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2014-12-16Being trans in the EU - comparative analysis of the EU LGBT survey data
Trans persons, or those whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from the sex assigned them at birth, face frequent discrimination, harassment and violence across the European Union (EU) today. A report published by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) examines issues of equal treatment and discrimination and analyses data on the experiences of trans respondents from the EU LGBT survey.
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2014-09-11
Monitoring of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
One of the priorities of the Human Rights Defender is to monitor the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. As a consequence, the ombudsman’s office has asked every county and district in Poland to fill out a survey, which aims at collecting respective data on how local government implements the adherence to the convention.
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2015-02-26
The Seimas Ombudsman has paid attention to the detention conditions of refugees in Lithuania
During the third quarter of the year, the Seimas Ombudsman Augustinas Normantas visited almost all the institutions that are responsible for the custody of aliens in Lithuania.
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2014-09-02
Office of the Ombudsman releases winter edition of the Ombudsman Quarterly Review
The recently released winter edition of the Ombudsman Quarterly Review puts a special emphasis on the Ombudsmen's activities in the area of monitoring and inspecting places of detention under the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT).
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2017-03-30Flyer - Summer School: Detention monitoring applying the UN Nelson Mandela Rules
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2023-07-26
15. Theme III: Ombudsman experiences - presentation (FR) by Mr Jacques Toubon (Defenseur des droits, France)
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2023-04-27
Chief Ombudsman visits Auckland as extreme weather events engagement tour continues
The Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is visiting Auckland this week as he continues a series of targeted engagements in some of the regions hit hardest by recent extreme weather events.
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2016-02-10
Belfast Conference on Human Rights and the Ombudsman
Registration for the Conference on “Human Rights - A 21st Century Approach to the work of Ombudsmen”, to be held in Belfast from 25 – 27 May 2016 is now open! The Offices of the Northern Ireland Ombudsman and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission invite you to participate.
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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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2017-03-23
Queensland Ombudsman: The Toowoomba Regional Council Auction Notices Report (December 2016)
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2018-02-06
Commissioner for Fundamental Rights on the delivery of registered mail to blind and partially-sighted persons
By default, Magyar Posta [the Hungarian postal service] allows the delivery of registered mail to blind and partially-sighted persons only in the presence of a witness of full age. According to the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, this practice is in violation of the right to equal dignity and the country’s international human rights commitments.
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2013-10-25
Record year in the work of the Parliamentary Ombudsman
The English Summary of the Annual report 2012 by the Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland has been published, compiling the most important observations concerning implementation of fundamental and human rights that were made in oversight of legality during the year.
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2015-03-20
Colloquium Report: Repositioning the Ombudsman - Challenges and Prospects for the African Ombudsman Institution (Sep. 2013)
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2017-03-27
Ombudsman and Medical Council agreement will benefit the public and health services
On 23 March 2017, the Medical Council and the Office of the Ombudsman signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will allow for the exchange of information and complaints between both offices. The MoU will benefit both the public and health services. The agreement will also establish procedures to assist members of the public in accessing the services of both organisations.
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2023-04-13
Ombudsman opens office in Thessaloniki
The opening ceremony of the office of the Ombudsman in Thessaloniki took place on Wednesday, March 22 2023, in the presence of representatives of the State, the university community and other authorities.
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2016-09-15
Compensation for crime victims: the Québec Ombudsman recommends new management
In an investigation report released on September 15, 2016, the Québec Ombudsman homes in on the main problems that need correcting in the public compensation system for crime victims (IVAC).
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2016-05-23
IOI President John Walters speaks at the Control Yuan
International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) President John R. Walters visited the Control Yuan on the morning of May 18, 2016, delivering a speech on the development of African ombudsman institutions and the challenges that they face.
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2017-03-21
ENNHRI General Assembly Statement on European Solidarity in the field of Migration
In a new statement released on the occasion of the General Assembly Meeting of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) on 6 March 2017, ENNHRI participants called for European solidarity in the field of migration.
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2015-04-15
Chairman of the ACRC of Korea delivered an opening speech at the OECD Integrity Forum
Chairman Lee Sungbo of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) of Korea delivered an opening speech at the OECD Integrity Forum held in Paris, France on March 25.
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2015-04-16
New website for the Québec Ombudsman
The Québec Ombudsman launched its new website on April 14, 2015. This mobile-friendly website is resolutely geared to users’ needs.