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For the occasion of the establishment of the institution, on 30 May, 2018, the Ombudsman of the Republic of Macedonia will formally mark the anniversary of the institution in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia. The holding of this event is under the auspices of the President of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia.

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Victorian government departments, local councils and other agencies dealing with challenging behaviour from members of the public will benefit from a new guide tabled in the Victorian Parliament today. Tabling her Good Practice Guide to Dealing with Challenging Behaviour, Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass said the guide aimed to help create better understanding between government bodies and the public.

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Under the new Constitution of 2015 the mandate of the Human Rights Defender (HRD) has been expanded by including the power to facilitate the improvement of the regulatory legal acts related to human rights and freedoms. Following the Constitutional Amendments, a new Constitutional Law on Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia was adopted in December 2016. Within this constitutional function, a new practice of drafting laws by the HRD Office is being exercised.

 

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L’idée de créer une association regroupant les ombudsmans et médiateurs francophones est lancée en octobre 1996, lors de la VIe Conférence internationale de l'Institut International de l'Ombudsman à Buenos Aires, Argentine, par le Protecteur du citoyen du Québec, Daniel Jacoby et le Médiateur de la République française, Jacques Pelletier. Leur intention était de permettre une meilleure entraide et une plus grande coordination entre les pays francophones sur les questions des droits de la personne. Elle consistait également à développer l’engagement démocratique, à améliorer les interventions ainsi qu’à renforcer les bureaux des ombudsmans et médiateurs francophones.

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The case of a young Austrian athlete who was severly injured in the Olympic village in Baku during the First European Games in 2015 has finally been resolved in part due to the successful international cooperation between Austrian Ombudsman Dr. Günther Kräuter and the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Azerbaijan Prof. Elmira Suleymanova.

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El síndic, Rafael Ribó, ha pedido a las administraciones catalanas competentes en temas de vivienda la suma de esfuerzos para gestionar de forma coordinada la demanda creciente de viviendas sociales ante la falta de un parque público suficiente (en Cataluña no llega al 2%) y la actuación poco comprometida del Gobierno del Estado y de las entidades financieras con los colectivos más vulnerables.

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The Commonwealth Ombudsman, Mr Michael Manthorpe PSM, has released a report into the detention of a man who was detained for nearly four years while he still held a visa, as a result of problems with the notification of refusals from the Department of Home Affairs.

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The State Comptroller and Ombudsman of Israel, Judge (Ret.) Joseph H. Shapira, has selected Dr. Esther Ben-Haim, or Esti as she is called by her peers, to be the new Director of the Ombudsman’s Office. Her nomination been approved by the State Audit Committee of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) in November of 2017.

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In April 2018, the Office of the Ombudsman in the Kingdom of Tonga published its first report. Although the Office had been established in 2001 (formerly as the Office of the Commissioner for Public Relations), the respective Act did not allow for reports to be published. An amendment to the Act effective in December 2016 now allows for the Ombudsman to publish reports.

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El Defensor del Pueblo (e.f.), Francisco Fernández Marugán, ha recomendado a la Comisaría General de Extranjería y Fronteras que imparta instrucciones para que se establezca un sistema de registro de las solicitudes de asilo en los Centros de Internamiento de Extranjeros (CIE) que cumpla con la Ley de Procedimiento Administrativo Común.

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Le 17 mai 2018, le Médiateur de la République, Baba Akhib HAÏDARA a remis officiellement son Rapport annuel 2017 à S.E.M. le Président de la République, Ibrahim Boubacar KEÏTA. C’était à la faveur d’une cérémonie solennelle qui a regroupé le Premier Ministre, le Président de la Cour Constitutionnelle, les membres du Gouvernement, les membres du Cabinet du Président de la République et les collaborateurs du Médiateur de la République.

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The Equality Body of the Czech Republic – the Ombudswoman – published the summary report for the year 2017 informing about her main activities in the field of protection against discrimination. The Ombudswoman received 384 complaints concerning discrimination in 2017, most of them from the area of work and employment. In the year 2017, people mostly complained about discrimination on the grounds of disability. Ombudswoman established discrimination in 40 individual cases.

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For the second straight year, Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé is among the nominees for Canadian Lawyer magazine’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada. The list, chosen by the magazine’s internal editorial panel, readers and past honourees, recognizes lawyers who have played a significant role in the legal profession in the past 18 months.

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