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2022-11-2147. Reporte semanal “Derechos humanos en perspectiva internacional”
Les hacemos llegar el 47. Reporte Semanal de “Derechos Humanos en Perspectiva Internacional” elaborado por el Programa de Observación y Asistencia para el Fortalecimiento de las Defensorías del Pueblo, que forma parte de la Unidad de Política Institucional de la Defensoría del Pueblo de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina).
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2022-11-21
Network of Southeast European NPMs meets in Vienna
From 15 – 16 November 2022, the second meeting of this year of the Southeast European Network of National Preventive Mechanisms (SEE NPM Network) was held in Vienna under the chairmanship of the Austrian Ombudsman Board. Within this network, 13 NPMs meet regularly to exchange experiences and facilitate shared learning.
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2022-11-21
NPMs of German-speaking countries exchange experience at annual meeting
From 10 - 11 November 2022 the annual meeting of German-speaking National Preventive Mechanisms (NPM) took place at the Austrian Ombudsman Board in Vienna. For the first time, representatives of the NPM from Luxembourg and the Principality of Liechtenstein took part in this exchange as well.
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2022-11-21NSW Ombudsman - Public Interest Disclosures Act 1994 Audit Report: Summary of Public Interest Disclosure Audits of 6 Local Councils
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2022-11-21
47. Reporte Internacional de “Derechos Humanos en Perspectiva Internacional” (del 11 al 17 de noviembre de 2022)
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2018-05-25
Ombudsman published first report on water billing and disconnection practices
In April 2018, the Office of the Ombudsman in the Kingdom of Tonga published its first report. Although the Office had been established in 2001 (formerly as the Office of the Commissioner for Public Relations), the respective Act did not allow for reports to be published. An amendment to the Act effective in December 2016 now allows for the Ombudsman to publish reports.
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2018-05-25
Cooperation between Austrian and Azerbaijani Ombudsman contributes to solution in tragic case
The case of a young Austrian athlete who was severly injured in the Olympic village in Baku during the First European Games in 2015 has finally been resolved in part due to the successful international cooperation between Austrian Ombudsman Dr. Günther Kräuter and the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Azerbaijan Prof. Elmira Suleymanova.
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2018-05-24
New Director for the Ombudsman’s Office
The State Comptroller and Ombudsman of Israel, Judge (Ret.) Joseph H. Shapira, has selected Dr. Esther Ben-Haim, or Esti as she is called by her peers, to be the new Director of the Ombudsman’s Office. Her nomination been approved by the State Audit Committee of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) in November of 2017.
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2018-05-23
Ombudsman finds Grandmother’s painful death from cancer was avoidable
A 73-year-old grandmother’s death from bladder cancer was avoidable, an investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has found. She died following a hospital’s nine-month delay to diagnose her. An inadequate local investigation failed to recognise this, and her son subsequently brought a complaint about her care to the Ombudsman.
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2018-05-22
The Czech Equality Body publishes the summary report 2017
The Equality Body of the Czech Republic – the Ombudswoman – published the summary report for the year 2017 informing about her main activities in the field of protection against discrimination. The Ombudswoman received 384 complaints concerning discrimination in 2017, most of them from the area of work and employment. In the year 2017, people mostly complained about discrimination on the grounds of disability. Ombudswoman established discrimination in 40 individual cases.
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2018-05-22
Reunión del Observatorio de la Vulnerabilidad del Síndic
El Observatorio de la Vulnerabilidad del Síndic ha analizado en la reunión de hoy las modificaciones al Estatuto de Personas con Discapacidad de la Comunidad Valenciana. Para ello, hemos contado con el testimonio del presidente del CERMI en la Comunitat Valenciana, Luis Vañó que se ha felicitado por el consenso alcanzado en les Corts Valencianes a la hora de adecuar el Estatuto de las Personas con Discapacidad a la Convención de Naciones Unidas sobre Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad, siendo la primera comunidad autónoma en hacerlo.
