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2021-05-20The Basque Ombudsman presented its Guidelines for responding to cases of child sexual abuse and exploitation in the Basque Country
The Guidelines aim at improving co-ordination between the different authorities and services intervening in cases of child sexual abuse and exploitation (health and social services, legal assistance, prosecution service and justice).
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2018-11-19
FRA report on four keys to successful Roma inclusion
There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to local inclusion but four key elements can boost the chances of success, finds the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights’ latest report.
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2019-08-19
Workshop on General Data Protection Regulation to be held in Riga
The Office of the Ombudsman of Latvia will host an IOI workshop on the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation from 16 – 17 October 2019 in Riga, Latvia. Registration is now open!
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2020-06-17
Waka Tangata – issue 5 of the APOR E-news now available
The Waka Tangata APOR E-News includes news and views from integrity organisations in the Pacific and Australasian Region. Issue 5 of the Waka Tangata APOR E-news is now available online.
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2018-12-10
Seimas Ombudsman calls Parliament to avoid initiatives limiting independence of national broadcaster
The Seimas Ombudsman Augustinas Normantas has urged the Parliament to avoid the initiatives that would have a political and/or economic influence on the public broadcaster, thus violating the provisions of Article 10 of the ECtHR.
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2021-03-29
Ombudsman Hong Kong announces results of investigation into Government’s handling of misconnection of private building sewers to stormwater collection systems
On March 29, the Ombudsman, Ms Winnie Chiu, announced the completion of a direct investigation into the Government’s handling of misconnection of private building sewers to the stormwater collection system (referred to as “sewer misconnection”) and has made eight recommendations for improvement having regard to the inadequacies found on the part of the Buildings Department (BD) and the Environmental Protection Department (EPD).
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2020-09-04
Prison and Probation Service should do more to ensure legal rights of inmates placed in disciplinary cells
The Prison and Probation Service should do more to ensure the legal rights of inmates who are to be placed in disciplinary cells. This is the Ombudsman’s assessment following monitoring visits to 11 local prisons, five state prisons and one immigration detention centre under the Prison and Probation Service.
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2016-12-05
Need for education sector to adapt to the needs of individual children
Niall Muldoon, Ombudsman for Children, highlighted the need for the educational sector to be sufficiently agile and to adapt to the individual needs of each child following the launch of the Office’s recent “Education In Focus” report.
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2021-02-08
Ombudsman inquiry into the use of EU funds in relation to institutional care, against backdrop of COVID-19 pandemic
The Ombudsman opened an own-initiative inquiry into the role of the Commission in ensuring that member state governments use EU funds with a view to promoting independent living for persons with disabilities and older persons, and transitioning away from residential care institutions. The inquiry takes place against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic, which had devastating consequences for people in these institutions.
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2019-01-31
New Study addresses access to sport for people with disabilities
The Commission has published a study that seeks to promote best practice for providing enhanced opportunities for individuals with disabilities to be involved in organised sports.There are an estimated 80m people with a disability in the European Union (EU), equivalent to approximately 15% of the EU population. Disabled people are less likely to take part in organised sport than non-disabled individuals, this despite the many positive benefits of participation.
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2018-06-19
Ombudsmen urge government to speed up hurricane recovery
National Ombudsman of the Netherlands Reinier van Zutphen and Ombudsman of St. Maarten Nilda Arduin are both urging the government of St. Maarten to make haste with the recovery and reconstruction of St. Maarten, as the peak of the 2018 hurricane season is nearing.
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2018-07-18PHSO - Selected Summaries of investigations (April to June 2014) EN
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2018-01-04
Commonwealth Ombudsman to be National Preventative Mechanism Coordinator for OPCAT
Attorney-General Senator the Hon George Brandis QC and the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Hon Julie Bishop MP today announced that the Australian Government has formally ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT).
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2018-07-18
PHSO - Selected Summaries of investigations (Feb to March 2014) EN
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2019-02-20
Victorian Ombudsman calls for improvements to reduce complaints about VicRoads
Victorians lodged more than 800 complaints about VicRoads with the Victorian Ombudsman last financial year, with many of the issues having serious financial, practical and emotional consequences for those involved.
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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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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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2019-08-14
ENNHRI submission to ECTHR on Strobye v. Denmark and Rosenlind v. Denmark
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2017-07-10
Ombudsman to publish prison inspection reports
On Thursday 6 July, the Chief Ombudsman released his Report on an unannounced inspection of Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison. As a National Preventive Mechanism under OPCAT, the Ombudsman inspects and monitors places of detention to ensure people held there are treated humanely and with dignity. The new practice of publishing these reports has been started in the interests of transparency and accountability.
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2021-02-09
BC Ombudsperson calls on government and health authorities to address outstanding gaps in long-term care visits policy and practice
Ombudsperson Jay Chalke is calling on the province to amend its long-term care visits policy to address outstanding fairness concerns, and to ensure the policy is implemented consistently across all health authorities.