The main objective of the conference was to promote International collaboration and the exchange of best practices between Ombudsman from all over the world. It created a unique forum where Ombudsmen expressed and discussed the common challenges they faced around the world. The Provincial Ombudsman Sindh attended the Conference on the invitation of Honorable Marino Fardelli, President of the National Coordination of the Italian Ombudsman and Ombudsman of Lazio Region.

The Ombudsman Sindh deliberated on the topic “The Ombudsman – a bridge between citizen and local authorities” and said that Ombudsman is a pleader on part of aggrieved persons and helps the administrations rectify any injustice done to a person through different forms of maladministration and protect human rights and to provide justice at the door step of marginalized segment of society especially widows, orphans, pensioners, children as well as differently-abled persons and those below poverty line through speedy redressal of complaints.

The conference covered the topics of accessibility to information, citizen participation as a right, the digital transformation, human rights in global crisis and right to health.