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2017-05-29Ombudsman presents special report on migration flows and refugee protection
Greek Ombudsman Andreas Pottakis will present a special report on migration flows and refugee protection. This report focuses on human rights and the 2015/2016 migration and refugees crisis management and will be launched in Hall on 1 June 2017.
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2017-05-29
Joint project of the Ombudsman and UN OHCHR being implemented
The Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees have been cooperating on combating violence since 2016. A project on “Empowerment of Women in Displacement Situations” continued this year and covered four regions.
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2017-05-29
Moldovan Ombudsman's statute regulated by the Constitution
The Office of the People’s Advocate of Moldova announced that the statute and role of the People’s Advocate have been enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova.
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2017-05-29
Appointment of the Commonwealth Ombudsman
The Government has announced the appointment of Mr Michael Manthorpe PSM as the Commonwealth Ombudsman.
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2017-05-29
New Acting Alberta Ombudsman appointed
Mr. Joe Loran was appointed Acting Alberta Ombudsman as of April 16, 2017, upon the retirement of the province’s eighth Ombudsman, Peter Hourihan.
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2017-05-29
President of the IOI attends Conference of the Ombudsman Association
IOI President Peter Tyndall delivered a presentation at the Ombudsman Association (OA) Conference 2017 which was held from 25 – 26 May 2017 in Loughborough Conference Centre in England.
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2017-05-31
NSW Ombudsman updates effective complaint management and good conduct guidelines
The New South Wales (NSW) Ombudsman, Professor John McMillan, recently published the 3rd editions of two guidelines for NSW government agencies: ‘Good conduct and administrative practice: Guidelines for state and local government’ and ‘Effective complaint handling guidelines’.
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2017-06-01
Launch of the Annual Report 2016
In May 2017, the European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, presented the Ombudsman’s Annual Report 2016. This year showed again how the work of an ombudsman can have a positive effect over time on the quality of the EU administration, in line with the strategy of the European Ombudsman to increase the impact, relevance and visibility of the office.
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2017-06-02
Queensland Ombudsman criticizes naming of property owner in auction notice
Naming of property owner in an auction notice when selling property for unpaid rates unreasonable
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2017-06-02
Ombudsman’s Quarterly Review Autum 2017
New Zealand Ombudsman Peter Boshier releases Quarterly Review.
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2017-06-02
NPM Workshop on communication skills to be held in Vienna
After two very successful workshops with an NPM focus in Latvia (2015) and Lithuania (2016) the IOI will hold a follow-up NPM workshop with a special focus on developing skills to optimise interaction and communication with challenging conversation partners in Vienna (Austria) from 25 – 27 September 2017. Registration is now open!
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2017-06-09
Ombudsman Hong Kong probes Government's regulation of proprietary Chinese medicine
The Ombudsman, Ms Connie Lau, declared a direct investigation to examine the regulation of unregistered proprietary Chinese medicine (pCm) by the Department of Health (DH) and the Food and Health Bureau (FHB).
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2017-06-12
IOI press conference in Sint Maarten
Dr. Nilda Arduin, Ombudsman of Sint Maarten, Regional President of the IOI’s Caribbean & Latin American Region and President of the Caribbean Ombudsman Association (CAROA) presented the Annual Report of her office at a press conference in Philipsburg. IOI Secretary General Kräuter, who was on his way to the CAROA conference in Bonaire, also attended this press conference.
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2017-06-13
Annual Report of the Information Commissioner and Commissioner for Environmental Inforamtion
30,417 requests under the Freedom of Information Act were made to public bodies in 2016. This was the highest number of FOI requests ever recorded. The number of applications made to the Information Commissioner to review FOI decisions rose by 32% in the same year.
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2017-06-14
IOI participates at CAROA Conference and signs MoU
IOI President Peter Tyndall and Nilda Arduin, President of the Caribbean Ombudsman Association (CAROA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of their respective organisations during the 9th Biannual CAROA Conference that was held from 11 – 13 June 2017 in Bonaire.
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2017-06-14
Seimas Ombudsmen‘s Office became accredited NHRI
Viktoras Pranckietis, the Speaker of the Seimas (Parliament), in his opening address at the event organised by the Seimas Ombudsmen congratulated the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office with accreditation as a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI).
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2017-06-16
Ombudsman Hong Kong holds seminar on Mandatory Provident Fund System
On 14 June, the Office of the Ombudsman held a seminar entitled "Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) System" with more than 60 Justices of the Peace (JPs) and Advisers of the Office present.
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2017-06-16
Ombudsman’s opinion regarding the Latvian language as identity symbol
The Ombudsman of the Republic of Latvia has introduced the Latvian society with his opinion regarding the Latvian language as the State identity symbol guaranteed by the Constitution of Latvia and the special status of the language both nationally and internationally.
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2017-06-16
Applications for the positions of the Cayman Islands Deputy Ombudsman and two investigators
Cayman Islands recently introduced a new law, which will will come into effect on the 1st October 2017, combining the various oversight entities under one entity: the newly established Ombudsman Office. A call for applications for the positions of the Cayman Islands Deputy Ombudsman and two investigators are now open.
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2017-06-16
Thai Ombudsman and Ministry of Supervision, PRC sign MoU
Office of the Ombudsman, Thailand and the Ministry of Supervision, People’s Republic of China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Bangkok on June 12th, 2017 in order to enhance capacity building through personnel enhancement programme and exchange of knowledge and best practice of the two organisations.
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