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2013-11-26Commissioner on social care workers’ wage system
In the recent months the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights has received several complaints concerning the wage system of social care workers. The complaints referred to the fact that, as far as remuneration is concerned, social care workers are not treated in the same way as those working in the healthcare system and licenced by the Office of Health Authorisation and Administrative Procedures.
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2013-11-22
The Catalan Ombudsman recommends institutions to actively combat energy poverty
Rafael Ribó proposes a "winter truce" for people at risk of exclusion to stop cuts of light, gas and water for non-payment. He also proposes to set up a social price for butane and to bank on progressive pricing of water supply. Some other proposals for possible immediate application are a Working Group, to disseminate information about grants and allowances, to involve the network of houses of social inclusion and promoting educational actions for energy saving.
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2013-11-20
Cambridgeshire County Council agrees to backdate benefits for family of boy with autism
Cambridgeshire County Council delayed carrying out a core assessment on a six-year-old boy, leaving his family without the financial support package they needed to care for their son.
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2013-11-13
Constitutional Court delivers judgment on case brought forward by the Ombudsman
In July 2013 St Maarten Ombudsman Nilda Arduin brought her first-ever case before the Constitutional Court of Sint Maarten, requesting the Court to review the new Criminal Code of St Maarten as to its compliance with the Constitution of Sint Maarten. On Friday, 8 November 2013, the Constitutional Court delivered its judgment.
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2013-11-12
“Ombudsman and Legislation in Canada” book review
The Citizens’ Representative for Newfoundland and Labrador, Barry Fleming, conducted a review of the new book of Gregory Levine on “Ombudsman and Legislation in Canada: An Annotation and Appraisal”.
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2014-04-11
Ombudsman visits Spanish inmates in Moroccan prison
The Defensora del Pueblo travelled to Morocco where she visited several Spanish inmates and participated in a meeting of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsman (AOM).
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2013-11-07
L’Ombudsman de l’Ontario nomme deux anciens chefs de police comme conseillers dans son enquête sur la désescalade des conflits
L’Ombudsman de l’Ontario, André Marin, a annoncé aujourd’hui qu’il avait nommé deux éminents anciens chefs de police comme conseillers spéciaux dans son enquête sur les directives données à la police par la province au sujet de la désescalade des situations conflictuelles.
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2013-11-07
Catalan Ombudsman’s newsletter for November 2013
The Office of the Catalan Ombudsman published the November edition of its e-Newsletter.
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2013-10-29
Ombudsman calls for measures against racist violence
The Greek Ombudsman calls for immediate and drastic measures against racist violence. The pronounced surge in racist violence, the impunity the perpetrators enjoy, and the overall negligence of the state authorities in charge of such matters undermine social cohesion and the foundations of the rule of law.
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2014-03-20Press Release of the Catalan Ombudsman on the International Symposium on Language Rights
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2013-10-15
FRA conference "Strengthening fundamental rights protection together in a changing human rights landscape"
On 7 and 8 October 2013, Representatives from the various human rights bodies across the EU came together to discuss how to work together to enhance human rights protection at the national and European and international level.
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2013-10-11
Supreme Court upholds Ombudsman’s certification of contempt
The Supreme Court upheld the Ombudsman for Bermuda’s Certificate of Contempt of Court and held the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the City of Hamilton to be guilty of contempt.
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2013-10-11
AORC summit to be held in Cape Town
The African Ombudsman Research Centre (AORC) will hold a summit on the framework and standards for the establishment of credible Ombudsman and Mediator offices in Africa. The AORC summit will precede the meeting of the Executive Committee of AOMA and take place from 10 to 11 December 2013 in Cape Town, South Africa.
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2013-10-04
Training for investigation officers from African Ombudsman institutions
A three-day training for investigation officers from African Ombudsman organisations will take place in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania from 2 to 4 January, 2014. The event will be hosted by the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG), Tanzania in cooperation with the IOI and the African Ombudsman Association (AOMA).
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2014-03-05
African Ombudsman Summit Media Release
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2014-02-28
Seminar concerning juvenile foreigners’ right to education
The ombudsman’s activity aims at providing adequate protection to vulnerable groups of society, whose rights are especially susceptible to infringement is one the ombudsman’s priorities.
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2014-02-27
Overview - Occasional Papers (1979 - 2008)
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2014-02-27
Occasional Paper #01
Special referral sections in ombudsman statutes Sir Guy Powels (1979)
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2014-02-27
Occasional Paper #02
The ombudsman's annual reports Stanley V. Anderson (1979)
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2014-02-25
Call of the Ombudsman Lipowicz in light of the situation in Ukraine
Prof. Irena Lipowicz, the Human Rights Defender of Poland requests help for those in our direct neighbourhood who right now need it most – the people of Ukraine. Please feel free to distribute it.