European Ombudsman Institute

"European Heart of Human Rights": Published on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the European Ombudsman Institute

Book presentation at the House of the European Union in Vienna, Austria, 20 November 2015

How the Idea of the European Ombudsman Institute was Born

Article by Hans Köchler, co-founder of the EOI

Prof. Nina Karpachova, center, first Ombudsman (Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights) of the Republic of Ukraine, and co-editor of the EOI 25th anniversary volume, presents an award on behalf of the International Commission of Jurists. Left: Andrii Trusov, Assistant to the Commissioner.

Prof. Hans Köchler, President of the International Progress Organization, center, receives Prof. Yuriyi Boshytskyi, Rector of the Kyiv University of Law, sponsor of the 25th anniversary volume of the EOI, at the office of the International Progress Organization in Vienna.

Prof. Yuriyi Boshytskyi, Rector of the Kyiv University of Law, left, with Professor Hans Köchler, President of the I.P.O., at his office in Vienna.