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2021-12-14Local Government Ombudsman - Annual Report 2020/2021 EN
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2021-12-22
Ethical and Accountable Leadershop - Webinar Presentation Ombudsman Rob Behrens (UK)
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2021-12-14
Local Government Ombudsman - Annual Report 2019/2020 EN
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2017-11-22Control Yuan urges Executive Yuan to establish comprehensive new immigrant policy
The Control Yuan has called for the Executive Yuan and all government agencies under it to formulate a comprehensive new immigrant policy that is in line with the Constitution and related international human rights conventions and that takes into account demographic trends in the country.
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2017-10-20
ExCom holds first mid-term meeting by electronic means
On 17 October 2017 the IOI Executive Committee (ExCom) held its first mid-term meeting by electronic means. In a videoconference the members of the Executive Committee discussed the progress of projects decided and approved by the IOI Board of Directors in Vienna in April 2017.
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2018-12-21
Season's Greetings
The IOI General Secretariat wishes you all a festive holiday season and a happy New Year! Le Secrétariat général vous souhaite d'excellentes fêtes de fin d'année et une très bonne année 2019 ! ¡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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2018-01-25
Human Rights Defender publishes reports on human rights situation
Over the last year, the Human Rights Defender of Armenia published various reports and legal analyses on its activities and the general human rights situation in 2016. A list of all available reports has now been completed, including documents available in English and/or French.
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2018-04-30
Victorian Ombudsman tells Council to ease up on treatment of vulnerable people over parking fines
Maribyrnong City Council has treated disadvantaged people harshly by refusing to cancel parking fines in cases where exceptional circumstances justified cancellation, the Victorian Ombudsman has found. Ombudsman Deborah Glass said the council’s practices were lacking in fairness and discretion when compared with five other metropolitan councils.
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2017-08-21
Cases of death in social and children’s care homes - Ombudsman requests inquiries
In the opinion of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, the state does not completely fulfill its obligations, as the cases of deaths in residential care homes are not automatically followed by objective, professional inquiries, independent from the age of the deceased person and the maintainer of the institution. In his report, Ombudsman László Székely requested the Minister of Human Capacities to act as soon as possible.
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2018-09-19
Ombudsman critical of Transport NI’s failure to provide reasons why planning applications were considered acceptable
The Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman (NIPSO) received a complaint about actions of Transport NI. After an investigation, NIPSO has published a report with its findings and recommendations, which have been accepted by Transport NI.
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2018-08-13
Manitoba Ombudsman Charlene Paquin resigns
Charlene Paquin has resigned as Manitoba Ombudsman to take a position as head of the Manitoba Civil Service Commission. Marc Cormier was appointed acting Ombudsman on 31 July 2018.
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2021-12-10
Annual Report 2020/ EN
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2021-12-10
NPM Report 2020/EN
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2018-07-09
IGT Ali Noroozi will not seek third term
The Inspector-General of Taxation (IGT), Ali Noroozi, today confirmed he will not be seeking reappointment for a third term. Mr Noroozi has served in the role for 10 years and during this time has undertaken more than 30 reviews across a broad range of issues, including ATO debt collection, tax disputes, audits, transfer pricing, services to tax practitioners, taxpayer rights, IT upgrades and so-called ‘U-turns’.
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2018-02-08
New Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights elected
Dunja Mijatovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) was today elected as the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights by the Organisation’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) at its plenary session in Strasbourg.
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2021-12-09
Full report - EN
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2017-11-06
Public Services Ombudsman published quarterly Casebook and Code of Conduct Casebook
Issue 30 of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales’ Casebook (July – September 2017) has been published. The Casebook is a collection of summaries of cases dealt with in the previous quarter. This month also sees the 14th edition of the Code of Conduct Casebook which contains summaries of cases about councillors who have broken their authority’s code of conduct.
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2017-10-20
Laws do not allow preventing corruption in local governments
The Chancellor of Justice, Ülle Madise, addressed the Constitutional Committee of the Riigikogu to initiate changing the laws that in their current wording do not allow sufficiently preventing or restraining corruption in cities and rural municipalities.
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2017-12-13
REMINDER: Best Practice Paper on securing effective change
Guided by the objective to provide Ombudsman institutions worldwide with best practice papers on Ombudsman-related topics, the IOI is pleased to circulate a draft of the 2nd Issue on “Securing effective change – how to make recommendations that bring about sustainable improvement to public administration” to the wider membership for comments, remarks and input.
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2018-03-14
Help eradicate discrimination and violence towards women
Too many women everywhere still regularly face discrimination, harassment and violence in their daily lives over 20 years after governments from around the world committed to achieving gender equality and empowering women. On International Women’s Day, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) calls for renewed focus to help honour those far ranging commitments made in Beijing 1995 at the UN’s World Conference on Women.