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Today, on August 17, Deputy Ombudsman Ineta Piļāne, Legal counsellors of the Civil and Political Rights Division Matīss Malojlo and Santa Tivaņenkova and Head of Communication and International Cooperation Division Ruta Siliņa met with representatives of the United States of America (USA) Embassy in Latvia - Sophia Ashley and Kristīne Antužāne.

Regarding the situation on the Latvian-Belarusian border and statements made by Amnesty International.

Today, on 8 August, Santa Tivaņenkova, legal counsellor of the Civil and Political Rights Division and Zanda Rūsiņa, legal counsellor of the Prevention Division, met with representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries — associate legal officer Kari Käsper and senior external relations associate Anna Audere.

On Tuesday, July 19, Deputy Ombudsman Ineta Piļāne, together with other representatives of the Ombudsman’s Office, visited the border control posts in Terehova and Grebņeva. The visit was carried out in response to information received about a growing number of people from Ukraine who are entering Latvia from Russia, with the aim to transit through Latvia to reach other destinations in Europe.

After an extensive period of research and development, the new Ombudsman’s Office website www.tiesibsargs.lv was launched on July 20. The new website is not only more accessible to people with disabilities, but also more user-friendly for every visitor of the website. The website was developed in cooperation with digital accessibility experts and users.

On Tuesday, 5 July, Ineta Piļāne, Deputy Ombudsman, Head of the Civil and Political Rights Division, and Baiba Kiršteina, senior lawyer of the Division, met with representatives of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) Fundamental Rights Office — Deputy Fundamental Rights Officer Grigoris Tsoukas and Fundamental Rights Monitors Marta Szczepanik and Konstantinos Kazanas.

Ombudsman's Office - June 2022 News Summary

Ombudsman's Office - May 2022 News Summary

As a member of the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet), the Ombudsman’s Office highlights the risks that the Russian Federation’s war in Ukraine poses to the principle of equality and the prohibition of discrimination.

The Ombudsman has prepared and published the 2021 Annual Report, available here. The report presents information on the progress made in such areas as civil and political rights, social, economic and cultural rights and children’s rights. Key developments in raising public awareness and international cooperation are also listed. For the convenience of readers, a summary of the Ombudsman’s report is also available.