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2019-08-19Workshop on General Data Protection Regulation to be held in Riga
The Office of the Ombudsman of Latvia will host an IOI workshop on the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation from 16 – 17 October 2019 in Riga, Latvia. Registration is now open!
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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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2019-05-31
Western Australian Ombudsman develops an Aboriginal Action Plan
The Ombudsman serves Parliament and Western Australians by resolving complaints about the decision making of public authorities and improving the standard of public administration. The Ombudsman is an officer of the Parliament, independent of the government of the day and acts impartially of all parties in dispute.
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2019-06-06
Ombudsman marks Children's Day
The promotion and defense of the rights of the child are fundamental tasks of the State and of the community, being assumed not only as ethical duties, but also as obligations that have already reached the juridical level, based on national and international instruments. Therefore, celebrating the day of the child implies to affirm its singularity as a holder of autonomous rights, specifically recognized to meet the special needs demanded by the different stages of development of childhood and adolescence.
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2019-07-02
FRA publishes Fundamental Rights Report 2019
The year 2018 brought both progress and setbacks in terms of fundamental rights protection. The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) has published its Fundamental Rights Report 2019 and FRA´s opinion on the main developments in the thematic areas covered. The report reviews major developments in the field, identifying both achievements and remaining areas of concern.
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2019-07-01
CY issues corrective measures for improvement of Taipei City’s roadside parking fee collection
According to Taipei City Parking Management and Development Office (PMDO) statistics, the accumulated amount owed by the city’s top parking fee defaulter for the period from the start of September 2005 to the end of 2016 totaled just over NT$4.36 million (US$139,000).
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2019-07-23
IOI History
In order to commemorate the 40th anniversary of its foundation in 1978, the IOI decided to embark on a publication project and commissioned Professor Richard Carver, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights and Governance at Oxford Brooks University, with the task of writing a “History of the IOI”. Print copies of Richard Carver's book on “A Mission to Justice – The International Ombudsman Institute 1978-2018” can be purchased from the IOI.
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2019-08-27
IOE 2019 – Special event on women leaders in Ombudsman and oversight institutions
For the first-time ever, the International Ombud Expo 2019 scheduled to hold in Sheraton Abuja, Nigeria from 28 – 31 October, 2019 will include a special event dedicated to showcase through pictures, sharing of experiences, and expert discussions the contributions of women leaders in these institutions. Women have contributed immensely towards the development and impact of ombudsman and related oversight institutions across the globe. But this influence has remained largely unnoticed. More so, there is no systematic data available anywhere on this. The special event is aimed at closing this gap
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2019-11-25
New report “wakeup call” for council leaders
The Chief Ombudsman says his latest report into official information practice at local authorities is a wakeup call for all council leaders about the importance of an open and transparent workplace culture – and their accountability for achieving that.
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2019-06-06
Ombudsman Bermuda hosted International Ombudsman Conference
The 10th Biennial Caribbean Ombudsman Association (CAROA) Conference concluded on Wednesday at the Fairmont Southampton Resort in Bermuda. The Ombudsman for Bermuda, Victoria Pearman, and her colleagues from the region will be in training sessions with Dr. Victor Ayeni for the remainder of the week.
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2019-08-20
UN Special Envoy on disability and accessibility
As part of her mandate to promote the rights of persons with disabilities at regional and global levels, Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes, Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations on Disability and Accessibility, developed a campaign titled “Good treatment for girls, boys and adolescents with disabilities in the world".
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2019-08-28
NPM visited 21 places of detention until August
From the beginning of this year until mid-August, the National Prevention Mechanism (NPM) of Portugal has carried out 21 monitoring visits to places of deprivation of liberty. Of the 21 visits made, 13 went to prisons, four to Temporary Settlement Centers and Matched Spaces (EECIT), two to Educational Centers and two to places of detention by the police.
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2023-05-10
Nombrados los doce miembros del Consejo Asesor para la Prevención de la Tortura
El 3 de mayo 2023 el Parlamento de Cataluña designó a los doce miembros que formarán parte del Consejo Asesor del Mecanismo Catalán para la Prevención de la Tortura (MCPT) durante los próximos seis años.
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2023-06-22
La síndica de greuges recibe el Premio Catalana Ilustre
La síndica de greuges de Cataluña ha sido galardonada con el Premio Catalana Ilustre que entrega la Fundación Gresol, una entidad que promociona el talento empresarial, el liderazgo y el progreso. La Fundación Gresol ha querido reconocer la trayectoria profesional de Esther Giménez-Salinas y el hecho de ser la primera mujer que dirige la institución del Síndic de Greuges.
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2022-11-04AORC/IOI Webinar - Dealing with Challenging Behaviour - Invitation & Speaker Information
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2022-10-31
Australia NSW Ombudsman - Child Death Review Team Annual Report 2021-22
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2022-10-31
New South Wales Ombudsman - Child Death Review Team Annual Report 2021-22
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2019-08-21
Leaders of Zongo communities sensitised to fundamental human rights
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), in collaboration with the National Council of Zongo Chiefs, has organised a two-day sensitisation forum on protection and enforcement of fundamental human rights and freedoms in the society.
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2019-07-26
Peer Review Seminar to be hosted in London
The UK Parliamentary Ombudsman will be hosting a seminar on Peer Review in London in conjunction with the IOI on Monday, 23 September 2019. This follows on from the review of his Office which IOI President, Peter Tyndall led in conjunction with the late Caroline Mitchell of the UK Financial Ombudsman and Christian Gill, Lecturer in Public Law at University of Glasgow.
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2019-08-06
Ombuds Day – 10 October 2019
This year marks the second annual celebration of a highly impactful profession that has been around for centuries, but still remains unknown. On 10 October 2019, the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Dispute Resolution Section Ombuds Committee invites you to the celebration of the ombudsman profession. Ombuds Day is inclusive of all types of ombuds and will occur on the second Thursday of October each year.