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2018-07-04Latest report from Victorian Ombudsman on recommendations - focus on social justice
Inadequate financial support provided to kinship carers and children from disadvantaged backgrounds being expelled from school at a disproportionately high rate are among the issues identified by the Victorian Ombudsman over the past year. Ombudsman Deborah Glass has tabled in the Victorian Parliament her second biennial report on the implementation of her investigations’ recommendations. Her report covers the 125 recommendations she made to state and local government bodies between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2018.
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2018-05-24
Ontario Ombudsman again nominated as one of Canada’s most influential lawyers
For the second straight year, Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé is among the nominees for Canadian Lawyer magazine’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada. The list, chosen by the magazine’s internal editorial panel, readers and past honourees, recognizes lawyers who have played a significant role in the legal profession in the past 18 months.
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2018-05-25
Cooperation between Austrian and Azerbaijani Ombudsman contributes to solution in tragic case
The case of a young Austrian athlete who was severly injured in the Olympic village in Baku during the First European Games in 2015 has finally been resolved in part due to the successful international cooperation between Austrian Ombudsman Dr. Günther Kräuter and the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Azerbaijan Prof. Elmira Suleymanova.
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2018-06-05
Ararteko publishes conclusions of IOI international workshop in Vitoria-Gasteiz
Ararteko has finalized the conclusions of the IOI international workshop that it hosted in Vitoria-Gasteiz on 16-17 May 2018 and is making them here available to all IOI member institutions. The topic of the workshop was "Good Environmental Governance: The Role of Ombuds Institutions in Protecting Environmental Rights".
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2022-04-05Jubilee Ombudsman Journal Abstracts
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2018-04-03
Report of Public Defender of Georgia on Situation of Human Rights and Freedoms
On March 30, 2018, Nino Lomjaria, Public Defender of Georgia, submitted a report on the situation of human rights and freedoms in 2017 to the Parliament of Georgia.The report discusses the challenges and progress in the protection of human rights and freedoms enshrined in the constitution and names the state agencies and local self-governmental bodies that violated human rights and freedoms. The document also provides information about the implementation of the recommendations issued by the Public Defender.
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2019-04-01
New Ombudsman of Hong Kong takes office
On 1 April 2019 Ms Winnie Chiu Wai-yin has taken office as the new Ombudsman of Hong Kong. Ms Chiu follows former Hong Kong Ombudsman Connie Lau, who completed her term on 31 March 2019.
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2018-10-19
Hong Kong Ombudsman holds press conference on investigation reports
The Ombudsman of Hong Kong, Ms Connie Lau, held a press conference on 18 October 2018 to announce the results of a direct investigation report on “Housing Department’s arrangement for using idle spaces in public housing estates” and a full investigation report on “Transport Department’s improper arrangement for implementation of 2-way toll collection at the Lantau Link”, that caused serious traffic congestion.
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2018-09-05
Ombudsman calls for Whanganui Prison to urgently address inmate violence and intimidation
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is calling on Whanganui Prison to take urgent steps to curb violence and intimidation among inmates at the facility. After an increase in the number incidents, Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is calling on Whanganui Prison to take urgent steps to curb violence and intimidation among inmates at the facility.
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2014-02-24
Occasional Paper #17
Reform, justice and the ombudsman (1982) Prof. Larry B. Hill An analysis of the ombudsman's role in reforms concerning processual justice and ultimate justice with examplesfro case reports. Larry Hill is a Professor of Political Science at the Universityof Oklahoma who has written many articles and monographs on the ombudsman institution.
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2018-06-25
Public apology owed to victims of child sex offender who gained access to children through Puffing Billy
People in positions of authority at Puffing Billy and other Victorian railway groups protected the reputation of their organisations at the expense of children who were sexually abused, the Victorian Ombudsman has found. Tabling her Investigation into child sex offender Robert Whitehead’s involvement with Puffing Billy and other railway bodies in the Victorian Parliament, Ombudsman Deborah Glass said the failures of people in authority were monumental.
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2022-04-05
AORC Webinar - Managing Evidence - Concept Note and Speaker Information
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2019-04-08
Annual contacts to Ombudsman of Iowa exceed 5,000
Contacts to the Iowa Office of Ombudsman in 2018 reached their highest number in 17 years, according to an annual report released today. Letters and calls from inmates in Iowa’s county jails and their families increased most dramatically – the office fielded 68 percent more jail complaints last year than in 2016. Managed Medicaid complaints held steady after a massive influx in calls from patients and providers in 2017. In sum, complaints, information requests, and special projects in 2018 totaled 5,178. This is more than a 5 percent increase from 2017 and a 29 percent increase since 2013.
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2018-03-23
Ombudsman Casebook Issue 12
The Irish Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall, has published the first edition of "The Ombudsman's Casebook" for 2018. The Casebook is a digest of summaries of cases closed by the office in the last quarter.
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2014-02-24
Occasional Paper #82
The ombudsman and the rule of law (2005) Bruce Barbour Mr Barbour is Ombudsman of New South Wales, Australia.
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2014-02-24
Occasional Paper #25
The work of the Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland (1984) Kenneth Bratton Description of the work of the Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland from 1975 to 1983 when Mr Bratton was the Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland.
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2022-03-29
Hungarian OCFR News (21 March 2022)
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2018-05-16
IGT announces investigation into use of garnishee notices
On 16 May 2018, the Inspector-General of Taxation (IGT), Mr Ali Noroozi, announced an investigation into the allegations made during the ABC Four Corners program, aired on 9 April 2018, regarding Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) use of garnishee notices. Garnishee notices are the most common form of firmer action used by the ATO to recover tax debt. Such notices require third parties to pay the money they owe to a taxpayer to the ATO in satisfaction of the tax debt owed by that taxpayer. Accordingly, the cash flow of affected taxpayers may be disrupted with potentially severe impact on vulnerable small businesses and individuals.
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2023-12-01
Le droit des enfants - Rapport annuel - FR
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2022-04-22
New Ombudsman for Ireland appointed
Ger Deering was appointed Ombudsman and Information Commissioner for Ireland by President Michael D. Higgins in January 2022. Ger has established and led a number of public bodies and has considerable experience in consumer and employment rights.