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2020-03-13Venice Commission will provide legal advice on Ombudsman legislation
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has responded to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe following the adoption of the Recommendation entitled “Ombudsman Institutions in Europe – the need for a set of common standards.” This is the motion which adopted the Venice Principles.
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2020-03-16
African Ombudsman Today – Issue 13 available now
The 13th edition of “African Ombudsman Today”, the newsletter of the African Ombudsman and Mediators Association (AOMA), is now available. The newsletter covers the period until March 2020 and puts a special focus on the first International Ombudsman Expo, hosted in Africa in October 2019. The French version will follow soon.
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2020-03-18
Public Defender issues statement on human rights standards during a pandemic
The Public Defender of Georgia is closely monitoring the implementation of measures aimed at preventing and eliminating the spread of coronavirus. It its efforts to provide the public with information about the most frequently asked questions regarding human rights standards in the current situation, the Public Defender issued statement containing relevant information on human rights standards during a pandemic/epidemic.
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2020-03-19
APT issues article on COVID-19 in prison
The Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) is reflecting on detention issues and detention monitoring in times of sanitary crisis. As a first outcome, the APT issued an article by Alexis Comninos on the issue of Covid-19 in prisons.
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2020-03-23
Preventing COVID-19 outbreak in prisons: a challenging but essential task for authorities
Today, WHO/Europe has published interim guidance on how to deal with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in prisons and other places of detention, entitled “Preparedness, prevention and control of COVID-19 in prisons and other places of detention”. The guidance provides useful information to staff and health care providers working in prisons, and to prison authorities.
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2020-03-20
12th IOI World Conference
In light of recent developments concerning the outbreak and rapid spread of the COVID19 disease alternative dates are now being sought for 12th IOI World Conference and General Assembly, which was to be held in Dublin from 17 – 22 May 2020. A la vista de las acontecimientos recientes acerca de la rápida extención del virus COVID 19, estamos tratando de encontrar una fecha alternativa para celebrar la 12ª Conferencia Mundial y Asamblea General del IIO, que se debía llevar a cabo en Dublín los días 17 – 22 de mayo de 2020. Au vu des dernières évolutions et la propagation rapide du virus COVID-19, nous réfléchissons sur des dates alternatives pour la 12ème Conférence mondiale de l’IIO et l’Assemblée générale, qui auraient dues avoir lieu du 17 jusqu’au 22 mai 2020 à Dublin.
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2020-03-26
Control Yuan investigation into seismic fortification of public buildings
Taiwan is located on the circum-Pacific earthquake zone, where thousands of earthquakes occur every year. To enhance the seismic resistance of public buildings, the Executive Yuan (EY) in June 2000 ratified a project to assess and fortify their seismic resistance; however the execution was less than ideal. The Control Yuan (CY) thus launched an investigation to protect the lives and property of citizens.
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2020-03-26
COVID-19: Who is protecting the people with disabilities?
Catalina Devandas, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, warns that little has been done to provide people with disabilities with the guidance and support needed to protect them during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, even though many of them are part of the high-risk group, today warned
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2020-03-27
During a state of emergency access to information should be ensured for persons with disabilities
Following the declaration of State of Emergency aimed at preventing the spread of Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Human Rights Defender received complaints from persons with disabilities requesting the Defender's support in accessing information.
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2020-03-27
CoE Commissioner calls for release of immigration detainees while Covid-19 crisis continues
Dunja Mijatović, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe (CoE), called on all CoE member states to review the situation of rejected asylum seekers and irregular migrants in immigration detention, and to release them to the maximum extent possible.
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2020-03-27
Letter to the Ombudsman Community
These are unprecedented times and our countries are facing challenges on a scale we could scarcely have imagined. IOI President Peter Tyndall and IOI Secretary General Werner Amon would like to address IOI members in these difficult times.
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2020-03-30
Statement by the Ontario Ombudsman on COVID-19 and Ontario’s correctional facilities
On 26 March 2020 Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé released the following statement regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the province’s correctional facilities:
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2020-03-30
Ombudsman conducts monitoring to examine the situation of prevention of COVID-19
Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, in order to monitoring the situation of preventive measures against spread of the virus in the country the members of the National Preventive Groupn (NPG) of the Ombudsman of Azerbaijan has conducted monitoring in numerous facilities of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan all over the country, as well as in the center of detention for the administratively arrested persons of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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2020-03-30
No entry without a mask – does this business practice constitute discrimination?
Reports appeared in media that certain service providers or retailers are requesting their customers to wear protective masks before entering the place of business, even though this is not the recommendation of the National Civil Protection Directorate nor the Croatian Public Health Institute (HZJZ). Since masks are currently exceedingly hard to obtain, making their usage compulsory could lead to discrimination on the basis of property,
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2020-03-30
Fundamental rights of refugees and migrants at European borders
The Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees of the Council of Europe, together with the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) have published a note on the main fundamental rights safeguards applicable at their member states’ external borders.
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2020-04-03
It is important to precisely determine whose data will be collected and to monitor the procedure
As one of the preventive measures against the spread of coronavirus, especially because of those who frequently violate the self-isolation measure, the Government has proposed amendments to the Electronic Communications Act to monitor citizens’ movements. It would allow location data to be collected, which may restrict citizens’ rights to freedom of movement and privacy.
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2020-04-03
Note on exceptional and temporary justified absences motivated by family assistance
The Ombudsman received several complaints from workers whose functions are incompatible with the teleworking regime and are forced to miss work to provide support to the elderly who are part of their household and depend on their permanent support, especially in the face of the recent closure of social responses in which they were integrated (day centers and homes).
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2020-04-03
Queensland Ombudsman reports on the management of child safety complaints
The Queensland Ombudsman’s report, Management of child safety complaints – second report: An investigation into the management of child safety complaints within the Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women, was today tabled by the Honourable Curtis Pitt MP, Speaker of the Queensland Parliament.
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2020-04-03
Ombudsman calls for the protection of human rights in social care institutions to be guaranteed
The Seimas Ombudsman appealed to all Lithuanian municipalities and care institutions to ensure respect for human rights and freedoms in the time of COVID-19 outbreak. In his appeal, the Seimas Ombudsman aimed to remind that international human rights standards guarantee the right of every person to the highest standard of health care, even in an emergency.
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