The Ombudsman on “The Defenceless and their Protection”

The Ombudsman on “The Defenceless and their Protection”

Published February 04, 2026

Challenges & Reflections

The Ombudsman on “The Defenceless and their Protection”

“International networks of national human rights institutions and ombudsman offices are at the forefront in their insistence for all to return to basics, meaning the protection and safeguard of defenceless persons : those who are used as pawns, those who are fed up of hearing empty words from the political class, and those who look up to the efforts of strong credible and independent defenders in their pleas for justice.”

Prishtina, Kosovo, 2 December 2025