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2019-09-02Ombudsman meets delegation from Japan
The Azerbaijani Ombudsman received the delegation led by Mr. Hideo Ohnishi, the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan. The delegation was accompanied by Mr.Akiro Sanno, an attaché of the Embassy of Japan in Azerbaijan.
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2019-08-27
President Peter Tyndall speaks about human rights under pressure at the European Forum Alpbach 2019
The European Forum Alpbach 2019 hosted a breakout session by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the IOI on “Human Rights Under Pressure: The Role of Ombudspersons and National Human Rights Institutions”. The IOI was represented by its President and Irish Ombudsman Peter Tyndall.
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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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2019-09-05
El Comité de Asuntos de Transportes y Adquisiciones del Yuan de Control supervisa el Puerto de Taipei y la empresa Chunghwa Post
El puerto de Taipei es el puerto más grande de contenedores oceánicos del norte de Taiwán, siendo también una de las siete zonas portuarias de libre comercio de todo el país. El Comité de Asuntos de Transportes y Adquisiciones del Yuan de Control se dirigió a la zona portuaria para conocer la situación sobre las operaciones de logística y almacenamiento. Además, la delegación supervisó el Museo Postal y la Oficina de Correos de la calle Jinnan donde les mostraron la historia del servicio postal y los resultados del establecimiento del sistema de correo digital.
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2019-09-05
“Unlawful and wrong” - solitary confinement and isolation of young people in Victorian prison
Children and young people in Victorian prisons and youth justice systems are being damaged rather than rehabilitated through excessive use of isolation and separation, Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass has found.
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2019-09-05
Dutch Ombudsman hosts Poldershop on “Ombudsman Tools”
Dutch National Ombudsman Reinier Van Zutphen will host another Poldershop in The Hague on Friday, 1 November 2019. This edition of the Poldershop is about how Ombudsman assess the actions of the government and on what basis they reach their decisions. Input and results from this Poldershop will inform an IOI Best Practice Paper to be published next year.
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2019-09-05
AOMA condemns xenophobic violence against migrant African-owned businesses in South Africa
The African Ombudsman and Mediators Association (AOMA) expresses its concern over the ongoing xenophobic attacks in South Africa, where widespread looting and torching of foreign-owned African shops have been reported in Johannesburg and in Pretoria a few days earlier. AOMA urges the use of diplomatic channels by African governments in finding a workable solution for all citizens of Africa affected by the violence.
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2019-09-09
Ombudsman hosts Burundian Delegation
The Commission on Monday, September 2, 2019, hosted a delegation from the Office of the Ombudsman, Burundi. The delegation which was led by the Chief Ombudsman, Hon. Edouard Nduwimana, visited the Commission to learn its operations and share experience and lessons in the implementation of the Ombudsman’s mandate.
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2019-09-09woes of the womb.pdf
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2019-09-09
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2019-09-09
Ombudsman releases “Woes of the Womb” report on alleged medical malpractice in public health facilities
The Office of the Ombudsman has released a report on an investigation of alleged malpractices resulting in removal of uteruses from expectant women in public health facilities titled “Woes of the Womb”.
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2019-09-12
Ombudsman finds meetings of convicts with relatives disproportionately restricted in Kaunas Remand Prison
The flawed practice of Kaunas Remand Prison officers, following which convicted persons are not allowed to use washing machine free of charge if they are visited by relatives, drew the attention of the Seimas Ombudsman of Lithuania, Augustinas Normantas. It turned out that officials did not provide the convict with the necessary articles for personal hygiene even after the convict was declared insolvent.
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2019-09-12
Ombudsman requests poverty policy for elderly in the Caribbean Netherlands to be a priority
Elderly who live on or below the poverty threshold in the Caribbean Netherlands face several problems. They hardly have money to cover their basic needs, there are too few (care) facilities and they don’t know which benefits they might be entitled to.
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2019-09-09
Ombudsman proposes collaboration with State Migration Service and IOM country office
The Ombudsman of Azerbaijan received the Chief of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mission to Azerbaijan Mr. Vladimir Giorgiyev.
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2019-09-09
Parliament adopted legislative package based on monitoring of Human Rights Defender
Under the new Constitution of 2015 the mandate of the Human Rights Defender (HRD) has been expanded by including the power to facilitate the improvement of the regulatory legal acts related to human rights and freedoms. Following the Constitutional Amendments, a new Constitutional Law on Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia was adopted in December 2016. Within this constitutional function, a new practice of reflecting monitoring results in draft laws by the HRD Office is being exercised.
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2019-09-09
Council of Europe presents highlights 2018
Today’s most pressing undemocratic trends resurfacing in many parts of Europe concern freedom of expression, the independence of the judiciary, the impact of artificial intelligence on human rights and discrimination against vulnerable people. The “Council of Europe Highlights 2018” show how diverse bodies of the Council of Europe, in cooperation with its member states, worked throughout the past year to tackle them, with the aim of making Europe a safer and more democratic place for everybody.
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2019-09-10
Promoting and protecting the institution of the Ombusdman
The European Commission for Democracy through Law, better known as the Venice Commission, recently adopted a new set of 25 key principles to help protect and promote ombudsmen. The “Venice Principles” have been presented at the Council of Europe office in Brussels on 10 September 2019.
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2019-09-16
Ombudsman ensured the rights of stateless person
As a result of the Azerbaijani Ombudsman’s immediate reaction, the citizenship status of a person of Russian origin, who had beeen living in Azerbaijan for a long time without any affirmative document, was determined.
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2019-09-16
Council of Europe publication on protection of health-related data
Health-related data, which concern the most intimate information of a person, must have a special status that takes into account the potential risk of discrimination deriving from their processing. The publication “Protection of health-related data“ by the Council of Europe (CoE) gives recommendations to apply the principles of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (“Convention 108”) .
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2019-09-17
ACRC and Korea Press Foundation cooperate in running educational program to raise journalists’ awareness of protection for whistleblowers
For the first time, an educational course on the protection system for corruption reporters and public interest whistleblowers was conducted for trainee journalists who just started their careers in the field of journalism.
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