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2021-08-06Fundamental Rights Forum 2021: less than 3 months to go!
The Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 is fast approaching, starting on 11 October. Hosted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the Forum creates a unique platform for dialogue on pressing human rights challenges. It brings together diverse voices, uniting thinkers, makers, creators and doers. It will be an opportunity for young people in particular to voice their opinions.
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2021-08-11
Acting Ombudsman Arrangements
Penny McKay will serve as Acting Commonwealth Ombudsman following the retirement of Michael Manthorpe PSM.
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2021-08-12SAVE THE DATE - Quality Assurance Mechanisms - Webinar.pdf
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2021-08-12
Mr Syed Jamalud Din Shah officially appointed as Provincial Ombudsman of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar
The new Ombudsman of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar, Pakistan has entered into office on 2 August 2021.
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2021-08-11
International Ombudsman Institute mourns loss of former Secretary General Günther Kräuter
Former IOI Secretary General Günther Kräuter passed this Saturday, 7 August 2021. Mr Kräuter suffered a severe medical incident while hiking in his home country of Austria. He was 64 years old.
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2021-08-12
Save the Date: AORC-AOMA Webinar on Quality Assurance Mechanisms
The African Ombudsman Research Centre (AORC) in cooperation with the African Ombudsman and Mediators Association (AOMA) organises a webinar on Tuesday, 24 August 2021 (10 AM SA) GMT+2 on Quality Assurance Mechanisms. This webinar will focus on practical quality assurance mechanisms that Ombudsman and their staff can employ with the aim of ensuring that their investigation reports are able to withstand scrutiny.
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2021-08-16
IACA Webinar on Corruption, Conflict of Interest, and Whistleblowing in Public Administration
The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) is happy to invite you to a webinar on “Corruption, Conflict of Interest, and Whistleblowing in Public Administration”, organized jointly by IACA, Stretton Institute of the University of Adelaide, and the Centre for the Study of Corruption at the University of Sussex, on 2 September 2021, at 13:00 CET.
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2021-08-17
Victorian Ombudsman investigates EPA’s approval of spoil location sites for West Gate Tunnel Project
The Victorian Ombudsman has launched an investigation into the Environment Protection Authority’s (EPA) decisions to approve sites to receive spoil from the West Gate Tunnel Project. The investigation follows community concern about where tonnes of spoil from the West Gate Tunnel Project will be located and complaints made to the Ombudsman’s office about the project.
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2021-08-17
Ombudsman Community mourns passing of former Ombudsman Fatou Nije Jallow
It is with deep sorrow that we inform the international Ombudsman community of the passing of Ms Fatou Nije Jallow, former Ombudsman of the Gambia. The sad event occurred in the early hours of Thursday, 29 July 2021.
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2021-08-25
Dudley council to refund care home fees following Ombudsman investigation
Dudley council has agreed to refund care home top-up fees for concerned families whose relatives were not offered an affordable placement, because of a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigation. The agreement has come following a complaint from a man about care home top-up fees he paid for his mother’s care.
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2021-08-25
The Order of the Three Stars awarded to Ombudsman Juris Jansons
On Friday, August 20, the President of Latvia Egils Levits presented the Order of the Three Stars to the Ombudsman Juris Jansons for meritorious service to Latvia at a solemn ceremony at Riga Castle.
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2021-08-25
Asian Region elects two new Directors for the IOI Board of Directors
The IOI General Secretariat is pleased to announce the results of the recent election of two Asian Directors on the IOI Board of Directors. We congratulate Mr Ajaz Ali Khan, Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, Pakistan, and Mr Somsak Suwansujarit, Chief Ombudsman of Thailand, on their election.
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2021-08-26
New Ombudsman takes office
Dr. Marcin Wiącek, who was elected as the new Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of Poland on 23 July 2021, took office. He succeeds Mr Adam Bodnar, who completed his term of office earlier this year.
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2021-08-26
Thai Ombudsman mourns passing of Mr. Pramote Chotimongkol
The Ombudsman of Thailand is deeply mourning the loss of the former Chief Ombudsman – Mr Pramote Chotimongkol - who passed away on 12 August 2021, at the age of 77.
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2021-08-27
Unjust management of debts for supply of electricity and water to members of Aboriginal community of Coober Pedy
The Ombudsman of South Australia (SA) conducted an investigation into the actions of the council as the retailer of electricity and water to Aboriginal community members in Coober Pedy. The Ombudsman concluded that the council inappropriately managed electricity and water accounts and debts in a manner that was unjust, unreasonable, wrong and contrary to law.
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2021-08-24
Control Yuan presents 90th Anniversary Special Issue
On 29 July 2021, the Control Yuan officially released “The Control Yuan 90th Anniversary Special Issue.” 2021 marks the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the Control Yuan (CY). At the end of 2020, President Chu CHEN instructed CY Secretary General Judy, Fu-meei JU to start compiling an anniversary special issue in the hopes of showcasing the positive work that the CY does in helping the workings of government.
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2021-08-26
Prison restricts access to culturally appropriate food
While prisons understandably restrict items that can be brought in for security reasons, Sai was entitled to have his cultural rights upheld.
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2021-08-30
Commonwealth Ombudsman facilitated complaint handling forum
The Commonwealth Ombudsman facilitated a successful online complaint handling forum on “Harnessing the Value of Complaints” in May 2021, which was attended by over 400 participants from across Australia and the Pacific.
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2017-04-12
IOI Strategic Plan
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2015-05-13
Research
The IOI aims at implementing research projects that will become the basis for an intensified exchange of best practices among member institutions that will for the first time have comprehensive data available on other members of the ombudsman community. The upcoming research project will deal with Asian Ombuds institutions.
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