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2024-12-13December 2024 Issue of the Waka Tangata APOR E-News now available
The Waka Tangata APOR E-News includes news and views from integrity organisations in the Pacific and Australasian Region. The December 2024 Issue number 14 of the Waka Tangata APOR E-News is available now.
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2024-12-20
The New Chief Ombudsman of the Republic of Türkiye Has Been Elected
Mr. Mehmet AKARCA has been elected at the General Assembly of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (GNAT) as the new Chief Ombudsman of the Republic of Türkiye. Mr. Mehmet Akarca was sworn in on 03 December 2024 and officially took office as the new Chief Ombudsman of Türkiye.
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2024-12-18
Season’s Greetings and Happy New Year!
The IOI General Secretariat wishes you all a festive holiday season and a Happy New Year! Le Secrétariat général de l'IIO vous souhaite d'excellentes fêtes de fin d'année et une très bonne année 2025 ! La Secretaría General del IIO les desea a todos unas fiestas llenas de felicidad y lo mejor para el año nuevo!
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2024-12-19
Chief Ombudsman calls for Corrections to stop the way it is running Prisoners of Extreme Risk Unit
The Chief Ombudsman says the Department of Corrections must stop the way it’s running the Prisoners of Extreme Risk Unit (PERU) because the unit’s prisoners are being ill-treated. Peter Boshier has released a report that outlines serious concerns about human rights abuses at the unit which is based at Auckland Prison.
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2024-12-20
The Office of the State Comptroller and Ombudsman hosts a fruitful roundtable event to mark the publication of its special report on public service
On 27.11.2024, the Office of the State Comptroller and Ombudsman of Israel hosted a highly successful roundtable event to mark the publication of its special report on the topic of public service in public bodies. The report was tabled with the Israeli parliament (Knesset) on 26.11.2024.
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2024-12-19
Toronto Ombudsman Report Finds City’s Decision to Exclude Refugees from Base Shelter Beds was Unfair and Harmful
A new report from Toronto’s Ombudsman Kwame Addo finds that the City of Toronto’s decision to stop allowing refugee claimants access to its base shelter beds was unfair, poorly planned, and inconsistent with its commitments to transparency, accountability, and the human right to adequate housing.
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2024-12-20Hon. Sohail Rajat speaks at the Salim Habib University. Sohail Rajat speaks at the Salim Habib University
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2024-12-19
Workshop held at Salim Habib University to select 10 students as ambassadors to Ombudsman Sindh
The 3rd round of the Workshop on the Provincial Ombudsman Sindh’s Ambassador Programme was held at Salim Habib University, Karachi, on 11 December 2024 to instill the concept of civic responsibilities and advocacy skills in the youth of Sindh by carrying out the community outreach of ombudsman mandate to student community and general public. The workshop, initiated through the Regional subsidy of the IOI, focused on the role of the Provincial Ombudsman Office in providing administrative justice to the public, and was chaired by the Honourable Ombudsman of Sindh, Mr. Muhammad Sohail Rajput.
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2024-12-20
Ombudsman Florbela Rocha Araújo, as President of AOMA, participates in the 15th Assembly and Seminar of the ILO
The Angolan Ombudsman, Florbela Rocha Araújo, in her capacity as President of the African Ombudsman and Mediators Association (AOMA), participated in the 15th Assembly and Seminar of the Institute of Latin-American Ombudsman (ILO), and during her visit to the event, she signed a Cooperation Agreement between AOMA and the ILO.
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2024-12-19
Successful completion of third phase of awareness campaign about role, responsibility and importance of Provincial Ombudsman
After successful completion of the 2nd phase of the project, the Hon'ble Provincial Ombudsman, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, decided to expand the awareness program throughout the province. Accordingly, different districts were visited for the purpose. So far, total 18 districts have been visited and awareness campaigns have been organized. This project has been sponsored by the IOI’s Regional Subsidy Programme.
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2024-12-19
Ombudsman announces results of direct investigation operation into public services relating to after-death arrangements
On 18 December 2024, The Ombudsman, Mr Jack Chan, announced the completion of a direct investigation operation into the public services relating to after-death arrangements, and made a total of 10 major recommendations to the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, the Department of Health, the Hospital Authority and the Immigration Department.
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2024-12-20
Senior Investigative Officer Samadia Lightbourne Attended Crucial Assembly and Seminar on Human Rights and Inequity in Latin America and the Caribbean
Ms. Samadia Lightbourne, Senior Investigative Officer for the Office of the Complaints Commission in the Turks and Caicos Islands, participated in the annual Assembly and Seminar of the Institutie of the Latin-American Ombudsman (ILO), held from December 4-6, 2024 in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. The event, located at the confluence of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, was graciously supported by Itaipú Binacional.
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2025-01-09
Ombudsman Newsletter Issue 15 now available
The Commission on Administrative Justice (Office of the Ombudsman) has recently published its 15th issue of the Ombudsman Newsletter (October - December 2024). This newsletter's main topics are, amongst others, an introduction to the third cohort of commissioners that took office on 9 December 2024, the Commission being named as the Best Public Sector Legal Department of 2024 at the 7th Annual Gala and Award Ceremony of the Nairobi Legal Awards as well as a training for Civil Society Organizations including the dissemination of a Public Inquiry Report on the challenges citizens face when obtaining legal identity documents.
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2025-01-09
Ombudsman probes Government’s work on animal management and protection of animal rights and welfare
The Ombudsman, Mr Jack Chan, on 27 December 2024 announced the launch of a direct investigation operation to probe the Government’s work on animal management and protection of animal rights and welfare.
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2025-01-09
Equality and Non-discrimination Transcend Borders as “Color Our Rights” Promotes Human Rights Through Poster Design
The Control Yuan National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) held the awards ceremony for the “Color Our Rights: 2024 Human Rights Poster Design Competition” on 8 December 2024.
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2025-01-09
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2025-01-09
The Office of the State Comptroller and Ombudsman hosts a symposium on the theme of public mediation
On Monday, 23 December 2024, the Office of the State Comptroller and Ombudsman of Israel, in its capacity as "professional home" for sectoral ombudsmen and public complaints commissioners, hosted a symposium on the theme of public mediation for the internal auditors and public inquiries commissioners of local authorities.
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2025-01-10
The Ombudsman at 30: Celebrating three decades of service
This year, the Office of the Ombudsman of Malta will mark its 30th Anniversary since the enactment of the Ombudsman Act 1995. Kindly click here to read an article by Judge Emeritus Joseph Zammit McKeon, Parliamentary Ombudsman of Malta, announcing three events which will be organised this year to celebrate this anniversary.
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2025-01-09
Awareness Raising Session at Mauritius Prisons Training School
With a view to commemorating the Human Rights Day 2024, the Office of the Ombudsman conducted an awareness session on 5th December 2024 at the Mauritius Prisons Training School. With an engaged audience of 65 participants, the session aimed to sensitize Prison Officers and newly recruited Officers on the role and services provided by the Office and their duties and responsibility under prevailing local legislation and International Covenants.
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2025-01-17
Outreach initiatives of the Ombudsman Office in 2024
Kindly click here to read about the outreach initiatives by the Office of the Ombudsman Tonga to different islands of the Kingdom.
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