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2019-04-17Fines Victoria’s errors and delays create anxiety and frustration
Victorians have had their licences wrongly suspended or been treated as if they are liable for fines when they have committed no offence, due to Fines Victoria’s errors and delays, the Victorian Ombudsman has found.
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2019-09-05
Dutch Ombudsman hosts Poldershop on “Ombudsman Tools”
Dutch National Ombudsman Reinier Van Zutphen will host another Poldershop in The Hague on Friday, 1 November 2019. This edition of the Poldershop is about how Ombudsman assess the actions of the government and on what basis they reach their decisions. Input and results from this Poldershop will inform an IOI Best Practice Paper to be published next year.
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2019-06-21annual-report-2018 odm french
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2019-06-21
Annual Report 2018 OdM_French
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2009-11-10
New Ombudswoman for Vorarlberg (Austria)
Gabriele Strele was elected by the Parliament of the Land Vorarlberg as new Ombudswoman and took up office on 30 October 2009 following Dr. Felix Dünser who returned after his non-renewable six year term to the judiciary.
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2016-02-03
Albania - Summary: Special report on the right to information (October 2013) EN
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2020-05-06
UN Special Rapporteur on Housing provides Covid-10 Guidance Notes
With States across the world prescribing that people “stay home” and practice social distancing, it is now clear that housing has become the frontline defence against the coronavirus and home has rarely been more of a life or death situation. Leilani Farha, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, would like to share COVID-19 Guidance Notes, which NHRIs may find them helpful for their line of work.
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2020-04-27
Letter from UN High Commissioner Bachelet regarding Covid-19 and the role of NHRIs
In a note the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reflects the role of NHRIs with regards to the COVID-19 pandemic and offers an "Aide Memoire" that has been developed by OHCHR to provide guidance to NHRI interventions based on international human rights standards.
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2018-12-10
On the Situation of Human Rights and Freedoms in Georgia in 2018
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2017-05-09
Asbestos: How NSW government agencies deal with the problem - April 2017
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2020-04-29
Police Ombudsman evaluates impact of Body Worn Video
In a special report the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, Marie Anderson, evaluates the impact of the introduction of Body Worn Video (BWV) on complaints about the Police Service Northern Ireland (PSNI). In two parts the report provides statistical and qualitative analysis and shows a number of case studies to identify instances when the new technology helped the Ombudsman’s investigations as well as instances when it did not.
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2020-05-12
Western Cape Police Ombudsman Annual Performance Report 2019/2020
The Western Cape Police Ombudsman presents its Annual Performance Report for the 2019-2020 financial year. It seeks to enhance the efficiency of police services and improve relations between the police and communities by investigating complaints of police inefficiency and/or by investigating any breakdown of relations between the police and communities in the Western Cape.
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2021-03-16
PHSO - Missed opportunities: What lessons can be learned from failings at the North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - Special Report 2019 - EN
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2020-05-18
COVID-19 not an excuse for unlawful deprivation of liberty – UN expert group on arbitrary detention
A group of independent UN experts today recalled that "the prohibition of arbitrary detention is absolute even during times of public emergencies" and urged governments worldwide to prevent arbitrary deprivation of liberty in the context of the measures currently adopted for controlling the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
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2020-05-22
Ombudsman Hong Kong probes government handling of misconnection of private building sewers to stormwater drains
The Ombudsman, Ms Winnie Chiu, declared a direct investigation today (21 May) to examine whether the Government has properly handled problems related to the misconnection of private building sewers to stormwater drains.
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2014-11-26
C. McKenna Lang: International Ombudsing - Navigating discursive channels (Spring 2014)
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2011-09-02
New South Wales Ombudsman reports on the need of a boarding house reform
On 16 August 2011, the NSW Ombudsman tabled a special report to Parliament titled More than board and lodging: the need for boarding house reform. The report draws on extensive work by the Ombudsman´s office since 2002, which has identified serious concerns about the safety, health, welfare and rights of the residents of licensed boarding houses, and the adequacy of the system that is meant to protect them.
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2014-02-24
Occasional Paper #60
A worldwide survey of ombudsmen (1997) Prof. Donald C. Rowat Prof. Rowat is a professor emeritus of political science at Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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2019-06-06
Commissioner for Fundamental Rights’ view on the effect of a local government decree
The local government ordered a ban on changes on recently purchased, undeveloped land. However, the same ban does not apply to the adjacent plot in local government ownership. During his inquiry the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights established that a ban imposed in such a manner runs counter to the requirement of equal rights stipulated by the Fundamental Law of Hungary.
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2020-04-14
176 convicts pardoned in Azerbaijan
In the framework of combating new COVID19 pandemic the activities on combating the virus continues in Azerbaijan. By the country President’s decree on pardoning dated 6 April 2020, 176 convicts were released from prison and sent into quarantine.