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2018-01-29Commission engages National Assembly Oversight Committee
The Commission has reached out to the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs in an effort to advance administrative justice in the public sector. The interaction coincides with the induction retreat for members of the newly constituted Committee which is taking place between 26th to 28th January, 2018, in Mombasa.
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2018-06-04
Ombudsman probes Government’s handling of trees in front of University building in Hong Kong
The Ombudsman, Ms Connie Lau, on June 4 announced her Office’s initiation of a direct investigation to examine whether there was maladministration in the Government’s decisions and actions in respect of its felling of two trees in front of Tang Chi Ngong Building of the University of Hong Kong on May 20, 2018.
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2022-03-29Hungarian OCFR News (21 March 2022)
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2018-01-12
Ombudsman will host Training for Ombudsman institutions in February
The Office of the Ombudsman Malawi will host a Training on the Role of Ombudsman institutions in promoting and entrenching/enforcing ethics, transparency and accountability in the public sector in Lilongwe, Malawi at the Bingu International Conference Centre on 5 - 7 February 2018. The Training will be financially supported by the IOI regional subsidy programme 2017/2018.
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2018-06-11
Homeless family left in crowded conditions while council delayed making decision
A mother and her five children were accommodated in a damp and mouldy single bedroom, too small for the number of people, by Ealing council while it took too long to decide their homelessness status. A Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigation found the council’s delays added three months onto a six month stay in the unsuitable accommodation.
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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.
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2018-01-04
Commonwealth Ombudsman to be National Preventative Mechanism Coordinator for OPCAT
Attorney-General Senator the Hon George Brandis QC and the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Hon Julie Bishop MP today announced that the Australian Government has formally ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT).
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2022-03-24
Thailand Annual Report 2021 - Executive Summary - EN
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2018-05-14
Ombudsman Sindh saves career of Ned University student
A student of NED University and some of his colleages approached Mr. Asad Ashraf Malik, Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, stating that although NED University of Engineering & Technology had announced a B.Tech Conversion Programme for students who had completed B.Tech (Pass) in a different field of engineering, entitling them for admission in 3rd year Bachelor of Engineering (B.E), admission was declined to them. The Ombudsman issued directives to the university to enquire and report and to the Vice Chancellor to streamline a procedure of admission in the university so that no student should suffer in the future.
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2017-11-15
8th AOM training session held in Casablanca
The eighth training session of the Association of the Mediterranean Ombudsmen, jointly organized by the AOM and the Ombudsman Institution in the Kingdom of Morocco, was successfully held on October 18 and 19, 2017 at the Training and Exchange in mediation Center in Casablanca. Dispensed to the collaborators of the Association’s member mediators, this session was an opportunity to discuss the theme of « the deontology of security forces and the rights of migrants during their migratory journey: the role of Ombudsmen institutions ».
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2018-05-02
Ombudsman welcomes Minister’s announcement of €245,000 compensation for Donegal family
Irish Ombudsman Peter Tyndall today welcomed Minister Michael Creed’s announcement that he will implement an Ombudsman recommendation that a Donegal family receive compensation of €245,570. The announcement follows an initial refusal in 2009 by the then Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to implement the recommendation.
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2022-03-23
Hungarian OCFR NEWS (15 March 2022)
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2018-04-09
Provincial Ombudsman Sindh extends help to UN-Women setup in Sindh
The Ombudsman Sindh Mr Asad Ashraf Malik, who is also the President Asia Region of the IOI, welcomed a four member delegation of UN-Women, led by Mr Jamshaid Qazi, Country representative UN-Women Pakistan, on 8 April 2018.
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2018-04-04
Ombudsman’s report into Australia Post complaints
Commonwealth Ombudsman Michael Manthorpe today released a report into Australia Post complaints regarding carding, Safe Drop and compensation. The report reviews the actions taken by Australia Post since the release of three earlier Ombudsman reports concerning these matters.
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2018-04-17
Ombudsman Hong Kong announces results of two direct investigations and one full investigation
The Ombudsman, Ms Connie Lau, held a press conference on April 17 to announce the results of two direct investigations, namely “Water Supplies Department’s Maintenance of Government Water Mains and Risk Management” and “Government Departments’ Handling of the Problem of Air-conditioner Dripping”.
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2018-03-02
Ombudsman Arduin and Council of Advice member Beaujon appointed informateurs
Ombudsman Nilda Arduin and Council of Advice member retired banker Jan Beaujon were appointed “informateurs” on Thursday by Governor Eugene Holiday. Arduin and Beaujon will research the possibilities for the formation of a new government for the country that is supported by the broadest possible majority in Parliament.
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2017-11-20
Acting New South Wales Ombudsman releases Child Death Review Team Annual Report 2016-17
The Acting Ombudsman and Convenor of the NSW Child Death Review Team (CDRT), Professor John McMillan AO, tabled the CDRT’s annual report for 2016-17. The work that the CDRT does is focused on one key outcome – to prevent the deaths of children. The report details the degree to which the CDRT’s recommendations to prevent or reduce the likelihood of child deaths have been accepted by government, and the progress being made by agencies to implement them.
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2018-04-04
Inspector General of Taxation releases newsletter
The Inspecter General of Taxation released its April newsletter with information concerning ongoing reviews and news concerning the complaint handling service.
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2023-07-07
Ombudsman State of Schleswig-Holstein – Annual Report on Social Affairs 2015 (GER)
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2018-02-01
Public Protector appears before Parliamentary select Committee on Legal Affairs, Human Rights and Gender Matters
The Public Protector of Zambia made her maiden appearance before a select Committee of the National Assembly on Legal Affairs, Human Rights, National Guidance, Gender Matters and Governance on 31 January 2018, to review the operations of the Office .