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2023-08-01IOI President undertakes a formal bilateral exchange with Control Yuan President Chen Chu
On the occasion of his official visit to the Control Yuan to receive the Control Yuan First Grade Medal, IOI President Chris Field PSM was delighted to undertake a very warm and positive formal bilateral exchange with President Chen Chu, the Vice President and Members of the Control Yuan.
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2023-12-21
Season’s Greetings and Happy New Year!
The IOI General Secretariat wishes you all a festive holiday season and a Happy New Year! Le Secrétariat général de l'IIO vous souhaite d'excellentes fêtes de fin d'année et une très bonne année 2024 ! ¡La Secretaría General del IIO les desea a todos unas fiestas llenas de felicidad y lo mejor para el año nuevo!
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2023-07-27
Visit of Ombudsman Sindh to Thailand
On the invitation of Chief Ombudsman of Thailand Mr. Somsak Suwansujarit, the Hon’ble Ombudsman Sindh visited Thailand to attend the IOI Asian Regional Meeting 2023 and International Seminar in Bangkok, Thailand from 9th to 12th July, 2023. This event brought together Ombudsman colleagues of the Asian Region of the IOI.
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2023-07-20
Ombudsman warns against collection of undue charges and failure to deliver proof of denunciation to citizens
The Ombudsperson addressed a Recommendation to the Minister of Internal Administration, drawing attention to the collection of undue charges by the security forces and renewing her appeal for a definitive solution to the lack of delivery of proof of payment for denunciations made by citizens.
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2023-07-12
Ombudsman Association's Outstanding Contribution Award – winner announced
The Ombudsman Association (OA) are delighted to announce that Evan Lerwill, from the Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO), is the 2023 winner of the OA’s Outstanding Contribution Award.
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2023-08-03
Malawi Ombudsman cautions CMST
Ombudsman of the Republic of Malawi, Grace Tikambenji Malera, has released an investigation report on allegations of unprocedural auction sale/disposal of motor vehicles at The Central Medical Stores Trust (CMST) and abuse of power by some members of management in relation to the auction sale/disposal of the motor vehicles.
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2023-09-07
Chief Ombudsman calls for urgent reset at Corrections
In his newly released report "Kia Whaitake | Making a Difference", the Chief Ombudsman is calling on the Department of Corrections to urgently fix a series of workplace culture and leadership issues that are preventing it from achieving lasting change.
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2023-12-14
Québec Ombudsman publishes special report on disclosure mechanisms
On 7 December 2023, Québec Ombudsman Marc-André Dowd released his special report on public integrity: Notoriété et crédibilité des mécanismes de divulgation au sein des organismes publics québécois. His findings are based on a survey of government employees to assess awareness of disclosure mechanisms, their accessibility and the trust they inspire.
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2023-06-29
City of Copenhagen employees and politicians cannot accept a Tivoli Pass
The group of political party chairpersons of the City Council of the City of Copenhagen have determined that politicians cannot accept annual cards from the amusement park Tivoli Gardens. The City of Copenhagen says so in a reply to the Parliamentary Ombudsman.
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2023-07-27
Toronto’s First Deputy Ombudsman to tackle systemic barriers to housing
On 20 July 2023, Ombudsman Kwame Addo announced that Reema Patel will be Toronto's first Deputy Ombudsman. Leading a new housing unit at Ombudsman Toronto, Patel will oversee the fairness of the City of Toronto's housing policies and programs. Patel will officially join the Ombudsman Toronto office on July 31, 2023, at which time she will begin the important work of building the housing unit.
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2023-04-14f.l.t.r.: Dr Florbela Araújo and Dr Carlos Alberto Vilhena
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2023-08-01
IOI President visits National Human Rights Museum and meets Australian Office in Taipei
While in Taipei, IOI President Chris Field PSM undertook a deeply moving visit to a place of great significance, the National Human Rights Museum, memorializing the period of Taiwan’s history known as the ‘White Terror’.
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2023-09-22
IOI President provides an address at a special event in honour of Ukraine, “Mariupol (Un)lost hope”, held in Rome, Italy
On the evening of Wednesday 20 September 2023, IOI President Chris Field PSM was humbled to be able to welcome guests to a special evening in honour of Ukraine, and particularly for the city of Mariupol. President Field was joined by a number of distinguished speakers and guests.
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2023-09-07
Malawi Ombudsman challenges fellow Ombudsman on gender-based violence
The Ombudsman for the Republic of Malawi, Honorable Grace Tikambenji Malera, has challenged her counterparts in Africa and beyond to push for legal frameworks that should incorporate issues of Gender Based Violence and Sexual Harassment within their mandates.
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2023-07-27
Ombudsman publishes special report on return of third country nationals in 2022
In its special report, the Office of the Greek Ombudsman stated, that forced returns of third country nationals to their countries of origin are further reduced in 2022, however, the number of detainees in Pre-removal Centres and Police stations is disproportionately high. At the same time, complaints on illegal pushbacks are rising, reinforcing the EU Commission's proposal to member-states to establish independent border monitoring mechanisms.
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2023-07-27
Globally Sharing Public Institution Comprehensive Integrity Assessment
Korea’s anti-corruption policies, including the Public Institution Comprehensive Integrity Assessment, were introduced to 189 State Parties during the United Nations Convention against Corruption meeting held in Vienna, from June 12 to 16, 2023. The ACRC shared Korea’s anti-corruption policies and engaged in discussions on internationally pending issues relating to anti-corruption at the 14th UNCAC Implementation Review Group and the 14th Working Group on Prevention meeting.
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2023-07-27
New Director – General of AEB appointed
Mr. SUGAWARA Nozomu was appointed Director General of the Administrative Evaluation Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan. After duties of a deputy Director-General of the Digital Agency, he took up the role of Director-General of AEB, Ombudsman of Japan, on 7 July 2023.
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2023-07-20
Results of Ombudsman’s investigation into Housing Department’s arrangements for senior citizens and converted one-person units
The Ombudsman, Ms Winnie Chiu, announced at a press conference on 13 July 2023, the completion of a direct investigation into the arrangements for Housing for Senior Citizens (“HSC”) and converted one-person (“C1P”) units by the Housing Department (“HD”), and made eight recommendations for improvement to HD.
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2025-04-10
La síndica traslada al presidente Illa la necesidad de disponer de una Administración más eficaz
La síndica de greuges de Cataluña, Esther Giménez-Salinas, se ha reunido el 1 de abril de 2025 con el presidente de la Generalitat, Salvador Illa, para entregarle el Informe al Parlamento 2024.
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2023-08-31
Cooperation and support arrangement signed with Vanuatu Ombudsman
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has signed a three-year Bilateral Cooperation and Support Arrangement with the Vanuatu Ombudsman, which will see the two offices work together on projects and programmes that will promote transparency and fairness and strengthen their relationship.
