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2023-12-07Tranquilisers instead of individual support: even such cases are encountered during the Defender’s visits to residential facilities for people with disabilities
The stories of two men with mental disabilities, recorded by employees of the Defender’s Office during their visits, illustrate a phenomenon, which has mostly been overlooked so far: some people with mental disabilities, especially those with challenging behaviour, receive high doses of tranquilisers. According to the Deputy Defender, this practice has to change. Behaviour is often the only possible form of communication for people who cannot otherwise make contact with others. It is therefore necessary that the latter understand the unmet needs behind the patient’s challenging behaviour and be able to respond accordingly. Tranquillisers must not be the first, let alone the only and permanent “solution”.
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2023-11-15USOA 41st Annual Conference - Fee and Registration Information
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2023-10-06
Ombudsman Ontario - Annual Report 2022/23 - EN
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2023-12-14
Seimas Ombudspersons’ Office pays visit to Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman
On 20-24 November 2023, Seimas Ombudsperson Erika Leonaitė and the advisors of the Human Rights Division of the Office visited Copenhagen. The study visit was organised by the Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman's Office, which not only deals with complaints, like most Ombudsman institutions, but also carries out national torture prevention functions in accordance with the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
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2023-07-26
11. Theme II: Ombudsman experiences - presentation by Mr Günther Kräuter (IOI Secretary General / Austrian Ombudsman) - speech
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2017-04-10
László Székely becomes a White Ribbon Ambassador
On the 22nd of March the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights hosted Equinet’s kick off project meeting on combating violence against women which was followed by the Working Group meeting on Gender Equality on 23rd of March.
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2023-04-13
Victorian Ombudsman presents second Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan
In its second Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (December 2022 – December 2024), the Victorian Ombudsman Office reflects on its ongoing commitment to reconciliation with the First Peoples of Australia.
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2023-07-28
Ombudsman Northern Territory - Annual Report 2020/2021 - EN
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2023-11-15
SPSO - Annual Report 2020/2021 - EN
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2023-07-28
2019 Annual Report of the Ombudsman of the Republic of North Macedonia
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2023-07-28
2019 Annual Report of the Ombudsman of the Republic of North Macedonia
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2023-10-05
Institution of the Ombudsman - Annual report 2022 - EN
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2023-11-15
Scotish Public Service Ombudsman News - March 2015
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2018-02-20
Ombudsman rules complaint of marketplace vendors against removal of kiosks founded
The Ombudsman considered a complaint filed by a group of thirty Marketplace Vendors founded and ruled that the standards of Reason, Active and adequate information provision, and Reasonableness and proportionality have been violated. The vendors had informed the Ombudsman that they were negatively affected by the decision of the Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic and Telecommunication (Minister TEATT) to breakdown and remove all Kiosks in Philipsburg.
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2023-10-03
Institution of the Ombudsman - Annual Report 2022 - EN
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2023-09-22
DPU - Report on Prisons in Brazil - EN
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2023-11-07
47. Working Session K: Jeannine Daniel – Introducing FOI in small states with geographical challenges
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2023-11-15
USOA 2018 Conference and Registration Information
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2023-11-15
USOA - 40th Annual Conference - Information Leaflet
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2023-11-15
Veterans Ombudsman Review - January 2013