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Catalan Ombudsman praises the current language model and urges the Authorities to preserve it detaching it from the results of the sovereigntist process

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Within the framework of the International Symposium on Language Rights and Social Cohesion in Multilingual Societies, the Catalan Ombudsman, Rafael Ribó, stated the situation of language rights in Catalonia is a treasure that must be preserved and promoted, thus, he will be suggesting both the Parliament and the Catalan Government detaching it from the Catalan process. Held in Barcelona on the 19th and 20th of March, the Symposium was organized by the Ombudsman, along with the IALC (International Association of Language Commissioners).
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Worldwide institutions found in Barcelona the first International Association of Language Commissioners (IALC)

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The constituent assembly of IALC, a lead organization that aims to defend language rights around the world, gathered in Barcelona representatives of the institutions that are part of it, from Canada, Ireland, Belgium, Kosovo, Finland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Wales and Catalonia. With this event, the Catalan Ombudsman and the IALC did put an end to the International Symposium on Language Rights, during which, both the Catalan Ombudsman and the participant speakers reported that the Spanish Government violates national and international mandates on language.
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Ombudsman questioned the suspension of social services benefits related to residential for dependants

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Regarding the decision to suspend the individual programs of care (PIA) on economic benefits related to residential service, the Ombudsman asked the Department of Social and Family Affairs to restart their processing and to take measures to ensure the dependants' subjective right to receive benefits suited to their needs.

Rafael Ribó alerts the Chamber of Regions of the Council of Europe that ombudsmen's resources and independence are at risk

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The Catalan Ombudsman, who took part in a debate on human rights policy at regional level within the Congress of Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, referred to his efforts to prevent eviction and energy cuts. He also referred to the draft law on Public Safety, which described as disastrous in terms of human rights, and criticized ombudsmen's economic resources are being questioned in many countries to threaten their independence.

Available on the Catalan Ombudsman's website decisions issued in the last three years

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All resolutions issued by the Ombudsman in the last three years can be found on the institution's website. It is an application that allows you to search the resolutions issued in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 from different variables, such as the administrations concerned, the fields of study, the file number or by keyword. This information, including all updates, has been accessible to the general public for years, in an exercise of transparency, which is so actively claimed and promoted by the Ombudsman.
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