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2014-01-23Fifty-eight tenants reimbursed for overcharged water rates
An investigation by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has resulted in London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham repaying a significant sum of money to 58 elderly tenants who had been overpaying for water in their homes.
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2013-02-15
New People’s Advocate appointed
On 22 January 2013, Prof. Anastasiu Crisu was appointed as the People´s Advocate of Romania for a five year term by the Romanian Parliament.
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2012-12-27
Ombudsman Bureau launches Annual Report 2011
The Jordanian Ombudsman Bureau has launched its Annual Report 2011. The institution’s 2011 report is available in the Arabic language; it is currently translated into English and will be distributed and sent to those interested upon request.
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2013-08-07
Catalan Ombudsman calls for action to guarantee right of children to adequate food
Catalan Ombudsman Rafael Ribó submitted a report on “Child malnutrition in Catalonia”, in which he alleges that - according to the ICS diagnostic codes of June 2013 - 50,000 children have food deprivation and 750 suffer from malnutrition and poverty and calls for urgent Government action to guarantee the right of children to adequate food.
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2012-06-08
Debate on implementation of UPR recommendations
A discussion on the implementation of recommendations given to Azerbaijan in the framework of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was held at the Ombudsman Office jointly with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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2012-10-05
10th World Conference
The 10th World Conference of the IOI, to be held in Wellington, New Zealand from 12 to 16 November 2012, is coming closer and we are looking forward to meeting colleagues from around the world and the exchange of expertise and experience.
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2012-07-11
NPM Newsletter - Issue 28/29
The European NPM Newsletter is a bi-monthly review of information deemed relevant for National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) in the Council of Europe region. It is prepared under the aegis of the National Human Rights Structures (NHRS) Unit of the Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs of the Council of Europe
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2013-06-13
Anti-corruption training open for registration
Registration is now open for the annual IOI training, which will be held from 15 – 18 September 2013 in Vienna, Austria. This training held in cooperation with the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) is designed for ombudsman staff of institutions with an anti-corruption mandate.
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2013-11-20
Cambridgeshire County Council agrees to backdate benefits for family of boy with autism
Cambridgeshire County Council delayed carrying out a core assessment on a six-year-old boy, leaving his family without the financial support package they needed to care for their son.
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2012-06-14
Important NPM preparations
Recently a working meeting on the establishment of the National Preventive Mechanism was held in the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights. The meeting was attended by important stakeholders including ministries and state bodies.
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2012-06-08
AOB publishes English version of annual report
The members of the Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB) Gertrude Brinek, Terezija Stoisits and Peter Kostelka recently presented the English version of the annual report 2011.
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2012-08-10
Newly Appointed Inspector General of Government
The Inspectorate of Government, Uganda is happy to inform the international ombudsman community that the institution has got a new Inspector General of Government (IGG) Her Lordship, Lady Justice Irene Mulyagonja Kakooza. Lady Justice Mulyagonja has been a Judge with the Commercial Division of the High Court.
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2013-04-22
Seminar on human right to gender identity cancelled
Unfortunately, the seminar “The Right to Gender Identity and Affective-Sexual Diversity. Challenges for Equality” had to be cancelled due to low registration numbers. It was meant to take place in Bilbao on 20 and 21 May 2013.
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2013-12-10
UN General Assembly Resolution on National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)
At the beginning of December, a UN General Assembly Resolution on National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) was passed by consensus, enjoying cross-regional support and co-sponsored by 70 UN member states.
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2012-08-24
Annual Update
In its ongoing efforts to increase the value of the IOI to its members and offer concrete membership services, General Secretariat has sent the draft version of the new IOI membership directory for information and feedback to its members.
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2019-05-09OPCAT Report 2019 on Hawke´s Bay Regional Prison
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2012-07-19
Serbia hosts 9th Council of Europe NPM workshop
As of 1 July 2012 the Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB) operates as National Preventive Mechanism within the OPCAT-regime. With regard to these new tasks the AOB attended the expert workshop on “Irregular migrants, Frontex and the NPMs” on 12 and 13 June 2012 in Belgrade as an observer.
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2012-04-23
Austrian Ombudsman Board publishes annual report 2011
The members of the Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB) presented the annual report 2011 containing key data on the AOB's activities.
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2016-06-08
Veterans Ombudsman releases review on support available to ill and injured RCMP members
Veterans Ombudsman Guy Parent released a review on Supporting Ill and Injured RCMP Members and their Families.
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2012-02-10
TRAINING COOPERATION
With the financial support of the IOI the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsman (AOM) held a training session on the topic “The Powers of the Mediator and the Ombudsman in the Defense of Human Rights”.