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2013-12-02Nova Scotia Ombudsman retires
Premier Stephen McNeil announced today, Nov. 29, that Dwight Bishop will retire Dec. 31. Mr. Bishop has served as Nova Scotia Ombudsman since 2004.
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2013-12-02
Correctional Investigator tables Annual Report
The 40th Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator was tabled in Parliament and contains a special focus on ethno-cultural diversity in corrections. Correctional Investigator, Mr. Howard Sapers, noted that recent inmate population growth is almost exclusively driven by increases in the composition of ethnically and culturally diverse offenders
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2013-12-03
President appoints Peter Tyndall as Ombudsman and Information Commissioner
On Monday, 2 December 2013, Mr Peter Tyndall was appointed Ireland’s Ombudsman and Information Commissioner. Mr Tyndall received his warrant of appointment from President Michael D. Higgins at a ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin.
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2013-12-03
Acting Public Services Ombudsman for Wales appointed
In light of Peter Tyndall’s departure to take up the post of Irish Ombudsman and Information Commissioner, the National Assembly for Wales has appointed Professor Margaret Griffiths as Acting Public Services Ombudsman for Wales. The National Assembly for Wales will now conduct a full and open recruitment process to appoint a permanent successor to Peter Tyndall.
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2013-12-03
FRA launches fundamental rights-based police training manual
On 3 December 2013, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) presents its fundamental rights-based police training manual at the International Conference on Human Rights Education and Training for the Civil and Public Service in Dublin, Ireland. This training manual seeks to help foster a relationship of trust between police and society as a whole by integrating human rights considerations into police training.
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2013-12-03
Payment of service dues to widow of Government employee
Irrigation & Power Department, Government of Sindh, paid service dues to widow of a government employee on the orders of Mr Asad Ashraf Malik, Provincial Ombudsman Sindh (Pakistan).
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2013-12-04
Ombudsman for the Ministry of Interior organizes a training session on investigation skills
On 2 and 3 December 2013 the Office of the Ombudsman for the Ministry of Interior in Bahrain organised a training session on "Investigation Skills" in which former Northern Ireland's Prisoner Ombudsman Pauline McCabe and Senior Investigating Officer in Northern Ireland Clare McVeigh lectured.
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2013-12-05
Catalan Ombudsman’s newsletter for December 2013
The Office of the Catalan Ombudsman published the December edition of its e-Newsletter. The full version of the English Newsletter is available here.
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2013-12-05
Petri Jääskeläinen re-elected Parliamentary Ombudsman
The Parliament of Finland (Eduskunta) re-elected Parliamentary Ombudsman Petri Jääskeläinen to continue in office for another four-year term 2014 - 2017.
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2013-12-06
Commission on Administrative Justice accepted as member of the IOI
At its New York meeting in September 2013, the IOI Board of Directors acknowledged that the Commission on Administrative Justice fulfilled the criteria set out in the IOI By-laws and accept the Commission of Administrative Justice as Voting member of the IOI.
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2013-12-11
Ombudsman informs OSCE on Respect for the Rights of Non-Citizens in Latvia
The Ombudsman observed that, due to the actions of certain non-governmental organizations, international bodies have developed an incorrect vision of the respect for human rights of non-citizens in the Republic of Latvia. Confronting on national as well as international level he presents the risks of splitting the society and emerging of differences between the representatives of social groups in Latvia.
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2013-12-10
Tribute to Nelson Mandela - Former IOI president reflects on World Conference in South Africa in 2000
Former IOI president, New Zealand’s Sir Brian Elwood, presided over the IOI World Conference when it was held in Durban in 2000. On behalf of the IOI he has provided a reflection on what was a very moving occasion and one which underlined the direction Nelson Mandela had taken in the pursuit of access to justice and upholding human rights for all the citizens of his country.
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2014-10-08
Ombudsman calls for greater transparency and protection for telecommunications customers
The Ombudsman, Soledad Becerril, has sent a study "Telecommunications: citizens’ needs and demands", to the Spanish Parliament which aims to improve the Government's monitoring of the operators' behaviour and transparency in providing the service, pricing, customer service, advertising and contracts.
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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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2013-12-19
International Day of People with Disability
People with disabilities were in the spotlight Tuesday, 3 December 2013, as a series of events was held to mark the International Day of People with Disability.
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2014-01-23
Fifty-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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2014-01-23
Special Report on the Challenges of Ombudsmanship released
In September 2013 the Forum of Pakistan Ombudsman held a Workshop on the Challenges of Ombudsmanship. One month later, a special report regarding the activities during those two days was released.
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2014-01-24
Defensora del Pueblo visits the immigrant detention centre of Barcelona
The Spanish Ombudsman, Ms. Soledad Becerril, and the First Deputy Ombudsman, Francisco Fernández Marugán, visited the immigrant detention center of the Zona Franca, in Barcelona. They were accompanied by the Director General of the Police, Ignacio Cosidó, and the Government Delegate in Catalonia, Llanos de Luna.
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2014-01-24
Accountability, Transparency and Rule of Law – Training held in Dar-es-Salaam
The training took place from 2 to 4 January 2014 and was attended by 21 investigation officers from African Ombudsman Institutions in Kenya, Malawi, Lesotho, Nigeria and Tanzania.
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2014-01-24
Delay with appeals constitute violation of human rights
After an intervention from the Ombudsman, a long-term prison inmate finally received an answer to his application to be allowed to appeal to the Supreme Court after a decade of delay.
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