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International cooperation

Principle 11(d)

All Ombudsman institutions cooperate with international organisations
and there are numerous examples of these activities. The Austrian
Ombudsman Board’s Annual Report for 2017 details a range of
cooperation activities with international and regional organisations as well
as with homologue institutions undertaken by the Ombudsman Board.
These include: involving civil society in the self-evaluation process
undertaken by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
in relation to human rights and democracy; taking part in an international
conference on using a human rights approach to the long term care of
elderly persons; participating in the European Ombudsman Network and
a seminar organised by the network on processing complaints and own
initiative investigations; participating in the EU Agency for Fundamental
Rights’ 10th anniversary celebration; providing, along with the Catalan
Ombudsman, support to the Ombudsman of Poland; providing a keynote
speech at a conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Public
Defender of Georgia; holding a meeting between the staff of the Austrian
Ombudsman Board and the staff of the Ombudswoman for the Czech
Republic on problems implementing EU regulations on cross-border
family allowances; receiving international delegations, for example, the
Ombudsman from the South Korean Gangwon Province and a delegation
of students from the legal faculty of the Sorbonne University in Paris.

The High Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation
cooperates with both universal and regional international organisations.
In 2017-2018, the High Commissioner thus presented alternative reports
on the implementation by the Russian Federation of the core international
human rights treaties to a number of UN human rights treaty bodies.

The Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia also provides
regular Rule 9 submissions to the Committee of Ministers of the Council
of Europe on the execution of judgements of the European Court of
Human Rights. This fosters a strong relationship between the Human
Rights Defender and the Council of Europe while working to ensure the
elimination of future violations of human rights within Armenia.

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