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2025-04-25Inspector’s report on Southern Queensland Correctional Centre released
Under the Inspector of Detention Services Act 2022 (IDS Act) the Queensland Ombudsman, Mr Anthony Reilly, is also the Inspector of Detention Services (Inspector). Under the IDS Act, the Inspector must inspect each prison in Queensland every five years and release a report about the inspection. The report makes 37 recommendations for areas of improvement for the women’s prison.
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2019-07-02Accessibility to the beach for Persons with Disabilities
Following an Own-Initiative Report of the Commissioner for Administration and the Protection of Human Rights regarding the accessibility of Persons with Disabilities to the Beaches, all the recommendations of the Report were implemented. In particular, the relevant legislation was amended, access ramps/passageways were built at beaches that did not have and/or the existing ones have been improved, while Seatrac and floating wheelchairs have been placed on other beaches that were not accessible from Persons with Disabilities.
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2021-02-09NIPSO calls for end to uncertainty and confusion over responsibility for care home fees
The Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman, Margaret Kelly, has called for clarity over who is responsible for paying the care fees of adults who have a combination of health and social care needs, including those in residential or nursing homes.
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2021-02-24Médiateur européen - Rapport annuel 2019
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2020-04-17Ombudsman's statement on the State of Emergency
At this very serious moment in our collective life, many citizens are wondering about the meaning and scope of the State of Emergency, decreed on the 18 March 2020 by His Excellency the President of the Republic. The questions, associated with natural feelings of unease and apprehension, are in themselves more than justified. Never before, during the almost forty-four years of the Constitution of the Republic, had the need been felt to resort to this exceptional instrument of ordering social relations. The need has now arisen.
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2020-06-24Recommendations of the People’s Advocate of Albania regarding the deportation of Turkish citizen
The People's Advocate identified some problematic issues regarding the procedures followed and documentation drafted by the Local Authority of the Border and Migration in Tirana for the case of deportation of the Turkish citizen H.Çalik., therefore the People's Advocate recommended to the State Police to conduct a detailed analysis of them.
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2020-06-26Radio Ombudsman with Catalan Ombudsman Rafael Ribó on championing human rights
Following a peer review of the Catalan Ombudsman service carried out by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Rob Behrens, along with the Federal Ombudsman of Belgium, Catherine De Bruecker, Catalan Ombudsman Rafael Ribó shares his fascinating experience on the PHSO podcast Radio Ombudsmann #17.
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2023-07-26Draft Program
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2015-07-06State Controller & Ombudsman - Annual Report General Summary 2007 - EN
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2018-11-30NIPSO - Annual Report 2017/2018 - EN
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2020-01-27Legal Standards of the Human Rights Defender as NPM (EN)
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2018-04-17Expanded jurisdiction over municipalities takes effect
Marianne Ryan, Alberta’s ninth Ombudsman, welcomes legislative changes that expand her office’s jurisdiction to include municipalities. The updated legislation takes effect April 1, 2018 and includes ‘municipalities’ to the jurisdiction, alongside Alberta government departments, designated professional organizations and the Patient Concerns Resolution Process of Alberta Health Services.
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2018-06-08Best Practice Paper on securing effective change
The 2nd issue of the IOI’s Best Practice Paper series deals with the question of how to secure effective change. It draws on the experience of IOI member institutions and highlights ways of working that are most likely to bring about a successful outcome and make recommendations that result in sustainable improvements to public administration.
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2021-10-12Investigation into allegations of collusion with property developers – Kingston snapshot
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2012-05-24The Spanish Ombudsman lays Annual Report 2011
The office of the Spanish Ombudsman ran by María Luisa Cava de Llano initiated last year 506 initiative investigations, a figure that represents a historical record. Spain is still going through an extremely complex economic and financial crisis which worsens the problems usually expressed by citizens through their complaints
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2021-02-26Annual Report – a strong year in a time of crisis
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier says holding government to account is never more important than in a time of crisis. Mr Boshier says the highlight of the year ending 30 June 2020 was managing a busy, and expanding, programme of work, while providing independent oversight of the impact of government actions to combat COVID-19.
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2018-04-13Conflict resolution at universities: Ombudsman mediation as a tool? (Josef Leidenfrost, Austria)
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2021-02-01The Chancellor of Justice received the highest international recognition
The Chancellor of Justice received the A-status accreditation as a national human rights institution by the GANHRI Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA). The decision on accreditation was preceded by a submission of a comprehensive statement on the independence, mandate and composition of the institution of the Chancellor of Justice, and an oral hearing by the SCA in December last year.
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2017-07-12IOI Annual Report 2015/2016 (EN / FR / ES)