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2017-06-13Annual 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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2018-02-12
English summary of 2016-2017 overview of the Chancellor of Justice activities now available
The Chancellor of Justice is a one-person, independent constitutional institution appointed to office by the Riigikogu on the proposal of the President of the Republic for a term of seven years. The Chancellor’s task is to make sure that legislation in Estonia is in conformity with the Constitution and that the fundamental rights and liberties of people in Estonia are protected. Besides constitutional review and ombudsman functions, the Chancellor also fulfils the role of national preventive mechanism for ill-treatment and ombudsman for children. Once a year, the Chancellor presents an annual report of his or her activities to the Riigikogu.
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2015-08-28
The Association for the Prevention of Torture presents its New Database on Prison Issues
DETENTION FOCUS is a database grouping the most relevant issues related to prison worldwide.
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2016-03-14
The Commissioner submitted her 2015 Annual Report
The Commissioner for human rights of the Republic of Azerbaijan submitted her 2015 Annual Report to the state authorities, namely the country President, Parliament, Cabinet of Ministers, and Constitutional as well as Supreme Court and to the Prosecutor General in conformity with the relevant Constitutional Law.
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2017-10-279th International Conference of Ombuds Institutions for the Armed Forces (ICOAF) - Press Release
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2023-06-09
Commonwealth Ombudsman publishes report on people detained and later released because they were not unlawful non-citizens
The Commonwealth Ombudsman, Iain Anderson, published the first in a new series of reports on the Ombudsman’s ongoing investigation into people who were detained in immigration detention and later released on the basis that they were not unlawful non-citizens.
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2017-05-18Ombudswoman of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany
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2014-08-14
The Provincial Ombudsman of Sindh, Pakistan, visits the IOI headquarter
On 14 August 2014, the Provincial Ombudsman of Sindh, Mr. Asad Ashraf Malik, met with the Secretary General of the IOI and member of the Austrian Ombudsman Board, Dr. Günther Kräuter, at the IOI’s headquarter office in Vienna, Austria.
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2017-05-09
Asbestos: How NSW government agencies deal with the problem - April 2017
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2015-10-06
Ombudsman meets with the Resident Advisor
Commissioner met with the Resident Advisor of the Twinning on social service provision in Azerbaijan, executive director of the Austrian Social Worker Association, Mr. Herbert Paulischin at his own request.
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2019-01-15
Ombudsman published ad hoc report on the right to outside world of detainees and convicted persons transferred to disciplinary cells
The Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan published an ad hoc report on “The Rights of Detained and Convicted Persons Transferred to the Disciplinary Cell on Inviolability of Private and Family Life, Freedom of Communications”.
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2017-10-27
9th International Conference of Ombuds Institutions for the Armed Forces held in London
From 9 - 10 October 2017 the Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces in the United Kingdom co-hosted the 9th International Conference of Ombuds Institutions for the Armed Forces (ICOAF) in conjunction with the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF).
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2016-12-19
Joint statement on the independence of NHRIs in OSCE region
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2017-02-23
FRA report on child-friendly justice from the child’s perspective
Children involved in court proceedings often feel scared, ignored, and ill-informed, as a new report from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) shows. By asking children across different EU Member States about their experiences and views, this ground-breaking report shows how far we still have to go to make our justice systems child-friendly.
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2015-12-10
Office of The Ombudsman of Hong Kong announces the results of two own-motioned investigation reports
On December the 10th, the Office of the Ombudsman held a press conference to announce the results of two direct investigation reports.
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2023-11-03
IOI World Conference Theme consultations
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2017-01-04
Special Report on the Right to Adequate Housing (2015) - EN
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2017-04-26
Exchange of ideas on environmental law enforcement at the Ombudsman’s office
On April 24, a conference on the experience gained in the implementation of the Directive on Environmental Liability on the level of the EU and in Hungary was held at the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights in Budapest. It was the sixth time that the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights has held a joint conference on environmental issues.
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2017-07-20
The Ombudsman receives appreciation from US for fight against trafficking in persons
The Ombudsman's Office of the Republic of Latvia has been nominated for the Latvia's 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report Hero. This nomination reflects the work of the Ombudsman's Office in the field of preventing human trafficking.
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2015-06-25
The Role of Ombudsman Institution in Improving Public Service Delivery - The Case of Indonesia
In May 2015 Danang Girindrawardana, Ombudsman of the Republic of Indonesia, was a panel speaker at the 2nd World Bank – International Ombudsman Institute Roundtable on the role of ombudsman institutions (OIs) in promoting citizen-centric governance and inclusive institutions.
