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2011-04-07New Ombudsman institution
On 18 March 2011, His Majesty King Mohammed VI appointed Mr. Abdelaziz Benzakour as head of the Ombudsman Institution, an independent national body established and especially created to replace Diwan Al Madhalim.
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Ombudsman's Office of the Republic of Latvia
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2011-04-07
Newsletter April 2011 of Valedor do Pobo
The Valedor do Pobo of Galicia recently published its newsletter. You can download the Spanish Version here.
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2011-04-13
Inspection visit to the Ravila Care Home
On 24 March the adviser of the Chancellor of Justice performed an unannounced visit to the Ravila Care Home. It was a follow-up inspection to check the fulfillment of recommendation made after the inspection visit of 19 August of 2009.
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2011-04-15
Ombudsman to be designated as OPCAT NPM
On 14 April 2011, the National Assembly of Bulgaria passed the law on the ratification of OPCAT. The law should be promulgated and enter into force. Agreement has been reached that the Ombudsman be designated as NPM.
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2011-05-05
Annual report 2010 of the Federal Ombudsman
On March 29, the Belgian federal ombudsmen, Catherine De Bruecker and Guido Schuermans, submitted their report for 2010 to the President of the House of Representatives.
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2011-05-05
Alleged age discrimination of Dutch assistant
The European Ombudsman has told the European Commission to establish that it did not discriminate on the basis of age in the case of a successful candidate in a selection competition for assistants.
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2011-05-05
Infringement of Children’s Rights
The inspecting colleagues of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Civil Rights experienced verbal aggression against children living in Cseppkő Children's Home; furthermore a suspicion was raised concerning the use of physical abuse against children in the institution.
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2011-05-05
Security control of passengers and airport workers
The Ombudsman expects from the new terminal areas of the Liszt Ferenc airport that it will be suitable to tackle those infringements which were previously found by the ombudsman's inspections. Prof. Mate Szabo has turned to the Government and the management of the Budapest airport to regulate and develop the conditions of the security control of the passengers and the airport workers.
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2011-05-06
Ombudsman Board presents Annual Report 2010
"In 2010 the Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB) took care of the requests of more than 15 000 people, and 6 600 investigation procedures were initiated to control administrative decisions. In more than 17 percent of all investigation procedures the AOB confirmed a case of maladministration," AOB Chair Peter Kostelka summarised last year's activities on the occasion of the annual report presentation on 28 April in Vienna. An international version of the annual report in English highlighting human rights related cases will be published in June 2011.
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2011-05-11
Ombudswoman receives her Thai counterparts
Ombudswoman Luisa Cava de Llano received the collegiate of Thai Ombudsmen: Pramote Chotimongkol, Siracha Charoenpanij and Panit Nitithanprapas, accompanied by a delegation of members of their institution.
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2011-05-11
ECJ rules on discrimination of people in civil partnerships
A supplementary retirement pension paid to a partner in a civil partnership, which is lower than that granted in a marriage, may constitute discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation. This is the case if the partnership is reserved to persons of the same gender and if it is in a legal and factual situation comparable to that of marriage
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2011-05-12
IOI Participation at 24th General Meeting
The I.O.I. has been invited to participate at the 24th General Meeting of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights (ICC), to be held in Geneva from 17 to 19 May 2011.
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2011-05-12
Members of GreenPak scheme now able to claim eco-tax refund
Companies that took part in the GreenPak authorised waste recovery scheme between 2005 and 2008 are now able to claim back the eco-tax they had paid through a legal notice published on Monday.
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2011-05-13
A special report by the Québec Ombudsman
The Québec Ombudsman's report on public services for detainees with mental health disorders was tabled this morning in the National Assembly. The report highlights the fact that mental health services in Québec were structured without due consideration for the detention community's specific features.
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2011-05-13
Public Protector Adv Thuli Madonsela speeks at University about Independence from Political Influence
Link to the Address by Public Protector Adv Thuli Madonsela at the Seminar on the Freedom of the Public Protector from Political Parties/Influence hosted by the University of South Africa at the university’s Dr Mirriam Makeba Concert Hall.
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2011-05-17
Ombudsman Report on Municipal Loan Guarantees published
The final report of the Nova Scotia Office of the Ombudsman into a complaint initiated by the Ombudsman, on his own motion is available for download.
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2011-05-17
Ombudsman Diamandouros presents Annual Report 2010
At the presentation of his Annual Report 2010 in Brussels, Mr Diamandouros said: "The Ombudsman's main priority is to help the EU administration to become more open, proactive, accountable, and citizen-friendly, in order to increase citizens' trust in the European public service...."
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2011-06-01
Sharing the Ombudsman’s Story
The Office of the ombudsman committed itself to engage senior secondary school students. This was to acquaint them with the Ombudsman as well as to answer questions on the role of the Ombudsman in national development. Ombudswoman Eusalyn Lewis, thus, visited various schools.
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2011-05-17
International Congress "The protection of human rights by the Ombudsman"
The congress will be hosted by the University of Alcalá between 1 and 3 June 2011 in the framework of the Regional Programme of Support for the Ombudsmen of the People in Ibero-America. The latter is funded by the Spanish Agency of International Development Cooperation (AECID) in the framework of the Ibero- American Ombudsman Federation (FIO). Its' principal objective consists in promoting the institution of the Ombudsman in Ibero- America.
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