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2024-05-03BC Ombudsperson sees youth in custody at risk due to ministry inaction
The BC Ombudsperson has identified a serious lack of progress by the Ministry of Children and Family Development on a 2021 Ombudsperson report with troubling findings about separate confinement of youth in custody centres. “The ministry’s inaction continues to expose vulnerable youth in its care to the risk of significant harm from separate confinement, especially Indigenous youth,” said Ombudsperson Jay Chalke.
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2024-05-03
Office of the Ombudsman publishes Guide on human rights approach to complaint handling
The Office of the Ombudsman in Ireland has recently introduced a Human Rights-based approach to Ombudsman complaint handling. The Office has also developed a guide: ‘Human Rights: A guide for Ombudsman staff when investigating complaints’. The project was financed by the IOI as part of its Regional subsidy programme.
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2024-05-03
Inmate phone policy at Provincial Correctional Centre sees revamp following complaints made to OmbudsPEI
Inmates at PEI’s Provincial Correctional Centre will have more access to telephone services following an inquiry into multiple complaints received by OmbudsPEI. PCC’s telephone policy will no longer limit inmates to a small list of approved telephone contacts.
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2024-05-03
Public Complaints Commission and Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund collaborate on public awareness campaign
On 23 April 2024, the Federal Capital Territory’s Commissioner of the Public Complaints Commission, Comrade Dalhatu Ezekiel Musa, met with the Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, Mrs. Maureen Allagoa, in her office in Abuja. They both agreed on the importance of a joint public awareness campaign to ensure that employees and employers alike are informed about the protections and obligations defined under current social insurance laws. They also discussed implementing joint initiatives to enhance accessibility of their services to the public.
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2024-05-03
ACRC advocates for easier access to residence in public rental housing for day laborers at small-scale construction sites
The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission recommended the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport to include day laborers at construction sites in the list of those eligible for additional points when selecting tenants of public rental housing in cases where they have worked as day laborers in the construction industry for at least one year, even if they have not put money aside for a deductible fund.
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2024-05-03
Ombudsman tables report “Revenue NSW – The lawfulness of its garnishee order process” in Parliament
The Ombudsman’s special report Revenue NSW – The lawfulness of its garnishee order process has been tabled in Parliament today. The report follows the Ombudsman’s investigation of Revenue NSW’s conduct in administering its garnishee order system to recover unpaid fines and other debts due to the State.
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2024-05-03
IGTO says it’s vital to ensure bank account integrity to prevent and detect Tax Identity (TaxID) fraud
The Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman (IGTO) commenced an own-motion investigation into Tax identification (TaxID) fraud on 15 December 2023. This was in response to an increase in complaints and dispute investigations concerning TaxID fraud received by the IGTO.
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2024-05-03
Banking Mohtasib Ombudsman provides relief of over Rs. 1.26 bilion to banking customers in 2023
The Institution of the Banking Mohtasib Pakistan (BMP) has provided relief amounting to Rs 1.26 billion to the Banking Customers by disposing of 25,493 complaints against commercial banks during the calendar year 2023.
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2024-05-10
Ontario Ombudsman finds that Teen's pleas for foster care went unheard
York Region Children’s Aid Society (York CAS) failed to respect the rights of a 16-year-old girl who repeatedly asked for a foster placement before she died, Ombudsman Paul Dubé’s latest investigation has found.
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2024-05-10
10 Years Pass since Creation of Equality Mechanism
On May 2, 2024, 10 years have passed since the Parliament of Georgia, in accordance with the Association Agenda with the European Union, adopted the Law of Georgia on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination, and within the framework of the Public Defender’s Office, a national anti-discrimination mechanism was created.
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2024-05-10
CCAC completes inquiry report on complaints about selling prices and subsidy ratios for the 2019 economic housing units
The CCAC completes “Inquiry report on Chief Executive Order no. 57/2024”, which means the complaints about selling prices and subsidy ratios for the 2019 economic housing units. The CCAC suggests the relevant departments pay more attention to the work of disseminating preliminary information and broadening the general public's knowledge in order to allow them to better understand and gain knowledge of the relevant legal regime about economic housing.
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2024-05-10
Veterans Ombud Letter To Minister On Fairness Gap Affecting Veterans’ Families
On 7 May 2024, Colonel (Ret’d) Nishika Jardine, Veterans Ombud, released her letter to the Minister of Veterans Affairs on the fairness gap currently affecting some Veterans and their relatives. According to the Ombud, Veterans Affairs Canada’s (VAC) Veterans Independence Program policy may exclude access to care-at-home supports when Veterans’ family members live with them.
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2015-05-22
IOI World Conferences
Pursuant to Article 14.4 of the IOI By-laws “A regular meeting of the Voting members (the General Assembly) shall be held in conjunction with each International Ombudsman Conference, at least every four years.”
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2024-05-16IOI Members meet in The Hague.jpg
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2024-05-16
Office of the Ombudsman commemorates World Press Freedom Day.jpg
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2024-05-17
The Hague Declaration (EN).pdf
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2024-05-17
The Hague Declaration (FR).pdf
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2024-05-17
The Hague Declaration (ES).pdf
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2024-05-16
Alberta Ombudsman finds inadequate Regulation impacts benefit access for people with developmental disabilities
The Alberta Ombudsman has released a public report on his investigation into the Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD) program which found systemic issues in how the program assesses intellectual capacity. The investigation, initiated by a complaint from a mother advocating for her son, sheds light on legislative flaws in the program’s eligibility criteria and decision-making process.
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2024-05-16
IOI Board and General Assembly meet in The Hague
The 13th World Conference and General Assembly of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) was successfully hosted by the National Ombudsman of the Netherlands in The Hague from 12 – 17 May 2024. After the years of the pandemic, the conference provided an opportunity for the entire membership of the IOI to meet again in person after eight long years and 200 delegates from 60 different countries and all six IOI regions participated in this important quadrennial event.
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