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2024-03-06Clarity about road ownership and access vital to British Columbians
In a new report, Ombudsperson Jay Chalke calls on the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) to address problematic road legislation that has real-life consequences for many British Columbians.
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2024-05-03
BC Ombudsperson sees youth in custody at risk due to ministry inaction
The BC Ombudsperson has identified a serious lack of progress by the Ministry of Children and Family Development on a 2021 Ombudsperson report with troubling findings about separate confinement of youth in custody centres. “The ministry’s inaction continues to expose vulnerable youth in its care to the risk of significant harm from separate confinement, especially Indigenous youth,” said Ombudsperson Jay Chalke.
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2024-09-19
Ombudsperson welcomes delivery of compensation payments to Sons of Freedom Doukhobors, expresses concern over poor communication, unclear criteria
Seven months after the Premier’s historic apology to the Sons of Freedom Doukhobor survivors and their families in the BC legislature, the BC Ombudsperson is pleased to learn survivors of detention at New Denver in the 1950s are finally being compensated for government’s actions.
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2024-05-31
Traffic casualties on the rise: CY proposes corrective measures to ensure traffic safety
For the last five years, an average of 420 pedestrians have died in traffic accidents each year. The Transportation and Procurement Affairs Committee of the Control Yuan (CY) has approved an investigation report and submitted a corrective action case to the Executive Yuan on 9 April 2024.
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2024-09-06
Ombudsman to investigate child welfare practice of placing children and youth in hotels, motels, offices and trailers
On September 5, 2024, Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé announced an investigation into the practice of child welfare agencies placing young children and teens in hotels, motels, offices and trailers. The Ombudsman launched the investigation on his own initiative in light of several reports about children being inappropriately housed in these settings. Ombudsman staff have already visited some of these children and youth to see their living conditions and hear their concerns directly.
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2024-06-28
Ombudsperson report calls on BC government to address systemic mismanagement in temporary assignment hirings
Awarding temporary public service jobs to 64 ineligible people over a 10-year period represents systemic mismanagement and wrongdoing by BC’s Public Service Agency, Ombudsperson Jay Chalke said on 24 June 2024. In a public report delivered under the Public Interest Disclosure Act, BC’s whistleblowing legislation, Chalke said his office’s investigation showed this practice had a variety of negative effects.
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2024-06-13
Turks and Caicos Office of the Complaints Commissioner set to launch newly enhanced website
The Turks and Caicos Office of the Complaints Commissioner is excited to unveil its newly revamped website, set to go live on Tuesday, 11 June 2024, at 12:00 pm. Under the leadership of the esteemed Honorable Rita Gardiner, OBE, the Ombudsman serves as a government body that investigates complaints of maladministration against public authorities and institutions. It strives to improve the efficiency of public services while also educating individuals about their rights.
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2023-12-21
Ombudsman to investigate the Toronto Police’s Vulnerable Persons Registry
On 19 December 2023, Toronto’s Ombudsman Kwame Addo launched an investigation into the Toronto Police Service’s Vulnerable Persons Registry (VPR) to determine if its communication to the public about the registry is adequate and fair.
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2023-11-07Western Australian Ombudsman – Should We Exercise Discretion to Investigate
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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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2024-11-22
Ombudsman announces results of direct investigation operation into LCSD’s handling of obstructions to passageways by bicycles owned by operators of bicycle rental services
On 21 November 2024, the Ombudsman, Mr Jack Chan, announced the completion of a direct investigation operation into the handling of obstructions to passageways by bicycles owned by operators of bicycle rental services of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, and made eight recommendations to the Department.
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2023-11-17
Ombudsman urges councils to consider the human story
Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass tabled her report Investigation into a Building Permit complaint in Parliament refering to the story of a 72-year-old widow, who has spent the last six years entangled in a bureaucratic nightmare with two local councils.
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2023-06-01
NSW Ombudsman releases report on response to children presenting alone to homelessness services
The report assesses what NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) has done to improve the response to children who present alone to homelessness services since the Ombudsman’s Office first reported on this issue in 2018. The second report was in 2020; this is the third.
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2024-05-03
Inmate phone policy at Provincial Correctional Centre sees revamp following complaints made to OmbudsPEI
Inmates at PEI’s Provincial Correctional Centre will have more access to telephone services following an inquiry into multiple complaints received by OmbudsPEI. PCC’s telephone policy will no longer limit inmates to a small list of approved telephone contacts.
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2024-06-06
Access to justice for asylum seekers and refugees: a call for help from IOI members
The Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman (NIPSO) is delighted to announce the launch of a collaborative research project examining the role of ombudspersons in the protection of refugees and asylum seekers (the OPRAS project). In order to carry out the OPRAS project the University of Glasgow has received funding from the British Academy and is being carried out in collaboration with Professor Chris Gill.
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2023-04-27
OmbudsPEI - Committing to Care Report - EN
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2023-08-24
Second International Ombuds Expo 2024 to be held in Gaborone from 29 July to 2 August 2024
Advocate Stephen Tiroyakgosi, the Ombudsman and Human Rights Commissioner of the Republic of Botswana, is pleased to announce that the Second International Ombud Expo will be held in Gaborone, Botswana from 29 July to 2 August 2024. For the announcements in English, French and Spanish kindly see the download section in the article.
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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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2023-11-07
Western Australian Ombudsman – Should We Exercise Discretion Not to Investigate
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2023-11-07
05. Plenary Session II: Prof. Anita Stuhmke – Discretion, direction and the Ombudsman: To steer the ship or to choose the ship?