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2020-09-04Prison 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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2020-09-03
Presentation of the Annual Report for 2019 by the European Ombudsman
On 3 September 2020, the Committee received the European Ombudsman (EO), Ms Emily O’Reilly, who presented her 2019 Annual Report. Members had the opportunity to exchange views with the Ombudsman on the progress of her work for the past year.
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2020-08-31
Records containing personal data abandoned at George Town landfill
Recently a member of the public discovered a significant number of abandoned documents at the George Town landfill, some containing sensitive personal information. The individual brought a sample of the records to the Office of the Ombudsman for further examination.
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2020-08-31
Newborn removal without notice
Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children has been using its powers to remove newborn pēpi (baby) from their parents under a without notice Court order more by routine than exception, says Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier.
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2020-08-31
Experiences of working with and for children deprived of liberty – making the invisible visible
A webinar on “Experiences of working with and for children deprived of liberty: making the invisible visible” that will take place on 7 September 2020. This event is organized in the context of this year´s Global Classroom on the UN Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty and hosted by the Global Campus of Human Rights.
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2020-09-07
Public Defender Meets with Representatives of Tbilisi Pride
On 1 September 2020, Public Defender Nino Lomjaria and Deputy Public Defender Ekaterine Skhiladze met with representatives of Tbilisi Pride and received information about the activities of the organization and challenges.
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2020-09-07
National human rights institutions: guaranteeing fundamental rights compliance during COVID-19 and beyond
National human rights institutions (NHRIs) are crucial for the protection and promotion of fundamental rights across the EU but their full potential remains untapped, finds a new report from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). It suggests next steps to boost NHRIs’ impact and efficiency, such as providing adequate resources, strong powers and clear mandates in line with the United Nations Paris Principles.
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2020-09-07
Ombudsman Sindh orders agricultural department to pay services dues to widow
A widow approached the Provincial Ombudsman Sindh for delay in payment of pension and other service dues in respect of her deceased husband who was an employee of Agriculture Department, Government of Sindh and expired during service.
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2020-09-09
2019 Report on NPM Acitvities
The Report on the Performance of the NPM for 2019 contains an overview and analysis of the state of human rights of persons deprived of liberty and with restricted freedom of movement. During the reporting year the Croatian People's Ombudswoman acted in a total of 203 cases, issuing 35 warnings, recommendations and suggestions.
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2020-09-09
Ombudsman Thailand hosted Signing Ceremony for MOU on “Natural Disaster Notification Service on Mobile Networks”
On 28 August 2020, Ombudsman Thailand (OMT) led by General Viddhavat Rajatanun, Chief Ombudsman, hosted and witnessed the Signing Ceremony for the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) of “Natural Disaster Notification Service on Mobile Networks” between public authorities and mobile phone service providers
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2020-09-11
Cyprus Ombudsman shares NPM activites 2018-2019
This Report summarises the activities of the NPM for the years 2018 and 2019. It aims at encouraging debate on matters regarding the fulfilment of NPM’s mission and at demonstrating the commitment of the competent authorities in responding to recommendations for implementing corrective measures.
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2020-08-11
USOA Children and Families Chapter hosts webinar
A webinar hosted by the Children and Families Chapter of the United States Ombudsman Association (USOA) on 16 September 2020 will examine approaches to reviewing child death and other critical incidents for system improvements and accountability.
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2020-09-15
Did they do what they said they would?
Today the Commonwealth Ombudsman Michael Manthorpe released a report: “Did they do what they said they would?” on the implementation of recommendations made in a number of earlier public investigation reports.
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2020-09-15
Special monitoring report of preschool institutions
The Public Defender of Georgia presented a special report on the results of the monitoring carried out in preschool educational institutions. The report was prepared with the support of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) within the framework of a project on "Strengthening the Capacity of the Center for the Rights of the Child".
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2020-09-16
How’s your Head? A guide to staying afloat post COVID-19
The Ombudsman for Children’s Office is proud to support “How’s your Head? A guide to staying afloat post COVID-19”, a mental health manual created by young people, for young people.
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2020-09-16
Manitoba Ombudsman investigates privacy breach at Manitoba Families, Children’s DisABILITY Services
Manitoba Ombudsman has initiated an investigation into a privacy breach affecting approximately 9,000 children who are clients of Children’s DisABILITY Services (CDS) in Manitoba Families.
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2020-09-16
OSCE/ODIHR discussed ongoing judicial appointment process for the Constitutional Court with the Human Rights Defender
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) contacted the Human Rights Defender of Armenia on their own initiative to discuss the procedure for the ongoing judicial appointment process for the Constitutional Court and an agreement was reached to closely monitor the process.
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2020-09-16
Ministry of Education to compensate students following Ombudsperson investigation into incorrect exam results
The Ministry of Education will apologize to students and compensate any students who were financially harmed by the issuance of incorrect provincial exam results in 2019 as a result of a B.C. Ombudsperson investigation.
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2020-09-17
Sector missing opportunities to improve adult care services, Ombudsman reports
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman is calling for more to be done to help the adult social care sector capitalise on the valuable learning complaints can bring, in its annual review.
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2020-09-17
New Ombudsman for the City of Zurich
Pierre Heusser is the newly appointed Ombudsman of the City of Zurich. He was elected by the municipal council (local parliament) in January and succeeded Claudia Kaufmann in mid-August.
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