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2017-11-20Acting New South Wales Ombudsman releases Child Death Review Team Annual Report 2016-17
The Acting Ombudsman and Convenor of the NSW Child Death Review Team (CDRT), Professor John McMillan AO, tabled the CDRT’s annual report for 2016-17. The work that the CDRT does is focused on one key outcome – to prevent the deaths of children. The report details the degree to which the CDRT’s recommendations to prevent or reduce the likelihood of child deaths have been accepted by government, and the progress being made by agencies to implement them.
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2017-11-22
Veterans Ombudsman tables Annual Report 2016-2017
The Veterans Ombudsman’s 2016-2017 Annual Report was tabled in the House of Commons by the Minister of Veterans Affairs. The Report covers all activities of the Veterans Ombudsman from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017 demonstrating the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman’s influence in effecting change and informing policy for Veterans and their families.
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2017-11-22
Control Yuan urges Executive Yuan to establish comprehensive new immigrant policy
The Control Yuan has called for the Executive Yuan and all government agencies under it to formulate a comprehensive new immigrant policy that is in line with the Constitution and related international human rights conventions and that takes into account demographic trends in the country.
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2017-11-22
Ombudsman meets Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Mr Anthony C Mifsud received the Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Mr Nils Muiznieks. The Commissioner was in Malta, for a two day visit, to monitor the human rights protection standards as part of Malta’s obligation as a CoE Member State. Such visits are aimed at providing Council of Europe Member States with guidelines to raise the standards of human rights protection, in accordance with his mandate.
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2017-11-24
Ombudsman investigation finds that women wrongly excluded from Magdalen scheme
An investigation by Ombudsman Peter Tyndall has found that some women who worked in the Magdalen laundries have been wrongly refused access to the Magdalen Restorative Justice scheme. In his report ‘Opportunity Lost’, issued today, the Ombudsman also criticises other aspects of the Department of Justice and Equality’s administration of the scheme.
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2017-11-27
Laying the foundation for administrative justice
The Office of the Commission on Administrative Justice (Ombudsman) presents its first end of tenure report. Divided into seven chapters, the report presents key milestones and achievements and addresses specific areas. It provides background information on the Ombudsman concept, its philosophy and origin together with the history of the Kenyan Ombudsman.
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2017-11-29
Representative of the Ombudsman Office attended international event held in Uzbekistan
An international conference on “Comparative Indicators for Measuring Progress in Human Rights” was co-organized in Uzbekistan by UN, OSCE, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation and the National Center on Human Rights of Uzbekistan. The Head of the Ombudsman's Unit for Civil and Political Rights attended the event.
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2017-11-29
Responsibility to protect – guidelines for NHRIs and Ombudspersons
The Special Adviser of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect, Mr. Ivan Simonovic, shared a document on "Accountability for Atrocity Crimes Prevention: Implementation Guidance for National Human Rights Institutions and Ombudspersons" with the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI).
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2017-11-30
Concern about routine strip searching and high incidence of force and restraint in women’s prison
Female prisoners in Victoria’s main women’s prison are being routinely strip searched, in what Ombudsman Deborah Glass has described as a “humiliating, degrading and undignified practice”. Tabling the Implementing OPCAT in Victoria: report and inspection of the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre in Victorian Parliament, Ms Glass said an independent inspection had uncovered some serious issues.
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2017-11-30
Ombudsman Quarterly Review Spring 2017
The Spring 2017 issue of the Ombudsman Quarterly Review is available now. It includes: engagement in the Pacific, the Ombudsman's Annual Report 2016/17, Disability Rights update, Experts by Experience on our OPCAT visits, agency progress on the OIA, PrivacyLive on Right to Know Day, latest case notes and opinion.
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2017-12-04
Petri Jääskeläinen continues as Ombudsman
Doctor of Laws Petri Jääskeläinen has been re-elected to serve as Parliamentary Ombudsman for a term of four years. His term will begin on 1 January 2018 and end on 31 December 2021. The election of Dr. Jääskeläinen was confirmed at the plenary session on 21 November 2017. Dr. Jääskeläinen was the only person who had submitted his candidature for the post.
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2017-12-04
Discrimination against women candidates based on the minimum height requirement for admission to Police Academy
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in case C-409/16, which was recently published, was asked to reply to a request for a preliminary ruling addressed to it by the Greek Council of the State, regarding compliance of the minimum height requirement for admission to Police Academy of at least 1.70m, common for both sexes.
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2017-12-04
Investigation into the management of maintenance claims against public housing tenant
As a result of a number of complaints to the Ombudsman and wider community concern, the Ombudsman conducted an investigation into the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Housing's processes for determining and pursuing maintenance debts against public housing tenants. The investigation found that many public housing tenants were charged thousands of dollars for the repair of damaged public housing, even when there was no evidence they caused the damage. The investigation also found that the department was wasting public resources and breaching its responsibility as a Model Litigant by making unreasonable demands for cost recovery and pursing claims to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
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2017-12-05
Upholding Administrative Fairness in B.C.: Annual Report 2016-2017
British Columbia’s Ombudsperson Jay Chalke released his 2016-2017 Annual Report on 7 November 2017. The Report details a year’s work upholding administrative fairness across B.C.’s more than 2,800 provincial and local public authorities.
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2017-12-05
IOI issues statement of support for Public Defender
On behalf of IOI community, IOI President Peter Tyndall and IOI Secretary General Kräuter issued a statement of solidarity with the Office of the Public Defender of Georgia.
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2017-12-05
Public Defender presents report on situation of human rights and freedom in Georgia in 2017
On 5 December 2017, the Public Defender of Georgia presented a report on the situation of human rights and freedoms in 2017 to representatives of the diplomatic corps, international organizations and civil society.
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2017-12-06
Asian Region elects new Director
The Asian Region of the IOI held an electronic ballot to fill the vacant position of one Asian Director on the IOI Board of Directors. Ms Un-Jong Pak, Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission in Korea, received the highest number of votes and was therefore declared elected as new Asian Director.
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2017-12-06
IOI Secretary General attends OSCE Parallel Civil Society Conference 2017
IOI Secretary General and Austrian Ombudsman Günther Kräuter attended the OSCE Parallel Civil Society Conference 2017 in Vienna on 5 December, in order to discuss the results of the OSCE self-evaluation process.
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2017-12-11
Aage Thor Falkanger re-elected as Ombudsman
Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman Aage Thor Falkanger was re-elected for another term of four years by the Parliament in November 2017. The Ombudsman is appointed by the Norwegian Parliament to safeguard the rights of individual citizens in their dealings with the public administration.
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2017-12-11
New Public Defender starts performing her duties
On 8 December 8 2017, Ms Nino Lomjaria started performing her duties as the new Public Defender of Georgia. The Parliament of Georgia elected the sixth Public Defender for a five-year term on 30 November 2017.
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