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2018-06-26Queensland Ombudsman presents Indigenous birth registration report
The Queensland Ombudsman’s report, The Indigenous birth registration report: An investigation into the under-registration of Indigenous births in Queensland, was tabled by the Honourable Curtis Pitt MP, Speaker of the Queensland Parliament to highlight the significant restrictions to participating in society a person faces when their birth has not been registered.
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2018-09-19
Investigations up for Victorian Ombudsman
In her annual report released today, 19 of September 2019, the Victorian Ombudsman said it was encouraging that of the 119 recommendations she made to state and local government over the 12-month period, 98 per cent were accepted.
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2018-10-23
Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission refers the file of Al-Bashir Hospital to the prosecution
The Board of the Jordanian Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission (JIACC) referred to the Public Prosecution the investigation file related to the services of Al-Bashir Hospital, where investigations showed a number of suspicions of corruption and financial, administrative and legal violations involving public money.
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2018-11-14
Ombudsman Hong Kong announces result of direct investigation
The Ombudsman, Ms Connie Lau, announced last Wednesday, 14th of November, the completion of a direct investigation into the regulation of illegal burials outside permitted burial grounds (burials outside PBGs) by the Home Affairs Department and the Lands Department.
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2019-01-30
Do children have the right to health in psychiatric hospitals?
In 2018 Ombudsman of the Republic of Latvia monitored all six hospitals in Latvia, where in-patient psychiatric treatment of children is provided. During these monitoring visits Ombudsman examined treatment and other conditions of children in these hospitals.
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2019-01-30
Ombudsmen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands discussed their agenda at annual meeting
Annually the Ombudsman meet to discuss developments within the Kingdom and share best practices. This time the meeting took place on Saba, a small island which is part of the Dutch Caribbean.
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2019-02-11
Ombud New Brunswick releases findings on investigation into allegations of patient mistreatment at Restigouche Hospital Centre
Ombud, Charles Murray, released last Thursday, 7th of February, findings of his office’s probe into complaints of mistreatment of patients at the Restigouche Hospital Centre in Campbellton, caused in part by chronic understaffing.
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2019-02-18
Constitutional Court recognized automatic deprivation of means of communication in disciplinary cells unconstitutional
The Constitutional Court recognized unconstitutional the legal regulations stating the automatic (by default) deprivation of the contact with outside world of detainees and convicted persons transferred to the disciplinary cell, based on the application submitted by the Human Rights Defender. The Court stated June 5, 2019 as a deadline for the National Assembly and the Government, giving a possibility to correspond the challenged provisions to the requirements of the decision, otherwise they will be declared repealed.
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2019-03-11
Review of school leaving examinations will become more transparent
In recent years, the Czech Ombudsman repeatedly warned about shortcomings in the procedure of the Ministry of Education (hereinafter “the Ministry”) in reviewing the results of school-leaving examinations (the “maturita” exam used in numerous types of secondary schools). Based on the Ombudsman’s comments, the Ministry has amended the so-called “maturita decree” and modified certain procedures and forms so that the students would now have better information on where and how to lodge a complaint.
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2019-06-06
Council of Europe publishes Antirumours Handbook
This handbook is a practice-oriented sequel of the “Cities Free of Rumours” Guide published in 2015 by the Council of Europe. The lessons learned in recent years coupled with the growth in the number of cities that have joined the ARS and the interest it has generated since then, call for an update and further systematization of the antirumours approach and methodology. The handbook also provides practical examples to help and inspire cities and other stakeholders interested in learning more about this initiative and how to put it into practice.
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2019-06-21
Ombudsman Montreal files Annual Report 2018 with Montreal City Council
The Ombudsman of Montréal (OdM), Johanne Savard, filed the 15th Annual Report (2018) of their institution. This report includes statistical and general information on the activities of the Ombudsman, examples of files that were handled as well as information on the role and mandate of the office of the Ombudsman. Part 4 of the report is particularly interesting: it provides an overview of all the 2018 OdM interventions for each entity over which the Ombudsman has jurisdiction.
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2019-07-15
Office of the Ombudsman and Anti-Corruption Commission sign memorandum of understanding
The Ombudsman of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Leon Jenkins-Johnston Esq. and the Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission Francis Ben-Kaifala Esq. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on behalf of the two institutions. The aim of the MOU is to foster collaboration among the two institutions in the fight against Corruption, Administrative Injustice and Maladministration in the Public service.
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2019-08-27
Ombudsman engages Sierra Leone police
The Ombudsman of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Leon Jenkins-Johnston esq. and team from the Office of the Ombudsman has engaged Senior Police officers at various divisions in the western Area. The engagement is part of the ongoing sensitization drive that the ombudsman started few months ago to meet with MDA’s.
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2019-09-04
How do complaints affect those complained about?
Research into the effects of complaints on public service employees was carried out by Dr Chris Gill (University of Glasgow) and Carolyn Hirst (Hirstworks), in partnership with Queen Margaret University and the University of West of Scotland. The findings of the original research contributed to the production of “Being Complained About – Good Practice Guidelines”, a document which aims to improve the way in which organisations handle complaints by focusing on supporting staff members who have been complained about.
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2020-05-25
Irish Ombudsman receives highest number of complaints in 10 years
Complaints to the Ombudsman rose by 9% to 3,664 in 2019. It is the highest number of complaints received by the Ombudsman since 2010. Ombudsman Peter Tyndall examines complaints about public services, such as those provided by government departments, local authorities and the HSE.
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2020-06-17
Ombudsman Institution publishes Annual Report 2019
The Ombudsperson's Annual Report, in the spirit of the principles democracy, protection of human rights and rule of law as well as the constitutional and legal mandate, aims to provide a general overview of the challenges in the human rights protection system in the Republic of Kosovo. With particular emphasis on the issues of systematic problems in all three pillars of the power: in legislature, in executive and judiciary, with a strong believe that in this way this Report will serve also as a tool for strengthening democracy in the country.
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2020-08-20
European Ombudsman carries out a series of inquiries and initiatives into the COVID-19 response in the EU administration
In response to the unprecedented situation created by COVID-19, many of the EU institutions, agencies and bodies were required to adopt targeted measures and/or to adapt their working processes to deal with the challenges of the emergency. These ranged from helping to coordinate the public health response in the EU and the approval of dedicated medicines to economic measures to address the social and economic impact of the crisis.
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2020-09-23
The human rights dimensions of COVID-19 and the role and experiences of NHRIs
The UN and Tripartite Partnership Partners (TPP) GANHRI, UNDP and OHCHR is supporting NHRIs in many contexts during the pandemic. On 28 September 2020 the TPP will hold a webinar on “The human rights dimension of COVID-19 and the role and experiences of NHRIs”. Registration is now open!
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2020-09-29
Human Rights Defender and Council of Europe implement project in the field of biomedicine
On the initiative of the Human Rights Defender's Office of Armenia, and with the cooperation of the Council of Europe, a project to protect Human rights in Biomedicine will take place for the first time in the territory of the Council of Europe Member States.
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2020-10-06
Vulnerable Woman Loses Eyesight After Unit Delays
A vulnerable young adult with learning disabilities lost sight in her right eye after staff at a specialist residential learning disability unit failed to monitor her injury properly.
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