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2018-05-22
El Síndic constata el déficit de vivienda social y pide más coordinación para dar respuesta
El síndic, Rafael Ribó, ha pedido a las administraciones catalanas competentes en temas de vivienda la suma de esfuerzos para gestionar de forma coordinada la demanda creciente de viviendas sociales ante la falta de un parque público suficiente (en Cataluña no llega al 2%) y la actuación poco comprometida del Gobierno del Estado y de las entidades financieras con los colectivos más vulnerables.
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2018-05-16
IGT announces investigation into use of garnishee notices
On 16 May 2018, the Inspector-General of Taxation (IGT), Mr Ali Noroozi, announced an investigation into the allegations made during the ABC Four Corners program, aired on 9 April 2018, regarding Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) use of garnishee notices. Garnishee notices are the most common form of firmer action used by the ATO to recover tax debt. Such notices require third parties to pay the money they owe to a taxpayer to the ATO in satisfaction of the tax debt owed by that taxpayer. Accordingly, the cash flow of affected taxpayers may be disrupted with potentially severe impact on vulnerable small businesses and individuals.
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2018-05-16
Audience foraine du Médiateur - prévention des crises dans le Parc de la Pendjari au cœur des échanges
Le Médiateur de la République a eu plusieurs séances de concertation avec les conseils communaux de Tanguiéta et de Matéri à Tanguiéta, les Associations villageoises de gestion des réserves de la faune (AVIGREF) et les responsables de la nouvelle administration qui gère actuellement le Parc de la Pendjari les 2 et 3 mai 2018. Ces séances de concertation se situent dans le cadre des activités des audiences foraines organisées par l’institution du Médiateur de la République. L’objectif visé est la recherche d’un mieux-être et d’une bonne administration au service des populations. Le but est aussi d’appuyer tous les acteurs impliqués dans la préservation du Parc de la Pendjari aux fins d’avoir une meilleure gouvernance administrative.
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2022-11-16
ANNUAL REPORT 2020/2021
The International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) presents its Annual Report for the membership year 2020/2021. The report gives account of the main projects, developments and achievements made in the past membership year and it is now available in all three languages of the IOI.
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2018-05-15
Encuentro del Insituto Internacional del Ombudsman
El Instituto Internacional del Ombudsman (International Ombudsman Institute, IOI) va a celebrar los días 16 y 17 de mayo en el Palacio Europa de Vitoria-Gasteiz un encuentro auspiciado por el Ararteko, que ejercerá como anfitrión y organizador, en relación con "La buena gobernanza ambiental: el papel de las instituciones Ombuds en la defensa de los derechos medioambientales".
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2018-05-15
Ombudsman for the Armed Forces signs Time to Change pledge
In a demonstration of her commitment to making the OSCO a supportive work environment, Nicola Williams, the Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces signed the Time to Change pledge this afternoon. In doing so, the OSCO has joined the ranks of over 700 employers in England who have signed the pledge. Time to Change is a campaign that aims to change the way we talk and think about mental health in order to remove the stigma and end discrimination.
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2018-05-15
A Mission to Justice - The International Ombudsman Institute 1978-2018
In order to commemorate the 40th anniversary of its foundation in 1978, the IOI commissioned Professor Richard Carver, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights and Governance at Oxford Brooks University, with the task of writing a book to portray the history of the IOI and its development in the wider historical context of Ombudsmanship.
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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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2018-05-14
Presidente de la CNDH presenta informe anual de actividades 2017
El pasado 8 de mayo del 2018 el presidente de la Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CNDH), Luis Raúl González Pérez, presentó el informe anual de actividades 2017 de la CNDH ante el poder judicial de la federación. En su discurso, criticó la realidad mexicana en cuanta a la inseguridad, la violencia, la corrupción y la impunidad que se han extendido en todos los ámbitos de la vida nacional y la consiguiente desconfianza en las instituciones públicas por parte de la sociedad. Por lo tanto, aboga por una institucionalidad democrática que se respeta y por el alcance y la vigencia de los derechos humanos y derechos fundamentales de las personas.