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2017-08-03New Ombudswoman of the City of Gent appointed
Mrs. Helena Nachtergaele was appointed as the second Ombudswoman of the City of Ghent upon the retirement of Mrs. Rita Passemiers.
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2017-08-03
NPM's visit to Piran Police Station and Koper Prison in the presence of observers from Italy
Deputy Ombudsman Ivan Šelih, Adviser to the Ombudsman Robert Gačnik, and a representative of the selected NGO PIC Boris Nusdorfer made a regular monitoring visit to the detention premises of the Piran Police Station on Tuesday, 20 June 2017. On Wednesday, 21 June 2017, they also visited the Koper Prison.
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2017-08-03
Ombudsman Sindh takes notice of use of substandard material in school building
Provincial Ombudsman Sindh Mr. Asad Ashraf Malik initiated action on the complaint of a concerned citizen, who stated that the construction of the Government Primary School was awarded to a government contractor, who allegedly used substandard material in collusion with officials of the Education Works Department.
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2017-08-01
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales publishes quarterly Casebook and Code of Conduct Casebook
Issue 29 of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales’ Casebook (April – June 2017) has been published as well as the 13th edition of the Code of Conduct Casebook has been published.
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2018-02-23Side event organized by APT focused on NHRIs with an NPM mandate
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2018-02-23
IOI Secretary General Günther Kräuter and APT Chief of Operations Barbara Bernath signing the MoU
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2018-02-23
IOI Secretary General Günther Kräuter and APT Chief of Operations Barbara Bernath signing the MoU
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2017-07-26
La Defensoría del Pueblo de Santa Fe invita a participar del Premio FIO al Periodismo de Derechos Humanos
Este año el concurso de la Federación Iberoamericana del Ombudsman (FIO) reconocerá un trabajo que defienda los derechos de los niños, adolescentes y jóvenes migrantes en situación de vulnerabilidad en Iberoamérica. Hasta el 30 de agosto pueden postularse publicaciones realizadas entre el 1 de mayo de 2016 y el 5 de mayo de 2017. El ganador se llevará una beca de estudio en el Instituto Berg, de España.
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2018-02-22
Fairness: A right, not a privilege
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2017-07-25
Ombudsman launches study on advocacy needs for mental health services users
Mental Health Reform has today launched a new report entitled, The Advocacy Needs of Mental Health Service Users Living in the Community: A Pilot Study. The report examines the need for independent, one-to-one advocacy supports for people who use mental health services and who need help to make decisions or access their rights and entitlements.
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2017-11-07
FRA - Fundamental Rights Report 2017 (EN) - FRA Opinions
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2017-11-06
Code of Conduct Casebook_Issue 14_Welsh
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2015-11-16
New South Wales Ombudsman - Annual Report 2014/2015 - EN
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2017-07-21
Being an Ombudsman in higher education
Rob Behrens, the chair of the European Network of Ombudsmen in Higher Education published a new study entitled "Being an Ombudsman in Higher Education". He therein reviews the lived experience of ombudsmen in 18 countries. Having had unique access to ENOHE archives and drawing on a network-wide survey, he has produced the comprehensive account of European practitioners.
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2017-07-20
Necessity to ensure independence of Ombudsman for Children
The Ombudswoman of the Republic of Croatia expressed concern regarding parts of the Draft Act on Ombudsman for Children. In her opinion, she underlined the importance of strengthening the capacity and indepdence of this office, in order to ensure compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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2017-07-20
UN Global Compact on Migration: Preventing torture of migrants should be at core of Compact
In view of the increasing use of immigration detention as a deterrent of migration and the toughening of doemstic and regional migration policies resulting in human rights violations, the APT considers the Global Compact on Migration to be a timely opportunity to raise concerns over these issues. APT proposes a position paper that contains seven key advocacy messages that are indispensable to the Compact from a torture prevention perspective.
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2017-07-20
The Ombudsman receives appreciation from US for fight against trafficking in persons
The Ombudsman's Office of the Republic of Latvia has been nominated for the Latvia's 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report Hero. This nomination reflects the work of the Ombudsman's Office in the field of preventing human trafficking.
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2017-07-19
Ombudsman publishes latest issue of Annual Report
The Ombudsman of Hong Kong released to the public her Annual Report 2017. The Report noted that most government departments are receptive to the recommendations for improvement made by the Office of The Ombudsman to address their inadequacies. The Report also highlighted the increasing number of complaints about access to information in the past few years. The number of related cases the Office received during the past year was at a record high.
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2017-07-19
The Ombudsman comments on loss of electors' personal data
In the course of the 2017 Chief Executive (CE) Election, the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) lost two notebook computers, one containing the personal data of 3.78 million electors. Having examined the two reports on the incident, the Ombudsman commented on them today (July 18).
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2017-07-18
Seimas Ombudsmen's Office publishes Annual Report 2016
The Seimas Ombudsmen's Office of the Republic of Lithuania has been defending human rights and freedoms and investigating complaints about the abuse of office by or bureaucracy of state and municipal officials and since 2014 has been monitoring human rights at places of detention. The Ombudsman Institution has now published its Annual Report of the year 2016, detailing its activities and initiatives.
