Examples of using Defensoría in English and their translations into Russian
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In 1993, Costa Rica established an Office of the Ombudsperson"Defensoría de los Habitantes.
The Defensoría also initiated a study on mothertongue education for indigenous peoples.
HRIC-UoB indicated that the Presidential Decree designating the Defensoría as a NPM was published in 2007.
The Office of the Ombudsman(Defensoría del Pueblo) of Peru was accredited with"A" status in 1999 and again in 2007.
UNICEF noted that, in response to the CRC recommendation,a new Ombudsman's office specialized in children's affairs(Defensoría Adjunta para la Niñez y la Adolescencia) was created in 2006.
According to HRIC, the Defensoría has repeatedly called for this legal basis to be adopted but to date no progress has been made.
CRC expressed concern that large parts of the country lack the presence of civilian authorities,notably the Defensoría del Pueblo, to effectively monitor children's rights.
Three UNVs were assisting the work of the Defensoría and various seminars and training workshops were carried out in the capital and in the interior of the country.
Articles 161 and 162 of theConstitution provide for its functions,which are further defined in Law 26.520, the Organizational Law of the Office of the Ombudsman Ley Orgánica de la Defensoría del Pueblo.
With regard to subparagraph(a), the Ley de Defensoría Pública prohibits police interrogations in the absence of lawyers.
The Committee takes note of the submission by PANI, and other institutions belonging to the National Council on Children andAdolescents of periodic reports to the Office of the Ombudsman Defensoría de los habitantes.
The Committee notes that the national human rights institution, the Defensoría del Pueblo, has a unit for children's rights and sustains regional offices in all 32 departments.
Finally, the Defensoría facilitates the participation of indigenous representatives in the discussions on the organic law on indigenous peoples and conducts human rights training for representatives of indigenous peoples.
Peru described the legal mandate andcompetences of the autonomous national human rights institution, the Office of the Ombudsman(Defensoría del Pueblo) established in accordance with the Constitution and the Paris Principles.
CESCR recommended that the State provide the Defensoría with the appropriate and adequate means to continue to carry out its mandate, including the protection of economic, social and cultural rights.
However, the Committee is concerned that large parts of the country, especially rural areas with high percentages of Afro-Colombian, indigenous and displaced populations, lack the presence of civilian authorities,notably the Defensoría del Pueblo, in order to effectively monitor children's human rights situation.
The National Human Rights Commission of Ecuador(Defensoría del Pueblo) proposed, also under heading I, to include a mention of food sovereignty as a means to ensure food self-sufficiency.
Given their valuablerole in preventing violations, the Committee recommends that the State party increase resource allocations for the community defenders of the Human Rights Ombudsman's Office(defensores comunitarios de la Defensoría del Pueblo) and expand the programme in order to cover the most vulnerable Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities.
Under component 3(Strengthening of the Ombudsman's Office(Defensoría del Pueblo)), a national survey was organized to evaluate the knowledge of human rights of the current staff of the Ombudsman's Office.
These institutions take a variety of forms and go by many different names: in English, ombudsperson, child commissioner, child advocate, child rights or human rights commission; in French, défenseur or médiateur;in Spanish, defensoría or procuraduría; and in other languages, alternative designations.
The Committee notes that the State party has established la Defensoría del Pueblo(Ombudsman's Office) with a Special Directorate for Children's and Adolescents' Rights, but regrets its lack of presence across the country.
In particular, Peru described the responsibilities of the Ministry of Justice, as well as the functions and mandate of the National Human Rights Council which is composed of seven ministries of the executive branch, the judicial branch, the Prosecutor's Office,the Ombudsman Office(Defensoría del Pueblo), the Episcopal Peruvian Conference, the National Evangelical Council, the Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos and other observer institutions that aim at respecting human rights.
The Defensoría del Pueblo(Ombudsman) was accredited with A status by the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights(ICC) in 2003 and reconfirmed in 2008.
The Committee notes the establishment of a Specialized Unit for Children andYouth within the Office of the Ombudsman(Defensoría del Pueblo) but it remains concerned about the lack of trained staff specialized in children rights, and the dearth of financial resources allocated to such a Unit.
The Defensoría de los Habitantes(Office of the Ombudsman) was accredited with"A status" by the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights(ICC) in 1999, which was reconfirmed in 2006.
While the Committee welcomes the information provided on the structure, composition andcompetence of the Ombudsman for Indigenous Peoples of the Office of the Human Rights Procurator(Defensoría de los Pueblos Indígenas de la Procuraduría de los Derechos Humanos), it regrets that no information has been provided on the results of the cases filed before this body art. 6.
The Defensoría proposed targeting, for the third phase, national security agents(e.g. police and border guards) and prison officials, with a focus on human rights and democracy, national security and deprivation of liberty, as well as on youth in general.
In 2009, the International Coordination Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion andProtection of Human Rights Sub-Committee on Accreditation recommended that amendments to the organic law of the Defensoría del Pueblo resolve discrepancies with the revised Constitution and that the Defensoría interact effectively with the United Nations human rights system.
Introduce legislation to create a legal and permanent basis for the"Defensoría del los Habitantes" set up to protect human rights defenders, including providing it with an adequate budget and financial autonomy(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland);
The following NIs have provided information: Canadian Human Rights Commission; Danish Institute for Human Rights; French National Consultative Commission of Human Rights; German Institute for Human Rights; Greek National Commission for Human Rights; Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission; Irish Human Rights Commission; National Human Rights Commission of Mauritius; Mexican National Commission for Human Rights; Human Rights Commission of New Zealand; Norwegian Centre for Human Rights;Swedish Disability Ombudsman; and the Defensoría del Pueblo of Venezuela.