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2013-11-25Public awareness on land rights
Between 28 September and 20 October 2013, the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance of Tanzania (CHRAGG) conducted a public awareness campaign on land rights in 22 districts out of 169 districts of the 14 regions of Tanzania. The targeted groups were citizens and local government officials at the ward and village levels.
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2013-11-22
The Catalan Ombudsman recommends institutions to actively combat energy poverty
Rafael Ribó proposes a "winter truce" for people at risk of exclusion to stop cuts of light, gas and water for non-payment. He also proposes to set up a social price for butane and to bank on progressive pricing of water supply. Some other proposals for possible immediate application are a Working Group, to disseminate information about grants and allowances, to involve the network of houses of social inclusion and promoting educational actions for energy saving.
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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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2013-11-18Memorandum of Understanding between AOMA and IOI - ARA
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2013-11-12
“Ombudsman and Legislation in Canada” book review
The Citizens’ Representative for Newfoundland and Labrador, Barry Fleming, conducted a review of the new book of Gregory Levine on “Ombudsman and Legislation in Canada: An Annotation and Appraisal”.
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2013-11-12
“Ombudsman and Legislation in Canada: An Annotation and Appraisal”; book review by Barry Fleming, Citizens’ Representative for Newfoundland and Labrador
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2013-11-11
Consultation on new Masters programme
Queen Margaret University (QMU) is consulting ombudsman organisations on a new Masters programme in dispute resolution. QMU has been running ombudsman and complaint handling training programmes for a number of years and is now seeking to further develop provision for dispute resolvers.
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2013-11-08
AOMA Newsletter
The African Ombudsman and Mediators Association (AOMA) published the 6th Issue of its Newsletter "African Ombudsman Today".
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2013-11-08
Latest development regarding two regional Ombudsman institutions
The IOI General Secretariat would like to inform you about the latest developments regarding two regional member institutions from Spain; namely the Ombudsman of Asturias (Procuradora General de Asturias) and the Ombudsman of La Rioja (Defensoría del Pueblo Riojano).
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2013-11-08
POA Network News – Issue 32 (November 2013) EN
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2013-11-08
Spanish Official State Bulletin / Boletín Oficial del Estado ES
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2013-11-07
NSW Ombudsman released issues paper on consorting provisions
NSW Ombudsman Bruce Barbour released an issues paper today as part of his review of new consorting provisions in Division 7, Part 3A of the Crimes Act 1900. Anyone with an interest in the provisions and their use is encouraged to make a submission.
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2013-11-07
Les discriminations dans l’emploi
Selon un sondage publié en octobre, 37 % des demandeurs d’emploi estiment avoir été victimes d’une discrimination dans le cadre de leur recherche d’emploi.
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2013-11-07
La Defensora del Pueblo celebra el XXX Aniversario de la institución
Este año se cumple el XXX aniversario de la puesta en funcionamientodel Defensor del Pueblo como institución al servicio de los ciudadanos. Para celebrarlo, la Defensora del Pueblo, Soledad Becerril, organizó el 27 de septiembre de 2013 en el Senado una jornada en la que se debatió sobre la figura del Ombudsman y sobre los retos a los que se enfrentan las instituciones de defensa de los derechos humanos.
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2013-10-30
Ombudsman of Newfoundland and Labrador seeks exemption from producing confidential information
The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador has found that the secrecy, privacy and immunity provisions of the Citizens’ Representative Act constitute an absolute bar against disclosure of information received by the Office of the Citizens’ Representative (Ombudsman).
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2013-10-29
Ontario Ombudsman SYT Training in Toronto
Registration is now open for the next session of Ontario Ombudsman André Marin's training course for ombudsmen and administrative investigators, "Sharpening Your Teeth." The course, which is tailored for oversight agencies and administrative watchdogs, will be held January 20-22, 2014 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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2013-10-29
Press release: Greek Ombudsman calls for immediate measures against racist violence
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2013-10-25
Record year in the work of the Parliamentary Ombudsman
The English Summary of the Annual report 2012 by the Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland has been published, compiling the most important observations concerning implementation of fundamental and human rights that were made in oversight of legality during the year.
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2013-10-23
Child death review team annual report 2012
The NSW Child Death Review Team’s Annual Report for 2012 was tabled in Parliament today by the Team’s Convenor, the NSW Ombudsman. The report examines the deaths of 493 children registered in NSW in 2012. ‘The rate of child deaths is the lowest since the Team began in 1996,’ said the Ombudsman, Bruce Barbour.
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2013-10-10
Resolution on strengthening Ombudsmen in Europe
Resolution on strengthening the institution of ombudsman in Europe was unanimously passed by the members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 4 October 2013.