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2024-09-06
OCO report highlights scramble to find school places for children with Special Educational Needs
There is still a scramble every September to find appropriate school places for children with Special Educational Needs, despite progress made by Government in recent years to prioritise the issue. That’s according to Plan for Places, Two Years On from the Ombudsman for Children’s Office, which examines whether progress has been made on recommendations made in the institution's previous Plan for Places report in 2022.
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2014-05-09
Merita Aliu-Alili, Michael Mauerer (AOB), Anica Tomšić-Stojkovska, Ombudsman Günther Kräuter (AOB), Deputy Ombudsman Vaska Bajramovska-Mustafa
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2024-08-01
Ombudsman challenges ISS position on unemployment benefit for victims of domestic violence
The Ombudsman’s Office has pleaded with the Social Security Institute (ISS) the right to unemployment benefits for victims of domestic violence who have terminated their employment contracts under the terms of the Decent Work Agenda Law, in force since May 2023. A different position is being adopted by the ISS, which only recognises this right in cases of termination after 1 December 2023.
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Office of the Ombudsman of the Gambia
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2024-08-01
Malawi Parliament acts on Ombudsman Report
The Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament in Malawi has been meeting senior officials from various Government Ministries and Departments that have in the last ten years failed to comply with determinations from the Office of the Ombudsman.
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2025-07-04
APOR - Waka Tangata - APOR E-News - June 2025 - Issue 15 - EN
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2025-07-04
National Ombudsman New Zealand - Ombudsman Quarterly Review - Issue 48 - EN
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2024-08-16
Reminder: Commonwealth Ombudsman hosts Complaint Handling Forum from 21 to 25 October 2024
From 21 – 25 October 2024, the Office will host its annual Complaint Handling Forum. The 5-part virtual forum will feature speakers from a variety of backgrounds, including a keynote address from the Commonwealth Ombudsman, Iain Anderson.
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2025-07-04
IOI European Region Quarterly Newsletter - April-June 2025
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2025-07-04
China - Ombudsman Hong Kong - Annual Report 2024-25 - EN
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2024-09-06
Ombudsman to investigate child welfare practice of placing children and youth in hotels, motels, offices and trailers
On September 5, 2024, Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé announced an investigation into the practice of child welfare agencies placing young children and teens in hotels, motels, offices and trailers. The Ombudsman launched the investigation on his own initiative in light of several reports about children being inappropriately housed in these settings. Ombudsman staff have already visited some of these children and youth to see their living conditions and hear their concerns directly.
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2013-03-19
Northern Ireland Ombudsman: Case Digest - Issue 6, March 2013
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2024-07-31
Extension of deadline: Tender for IOI regional subsidies 2024/2025
The IOI Board of Directors decided at their Board meeting held in The Hague in May 2024 to continue the regional subsidy programme for the membership year 2024/2025. Members wishing to apply for regional subsidies can submit project proposals until 19 August 2024.
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2024-09-25
Lack of funding is no reason to keep young disabled people in nursing homes
Ombudsman Ger Deering has called for adequate funding to be given to the HSE to avoid younger people with a disability having to live inappropriately in nursing homes.
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2024-07-26
Review of housing register applications following Ombudsman investigation
London Borough of Tower Hamlets has agreed to review the way it allocates properties after the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman uncovered it had a long backlog in processing applications to join its housing register. The discovery came when the Ombudsman investigated how the council handled an application from a woman who was resident in its area.
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2024-08-22
NSW Ombudsman’s special report Investigation into inmate discipline in NSW correctional centres, tabled in Parliament
The NSW Ombudsman has tabled a special report titled Investigation into inmate discipline in NSW correctional centres in Parliament on 21 August 2024. The report follows an investigation involving a systemic examination of how inmate discipline is managed across all correctional centres. The inmate disciplinary system deals with inmates who are alleged to have committed a ‘correctional centre offence’ while in custody.
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2024-07-04
Ombudsman safeguards public administration for continuous community betterment
The Ombudsman, Mr Jack Chan, presented the 2023/24 Annual Report of the Office of The Ombudsman to the public on 3 July 2024.
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2024-09-12
Pregnant woman turned away after Ealing council uses outdated definition of domestic abuse, Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman says
Ealing council wrongly turned away a pregnant woman who approached it for help with housing, despite police and other agencies saying it was not safe for her to return to her tenancy in another area. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman was asked to investigate. It found the council used an outdated, narrow definition of domestic abuse, limiting it to physical attacks.
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2024-07-26
Ombudsman publishes 2023 Year Report
The Ombudsman of Sint Maarten recently published the 2023-year report. In 2023 there were a total of 367 complaints handled of which 43 resulted in a report by the Ombudsman.