro de León Carpio, a former human rights ombudsman, signed the Comprehensive Human Rights Agreement and welcomed MINUGUA into the country.

(c) To integrate human rights standards into the institutions, when reconstructing the Somali executive, legislative and judicial branches, including by establishing a human rights ombudsman

Project technical assistance activities are enabling the Parliamentary Commission on Human Rights to create an office of an ombudsman and a national centre for human rights.

A major emphasis was on strengthening the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman, especially its field offices.

418. The Committee welcomes the establishment of the Commission on Human Rights and of the Tanodbayan (ombudsman).

332. The adoption in December 1996 of a law establishing an ombudsman for human rights (Defensor del Pueblo) is welcomed.

The work of the Ombudsman in relation to the promotion and protection of human rights is also a positive development.

The establishment in the constitutional reforms of 1995 of the Office of Human Rights Ombudsman to inquire into human rights violations and to monitor the implementation of international human rights instruments ratified by Nicaragua, such as the Convention, is welcomed.

30. The Office of the Ombudsman (Bureau du Protecteur du citoyen) is a key mechanism for the protection of human rights.

The Committee welcomes the establishment of the National Observatory for Human Rights, and the Médiateur de la République (Ombudsman of the Republic), with competence to receive complaints from individuals about human rights violations.

(b) To implement the decisions of the Commission on Human Rights on Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman and the Human Rights Chamber, and the decisions of the Commission for Real Property Claims of Displaced Persons and Refugees

The Provedor for Human Rights and Justice the Ombudsman has been sworn in and has launched his initiatives for the current year.

The Commission also notes the work of the Office of the Ombudsman and other State institutions in the defence of human rights.

The Commission also notes the work of the Office of the Ombudsman and other State institutions in the defence of human rights.

Information is also requested on cases filed by the Human Rights Ombudsman insofar as they relate to the scope of the Convention.

113. The human rights climate in the former Sectors and throughout Croatia has benefited from the good work of national and international human rights organizations as well as recent initiatives of the Croatian Ombudsman.

The Committee also notes with satisfaction the existence and the activities of the Advisory Board on Human Rights Affairs, composed of representatives of various human rights organizations and of several ministries, and of the Parliamentary Ombudsman, who has competence in the field of human rights.

MINUGUA worked with the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman in many ways, sharing databases and methodologies, discussing cases and conducting joint verifications.

The two principal themes discussed related to transparency and democracy, and the role of the ombudsman in strengthening the international human rights system.

It should be emphasized that in this debate, the Ombudsman frequently refers to the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other human rights conventions.

UNIC also assisted the Ombudsman apos s Office in the production of two videos Human rights for youth and Humanitarian international rights , providing information and UN in action videos.

Both chambers of Congress had set up their own human rights units and a 1994 constitutional amendment had instituted an office of Ombudsman to protect individuals and the community against human rights violations by public officials.

The establishment of national human rights institutions is also noted, including the Council for National Minorities, the Centre for European Studies of Ethnic Problems, the Romanian Human Rights Institute, and the office of an Ombudsman to be exclusively concerned with the defence of human rights and freedoms.

Another NGO participant suggested that the Oxfam Mining Ombudsman might provide a model for improved monitoring of respect for human rights in the sector.

Speech delivered at the seminar on Peaceful conflict resolution, land disputes, the role of the Ombudsman organized by the National Assembly Human Rights Commission

In this regard, the Committee notes with satisfaction the establishment of the Office of the Human Rights Procurator and its Children apos s Ombudsman.

Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman Office of the Special Procurator for Women, Capacidad de incidencia pública de las mujeres, Managua, Nicaragua, June September 2001.

Certain key institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights, such as the Office of the Ombudsman, are very recent. Others require further consolidation.

A human rights Ombudsman had been appointed and strict controls had been established to prevent torture and ill treatment in places of pre trial detention.

The Information Centre provided information material to the Ombudsman apos s Office for the latest edition of its magazine, entirely dedicated to Human Rights Day.

In the Philippines, the national police inspector general, the commission on human rights, the ombudsman, the courts and other government bodies were closely monitoring all police units for incidents potentially related to torture and other human rights violations.

Every year different activities have been organised to mark the commemoration of the Human Rights Day in cooperation with the United Nations and the Human Rights Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as the Spanish Ombudsman.

The 1991 Constitution created the institution of Ombudsman (Defensor del Pueblo) his general function is to attend to the promotion, exercise and publicizing of human rights.

According to paragraph 2 of the statute on the Human Rights Representative, which was approved by the 19 September 2002 decree of the President, the Ombudsman in its operations supplements the existing State protections for human and civil rights and freedoms.

8. Expects the parties to ensure that the constitutional court, the Commission on Human Rights for Bosnia and Herzegovina and its two parts, the Office of the Ombudsman and the Human Rights Chamber, are fully supported and their decisions respected

The Committee welcomes the establishment of the Office of the Ombudsman, with power to investigate citizens apos complaints concerning alleged violations of human rights by officials and the establishment of an Inter Ministerial Committee on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law.

Ombudsman institutions in both Entities are formed based on the Law on the Ombudsman of Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively, which act as domestic institutions, but still lack a substantive influence in the area of human rights protection.

The office of the Human Rights Representative Ombudsman performs functions that involve advancing and protecting women's rights by dint of the fact that one of the six priority areas of its activities is protection of women's rights.

Local institutions, such as human rights organizations, parliamentary oversight committees and the Office of the Ombudsman, also play an important role, to varying degrees, in this regard.