On 27 February 2017 the Regional President of IOI Europe and Catalan Ombudsman Rafael Ribó met with IOI Secretary General Günther Kräuter in Vienna to discuss upcoming projects in the Region.

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This week, heads of ombuds institutions from around Africa met in Grand Bassam, Cote d’Ivoire, to discuss the shared challenge of torture prevention on the continent.

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The Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman is celebrating its 40^th anniversary. For forty years, the office has provided assurance, integrity, influence and improvement for government, industry and the public.

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The 38^th USOA Annual Conference will be hosted by the Office of the Attorney General in Austin Texas and held at Drury Plaza Hotel San Antonio Riverwalk from 2 - 6 October 2017. The Conference Planning Committee is inviting submissions of proposals to present in the 38th USOA Annual Conference in Texas.

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Ce jeudi 23 février, le Défenseur des droits, Jacques Toubon a présenté le rapport annuel d’activité de l’institution en conférence de presse.

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The Veterans Ombudsman has posted a status update on all the recommendations made by the Office since its inception. To date, it has made 57 recommendations and, of these, the Government has fully or partially implemented 37, leaving 20 still to be addressed.

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The Western Australian Ombudsman, Chris Field, has given a speech entitled, The role of the Ombudsman in reviewing Child Deaths and Family Violence Fatalities, at the Asia Pacific Coroners Society (APCS) Annual Conference, held in Perth, Western Australia

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The Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights presented its alternative report on the fulfillment of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women to portrait the Commissioner’s view of a situation with observance of the rights of women in Ukraine. The presentation was attended by People's Deputies of Ukraine, representatives of the central executive bodies, the National Police and representatives of the international and public organizations.

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According to the instruction of the Commissioner for Human Rights, Elmira Suleymanova, the Ombudsman’s National Preventive Group (NPM) conducted a monitoring visit in a Social Service Facility for children with limited mental and physical capacities without prior notification.

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The Office of the Ombudsman New Zealand has published the Ombudsman Quarterly Review – Summer 2017.

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