In its efforts to further increase the regional impact of the IOI, the members of the IOI Board of Directors decided at the Annual Board meeting in Windhoek to continue the regional subsidy programme for the membership year 2015/2016.

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Registration for the Conference on “Human Rights - A 21st Century Approach to the work of Ombudsmen”, to be held in Belfast from 25 – 27 May 2016 is now open! The Offices of the Northern Ireland Ombudsman and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission invite you to participate.

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Following a successful debut in Latin America in November 2015, the next IACA Regional Summer Academy will be for Eastern Africa and take place in Kampala, Uganda, from 3 to 9 September 2016. The programme is co-sponsored by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA).

 

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Publication from the Ombudswoman of the City of Ghent on the role of local Ombudsmen in the handling of complaints about the local police. What type of complaint about local police is brought to the attention of the local Ombudsman and how is this complementary to the internal procedures of the police for dealing with complaints? Ombudswoman Rita Passemiers, attempts to answer these questions, based on her 18 years’ experience as an Ombudsman.

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Financial abuse of vulnerable people can have a major impact on whole families if social workers do not treat safeguarding alerts seriously, the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has warned.

 

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