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2024-07-10Ombudsman for Children expresses despair at situation facing children in care
On Monday, 8 July 2024, the Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, expressed his despair at the last volume of case reports published by the Child Law Project. He has also expressed serious concern about the fact that the Child Law Project has not been re-commissioned, and fears that this indicates the shutting down of open communication between the courts and the public in relation to children in care.
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2024-07-10
OPCAT visits to ACT policing places of detention
The Commonwealth National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) and the ACT Ombudsman, as part of the ACT NPM, jointly monitor the conditions of detention in AFP and ACT policing facilities, to prevent the risk of torture or ill-treatment of detainees.
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2024-07-18
Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson launches systemic examination into Canada Revenue Agency’s 2023 bare trust filing requirements
The Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson, Mr. François Boileau, has formally opened a systemic examination into whether the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) respected taxpayers’ rights in its administration of bare trust filing requirements for the 2023 tax year.
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2024-07-18
Information brochure on whistleblowers published by the Federal Ombudsman
The Federal Ombudsman of Belgium published a new information brochure for whistleblowers. It is an informative and practical tool with the most important information for whistleblowers who want to make a report to the Federal Ombudsman. The brochure sets out the procedures for making a report and for obtaining protection from the Belgian institution.
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2024-07-18
Parliamentary Ombudsman submitted Annual Report 2023 to Speaker of Parliament
On 25 June 2024, Parliamentary Ombudsman Petri Jääskeläinen submitted his Annual Report 2023 to Speaker of Parliament Jussi Halla-aho. In 2023, there were a total of 7,124 complaints (6,613 in 2022). This is just over 500 (7.7%) more than the previous year. The largest number of complaints concerned social welfare 1,136 (997), the police 855 (821), healthcare 803 (751) and criminal sanctions 591 (672). In the reporting year, 6,876 complaints were resolved. The corresponding figure in 2022 was 6,857.
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2024-07-19
Ombudsman urges government action on health issues amid concerns
Virgílio da Silva Guterres ‘Lamukan’, Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice, has urgently called upon the Minister of Health and her team to address pressing issues affecting hospitals in Timor-Leste. Speaking at Hotel Timor on July 10th, Guterres emphasized the severity of the situation, stating, “We cannot afford to let the situation in hospitals deteriorate further.”
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2024-07-18
French Language Services Commissioner urges Ontario to respect law by making all out-of-home advertising bilingual
French Language Services Commissioner Carl Bouchard released on 12 July 2024 a report urging the Ontario government to make all of its out-of-home advertising bilingual, after his latest investigation found it systematically failed to meet its obligations under the French Language Services Act (FLSA) – even when communicating important public health information.
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2024-07-18
Complaints to the Ombudsman reveal systemic issues
In Kevin Brezinski’s latest public report, systemic issues were uncovered within the Alberta Adult Health Benefit program and Alberta Child Health Benefit program, operated jointly by Alberta Health and Seniors, Community and Social Services (SCSS).
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2024-07-18
SPSO publishes new complaints handling guidance to empower children and young people in Scotland
The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) has launched new guidance to support Scottish public services in taking a Child Friendly approach to complaints, following the introduction of a new legal Act in Scotland.
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2024-07-19
Public Complaints Commission goes to church: Spreading awareness and empowering the community
A sensitization program was held on 7 July 2024 at Jubilee Baptist Church, Osogbo, Osun State Nigeria, to raise awareness about the Public Complaints Commission (PCC) and its services.
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2024-07-04
Mediator of the Kingdom of Morocco holds keynote speech at High-Level Panel at the UN
Kindly click here to read the main output of the keynote of the Mediator of the Kingdom of Morocco, Mr. Mohamed Benalilou, during the High Level Panel on "Public access and inclusivity: developing strategic initiative to raise awareness on the role of Ombudsman and mediator institutions in the promotion and protection of Human Rights, good governance and the rule of law", held at the UN General Assembly Headquarters in New York on May 22nd, 2024 in implementation of the Article 11 of the UN GA Resolution 77/224 on "the Role of Ombudsman and mediatior institutions in the promotion and protection of Human Rights, good governance and the rule of law", issued on December 15th 2022.
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2024-07-25
Eight years after committing to implement minimum international standards for prison inspections, British Columbia still has not done so
British Columbia’s Ombudsperson Jay Chalke released an investigative update on 22 July 2024 assessing government’s progress implementing the sole remaining recommendation from his office’s 2016 report aimed at improving how BC’s ten correctional centres are inspected.
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2024-07-25
Toronto’s Ombudsman reports on first year of office’s new Housing Unit, underscores human right to housing
On 19 July 2024, Toronto’s Ombudsman Kwame Addo released an update on the work his office’s new Housing Unit has done during its first year of operation. Established in July of 2023, the Housing Unit at Ombudsman Toronto investigates and reviews the planning and delivery of the City of Toronto’s housing services, policies, and programs to make sure they are fair and uphold Torontonians’ human right to adequate housing.
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2024-07-26Protector of Citizens of the Republic of Serbia - Belgrade Platform - EN.docx
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2024-07-26
Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary Hosts European Commission Experts
The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary hosted the experts of the European Commission monitoring the management of the external Schengen borders of the EU in his Office on 4 June 2024.
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2024-07-26
Review of housing register applications following Ombudsman investigation
London Borough of Tower Hamlets has agreed to review the way it allocates properties after the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman uncovered it had a long backlog in processing applications to join its housing register. The discovery came when the Ombudsman investigated how the council handled an application from a woman who was resident in its area.
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2024-07-26
Ombudsman regrets Commission approach to access to documents request concerning EU legislation on combatting child sexual abuse
The European Ombudsman strongly regrets the European Commission’s refusal to follow her recommendation to give greater public access to four documents related to the drawing up of proposed legislation to combat child sexual abuse.
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2024-07-26
Ombudsman publishes 2023 Year Report
The Ombudsman of Sint Maarten recently published the 2023-year report. In 2023 there were a total of 367 complaints handled of which 43 resulted in a report by the Ombudsman.
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2024-07-25
Office of the Ombudsman embarks on mobile accountability clinics
The Office of the Ombudsman in Malawi has taken to Kasungu for two-week Mobile Accountability Clinics. The clinics are a proactive mechanism that the Office of the Ombudsman uses to take the Office to the people reaching the heart of communities in the rural areas or areas that are far from the main office.
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