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2013-05-15Public Protector conferred with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree
Public Protector Adv. Thuli Madonsela was on Friday conferred with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during the University of Fort Hare’s 2013 graduation ceremony in East London, Eastern Cape.
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2013-06-11Birmingham City Council mishandled homeless application
Birmingham City Council failed to deal with a homeless family properly meaning a woman and her four children had to live in a one-room Bed & Breakfast for over 4 months.
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2013-05-07Quebec Ombudsman publishes two investigation reports
The Quebec Ombudsman (Canada) has released two investigation reports – one on the organization of emergency response services for off-road accidents, and the other on the financial contribution of parents towards the cost of placing their child of minor age.
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2012-04-04Armenia - Ad hoc Report on the Freedom of Speech 2010 EN
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2014-02-24Occasional Paper #75
Heightened public sensitivity against graft and corruption (2000) Sir Brian Elwood Sir Brian is Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand and President of the International Ombudsman Institute.
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2013-05-10IOI welcomes the Médiateur of the Republic of Guinea as new member
During its mid-term meeting that took place from 15 to 16 April 2013 in Vienna, the IOI Board of Directors decided on the membership application of the Médiateur of the Republic of Guinea. Welcoming the new member to the IOI Community, the General Secretariat will present the main facts and figures of the new member.
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2011-01-18Transport Malta ignores investigations of the Ombudsman
Transport Malta “systematically ignored” the Ombudsman investigating a serious complaint by a Qawra resident, a damning report reveals.
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2013-03-26Ombudsman’s statement to Government’s response to inquiry report
Regarding the Government’s initial response to the Mid Staffordshire NHS Public Inquiry Report, Ombudsman Mellor stated that significant change is required and that the government’s response was an important first step.
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2013-05-31NSW Ombudsman tables report on HSC disability provisions
The NSW Ombudsman, Bruce Barbour, tabled a report to Parliament today outlining his findings and recommendations following an investigation into the current system for making HSC disability provisions applications.
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2021-03-18Macedonia - Ombudsman - Annual Report 2019 - EN
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2018-12-0730th APOR Conference held in Auckland
The 30th Australasian and Pacific Region (APOR) Ombudsman Conference was held in Auckland, New Zealand from 28 – 29 November 2018. Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier invited colleagues and guests to New Zealand to discuss how Ombudsman institutions hold governments to account in a changing climate.
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2017-05-31Defensor del Pueblo Europeo - Informe Anual 2014
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2013-05-17Ombudsman publishes 2012 Report in Portuguese
The Report reveals that in 2012 the Portuguese Ombudsman opened 7027 cases, of which 7015 stemmed from a complaint and 12 from his own initiative. This represented an increase of 1215 cases, i.e. 21%, in relation to 2011. In total, 27218 complainants addressed the Ombudsman.
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2022-12-01Retos y dificultades en el acceso de las mujeres a los cuerpos policiales de cataluña y al cuerpo de bomberos de la generalitat
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2013-06-19Ombudsman criticises labelling of community workers
Community employees have to wear a yellow visibility vest with the label “community employment”. Ombudsman Máté Szabó criticises that this practise violates the principle of human dignity and the requirement of equal treatment.
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2013-03-11Correctional Investigator tabled special report on Aboriginal corrections
Disparities in opportunities and outcomes between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal offenders continue to widen, finds a new report issued by the Correctional Investigator of Canada.
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2013-02-26End of term of the Human Rights Ombudsman
Higher State Prosecutor Vlasta Nussdorfer took over as Human Rights Ombudsman from Dr. Zdenka Cebašek Travnik on Friday, 22 February 2013 and will start her six-year-term on Saturday.
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2013-03-19Seminar on human right to gender identity
The Ombudsman of the Basque Country (“Ararteko”) and the European Region of the IOI jointly organize a seminar on “The Right to Gender Identity and Affective-Sexual Diversity. Challenges for Equality” to be held in Bilbao on 20 and 21 May 2013.
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2013-03-06Asylum regulations related to unaccompanied minors
Last year the number of foreign children entering Hungary illegally and unaccompanied by parents or adults significantly increased. The ombudsman suggests clarification of the laws setting out the work of police and the immigration authority so that the children’s rights of minors regardless of their citizenship can be enforced.
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2013-05-10Report on deaths of people with disabilities living in care
The NSW Ombudsman is required to review the deaths of children and adults who lived in the care of disability services and licensed boarding houses. NSW Ombudsman Bruce Barbour, tabled a report to Parliament today on the deaths in 2010 and 2011 of 220 people with disabilities who lived in care.