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2018-11-20Ontario Ombudsman’s advanced investigative training course welcomes participants from around the world
This year, the Ontario Ombudsman’s annual investigative training course, “Sharpening Your Teeth” (SYT) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from the 5th to the 7th of November 2018. Senior Ombudsman staff have trained hundreds of ombudsmen, investigators and other watchdog staff at this Toronto course and at customized, on-site SYT courses throughout the world – most recently in Manitoba, Canada; The Hague, Netherlands; and Anchorage, Alaska.
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2023-02-03
The effect of communication and disinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by an unprecedented information "epidemic" or “infodemic”. In response to this “infodemic”, governments and public health experts around the world have taken public communication initiatives to combat the spread of disinformation. A recently published document on “The effect of communication and disinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic” analyses how governments, public health experts and other professionals communicated during the pandemic, and the impact of these communication strategies.
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2023-02-03
Ombudsman welcomes Commission’s constructive response to GDPR inquiry findings
The European Commission will strengthen its monitoring of the implementation of the EU’s data protection law. This comes after the Irish Council for Civil Liberties complained that the Commission was not collecting sufficient information to be able to properly assess the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Ireland.
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2023-02-03
Ombudsman investigation into operational arrangements for statutory visits under Justices of the Peace Visit Programme
Ombudsman Winnie Chiu announced the completion of the direct investigation into the operational arrangements for statutory visits under the Justices of the Peace Visit Programme (“JP Visit Programme”). The Ombudsman made 13 recommendations for improvement to the Administration Wing, the Correctional Services Department, the Immigration Department, the Hospital Authority, and the Social Welfare Department.
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2023-02-03Biography Mr. Virgílio da Silva Guterres
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2018-11-19
Acción tomada por la Suprema Corte de Justicia para invalidar la Ley de Seguridad Interior
La CNDH reconoce la determinación tomada por el pleno de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la nación en el sentido de invalidar la Ley de Seguridad Interior y llama la atención sobre la necesidad de que la prevención y el fortalecimiento de las instituciones civiles como responsables principales de la seguridad pública, se desarrollen en el Plan Nacional de Paz y Seguridad 2018-2024.
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2018-11-14
Ombudsman from Lithuania and Ukraine visited conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine
The Seimas Ombudsman Augustinas Normantas and the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova conducted a joint humanitarian monitoring mission to Donetsk and Luhansk regions on 8-9 November 2018 with an aim to observe and assess the human rights situation therein.
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2018-11-12
Family violence report released
The National Human Rights Institution (NHRI), part of the Office of the Ombudsman of Samoa, has completed its public inquiry into family violence, its first national inquiry. Headed by Samoan Ombudsman Maiava Iulai Toma, the inquiry commissioners began work on the report in late 2016, and it was publicly released in September 2018.
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2018-11-12
4th IOI Workshop for NPMs hosted in Copenhagen
The 4th IOI Workshop for NPMs took place in Copenhagen from 7 – 9 November 2018. The training event was generously hosted by the Office of the Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman and facilitated by the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT). It brought 35 participants from 23 different countries together to discuss the topic of an effective follow-up process to NPM recommendations.
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2023-01-27
Federal Ombudsman extends services to merged districts of former tribal agencies
The Federal Ombudsman Office has extended its services to merged districts of former Tribal Agencies and opened its two offices, one in Sadda district Kurrum and another at Wana South Waziristan, to provide speedy relief and justice in those areas.
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2023-01-26
New Ombudsman of Nova Scotia appointed
The Province of Nova Scotia has appointed Christine Brennan as Ombudsman. The appointment, for a term of five years, is effective immediately.
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2018-11-02
IGT Ali Noroozi steps down
Ali Noroozi will be stepping down as the Australian Inspector-General of Taxation (IGT) on Monday 5 November 2018. Mr Noroozi held the office since November 2008.
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2018-10-30
QMU online Master’s degree in dispute resolution
Since January 2015 Queen Margaret University (QMU) has delivered an entirely online Master’s Degree in Dispute Resolution. The underpinning philosophy of the course is combining practical experience of dispute resolution with the latest academic thought and research, to provide students with enhanced transferable theoretical knowledge and practical skills.
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2018-10-30
Seminar on improving service delivery in Africa
The Centre for Civil Society and the African Ombudsman Research Centre (AORC) present a seminar on “Improving Service Delivery in Africa”, which will be held on 6 November 2018 at Howard College, UKZN (Durban, South Africa) and facilitated by AORC Director Advocate Arlene Brock. Speaking at this seminar will be Dr. Victor Ayeni.
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2018-10-30
Chief Ombudsman says Annual Report highlights significant progress
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has released his Annual Report for 2017/18. The Report shows increased clearance rates for complaints, and also a significant lift in his Office’s public profile through the release of the publication of our investigations, more guidance material, and our extensive training and assistance for government agencies.
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2018-10-30
Adam Bodnar and his office are this year's laureates of the Norwegian Rafto Prize
Adam Bodnar, Commissioner for Human Rights and his Office are this year's laureates of the Norwegian Rafto Prize awarded since 1987 to human rights defenders across the world. The Rafto Prize awarded in 2018 draws attention to the issue of threats to democracy and human rights in Poland.
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2023-01-23
55. Reporte semanal “Derechos humanos en perspectiva internacional”
Les hacemos llegar el 55. Reporte Internacional de “Derechos Humanos en Perspectiva Internacional” elaborado por el Programa de Observación y Asistencia para el Fortalecimiento de las Defensorías del Pueblo, que forma parte de la Unidad de Política Institucional de la Defensoría del Pueblo de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina).
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2012-03-05
Equality Bodies and NHRIs
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2018-10-25
New ENNHRI Chair elected
The European Network for National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) held its General Assembly Meeting and Annual Conference in Athens from the 24th to the 25th of October 2018. During these two days, representatives of NHRIs and Ombudsman Institutions attended this conference on “Ombudsman Institutions and other institutions under threat”.
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2018-10-23
Proximité, accès au droit, libertés individuelles : une loi de programmation et une réforme de la Justice perfectibles
Depuis le mardi 9 octobre 2018, le Sénat étudie le projet de loi de programmation 2018-2022 et de réforme pour la justice. Lors des travaux en commission des lois, les sénateurs ont auditionné Jacques Toubon, Défenseur des droits, dont les observations figurent dans l’avis n°18-22 adressé aux parlementaires.