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2020-11-0235. Reporte Semanal: 24 - 30 Octubre 2020
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2014-05-23President Wang Presents Control Yuan Medal to FIO Chairperson Dr. Raúl Plascencia
On 13 May 2014 Chairperson of Federacion Iberoamericana de Ombudsman (FIO) Dr. Raúl Plascencia spoke at the Control Yuan (CY) plenary meeting and received the Control Yuan First Grade Medal from CY President Mr. Wang Chien-shien.
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2014-05-23La Defensoría realizará el trámite para mantener el subsidio al consumo de gas natural
Por pedido del Ente Nacional Regulador del Gas, la Defensoría del Pueblo de la provincia de Santa Fe comenzará a recepcionar solicitudes de usuarios que, por motivos de índole particular, no puedan afrontar el total de la factura del servicio de gas natural y pretendan seguir manteniendo el subsidio otorgado por el Estado Nacional.
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2014-05-20Organisation of Islamic Countries held Ombudsman meeting
On 28 and 29 April, a conference on networking between Ombudsman offices in member states of the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) was held in Islamabad.
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2020-10-30Ombudsman Hong Kong announces results of own-motion investigations
The Ombudsman of Hong Kong, China, Ms Winnie CHIU, held a press conference on 29 October 2020 to announce the results of two own-motion investigations; one into the maintenance and repair of play and fitness equipment in public rental housing estates and the other one into the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department’s practice of outsourcing street cleansing services.
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2020-10-30Executive Summary (EN) - Maintenance and Repair of Play and Fitness Equipment in Public Rental Housing Estates
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2020-10-30Executive Summary (EN) - Outsourcing of Street Cleansing Services by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
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2020-10-29Journalists’ economic position - a prerequisite for professional and free media
The Protector of Citizens, Zoran Pašalić, underlined that journalists’ economic position was one of the most important requirements for the existence of professional and free media and announced that he would insist on setting up a single database on the attacks on journalists, where economic pressures would be singled out as a separate segment.
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2020-10-29Act on the Openness of Government Activities should be reformed
Parliamentary Ombudsman Petri Jääskeläinen is expediting the reform of the Act on the Openness of Government Activities (AOGA).
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2020-10-29Ombudsman Sindh presents Annual Report 2019 to the honourable Governor Sinh
Hon’ble Ombudsman Sindh, Pakistan, Mr. Ajaz Ali Khan presented the Annual Report 2019 of the Institution to the Honourable Governor Sindh on 19 October 2020
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2014-05-16Spanish edition of webinar on Ombudsman Institutions and Open Government
On Tuesday, 27 May 2014, a webinar in Spanish on the role of Ombudsman institutions in advancing open government (“Rol de Defensorías del Pueblo para avanzar el gobierno abierto”) will take place.
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2014-05-14Ombudsman Saskatchewan tables Annual Report 2013
Saskatchewan’s Ombudsman, Mary McFadyen, tabled the office’s annual report for 2013. She acknowledged the work done prior to her arrival in April 2014 and thanked Acting Ombudsman Janet Mirwaldt for her leadership and direction since July 2013. Going forward, McFadyen said she plans to keep an eye on the way the province is providing services to a growing population.
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2020-10-27High Commissioner for Human rights meets Secretary General of Council of Europe
On 20 October 2020, the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova and Secretary-General of the Council of Europe Maria Peichinovich-Burich held a meeting at the House of Human Rights in Moscow.
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2014-05-12Ombudsman probes regulation of fire safety measures
On 8 May 2014 the Ombudsman, Ms Connie Lau, declared a direct investigation into the Administration’s regulation of the fire safety measures for New Territories Exempted Houses (NTEHs).
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2014-05-07Síndic e-Boletín Mayo 2014
El Síndic de Greuges de Catalunya ha publicado su boletín mensual de Mayo 2014. La versión española está disponible aquí.
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2020-10-23Ombuds institutions, good governance and the international human rights system
The second revised edition of a book by Linda C. Reif, now called "Ombuds Institutions, Good Governance and the International Human Rights System" has recently been published by Brill Nijhoff. This book uses comparative law and comparative international law approaches to explore the role of human rights ombuds, classic-based ombuds and other types of ombuds institutions in human rights protection and promotion, their methods of application of international and domestic human rights law and their roles in strengthening good governance.
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2014-05-05Call for single Public Services Ombudsman for England
The Public Administration Committee published a report in favour of the creation of a single Public Services Ombudsman for England. This report advocates a change to how ombudsman services are run in England and would mean a significant change to the Ombudsman Service in the UK.
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2014-05-05Health Ombudsman urges action to prevent ‘avoidable’ deaths of people with a learning disability
Too many people with a learning disability are not getting access to the right care and treatment at the right time, leading to avoidable deaths in some cases, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) warns.
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2014-05-05Control Yuan holds staff exchange program
From 26 to 30 April 2014, the Control Yuan (CY) held a Staff Exchange Program with the ombudsman/human rights offices of Asian-Pacific and African countries. The program was joined by six participants from Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Swaziland and Vietnam, who had just finished the three-week National Development Course (NDC) held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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2020-10-22AORC webinar on Ombudsman under threat
Ombudsman’s Day is 10th October. In commemoration of Ombudsman’s Month and to raise awareness of the Ombudsman institution, the African Ombudsman Research Centre (AORC) will be hosting a two-hour facilitated discussion via Zoom on the 27 October 2020 around the threats facing the Ombudsman institution. To RSVP to this event, click on the INVITATION LINK.