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2012-07-05NPM - AOB members meet Commission Chairpersons for a first working meeting
Only one day after the entry into force of the new legal foundations of the Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB) Chairwoman Terezija Stoisits and fellow AOB members Peter Kostelka and Gertrude Brinek met with the recently appointed six Commission Chairpersons for a first working session.
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2012-07-06
Ombudsman becomes active on the Act on Nationalities
Certain provisions of the Act on Nationalities, which entered into force on 1 January 2012, are contrary to the Fundamental Law and restrict the fundamental rights of nationalities – the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights has requested the Constitutional Court to establish this and to annul the text parts indicated in his petition.
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2012-07-06
Agreement on Cooperation between Ombudsman Office and OSCE
Within a recent meeting the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) agreed on intensified cooperation.
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2012-07-06
IOI welcomes the Ombudsman of the Canary Islands as new member
During its mid-term meeting that took place from 7 to 8 May 2012 in Hong Kong, the IOI Board of Directors took decisions on several applications for individual, associate and institutional membership. Welcoming the new members to the IOI family the General Secretariat presents the main facts and figures of each new member ending today with the Ombudsman the Canary Islands.
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2012-07-09
Boletín electrónico julio 2012
El Valedor do Pobo de Galicia ha publicado su boletín electrónico del mes. Puede descargar la versión española aquí.
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2012-07-11
Activity Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Civil Rights
In 2011 the activities of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights had to be carried out under the circumstances of crisis tendencies, where crisis management often generated debates on the interpretation of fundamental rights.
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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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2012-07-12
IOI training course 2012 – 5 places still available!
This year’s IOI training course is soon taking place in Vienna. Five places are still available. Please contact the IOI General Secretariat (ioi@volksanw.gv.at) quickly to register for this high-profile training event. Registrations will be accepted until 23 July 2012.
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2012-07-12
Advisory Council to the Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights was created
The Advisory Council was created with the purpose of rendering advisory support to the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, holding scientific researches, and also consideration of suggestions concerning the improvement of the state of protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms by means of effective using of potential of civil society institutions
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2012-07-12
Newsletter Summer Break
Dear readers, the IOI Newsletter will be on summer break until 31 August 2012 when the General Secretariat will report back to you with the next edition of the Newsletter.
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2012-07-13
Advocate of the People removed from office
On 3 July 2012 the Advocate of the People, Dr. Gheorghe Iancu, was removed from office by a joint decision of both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, (236 votes in favor, 1 negative vote).
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2012-07-19
Impeached diplomat receives a two-year suspension
Jacqueline Liu, the diplomat who was arrested by the FBI last November on charges of violating a US federal labor law was recently suspended from her duties for two years by the Judicial Yuan’s disciplinary commission.
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2012-07-20
Babies allowed to stay with their convicted mother
New-born babies should be allowed to stay with their convicted mother – amendment of the relevant rule of law at the initiative of the Ombudsman.
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2012-07-20
Catalan Ombudsman presents Annual Report
Throughout 2011, the Síndic de Greuges’s (Catalan Ombudsman’s) activities were especially marked by the financial downturn and budget cutbacks derived from it. The Catalan Ombudsman’s Office has worked throughout 2011 to achieve greater efficiency, while still vying to be more effective
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2012-07-20
Newly appointed Ombudsman
The Office of the Ombudsman, Botswana is delighted to introduce, the newly appointed Ombudsman, Mrs. Festina Shale Bakwena, the former Director of Public Service Management. Mrs. Bakwena’s appointment will go down in the history of this country as a landmark, in view of the fact that she is the first woman to ever ascend to this highest position in the country since the inception of the Office in 1997.
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2012-07-27
Soledad Becerril nueva Defensora del Pueblo
Desde el 23 de julio 2012, Soledad Becerril Bustamante es la Defensora del Pueblo. Su nombramiento fue aprobado por los plenos del Congreso y del Senado los días 17 y 18 de julio. Becerril se convierte así en la primera mujer que será Defensora del Pueblo.
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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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2012-07-31
AOB participates in the examination of the periodic report on Austria concerning CERD
As a national human rights institution (NHRI) the Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB) takes the opportunity to submit its comments regarding the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in Austria.
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2012-08-01
Soledad Becerril new Defensora del Pueblo de España
As of 23 July 2012, Soledad Becerril Bustamante is the new national Ombudswoman of Spain. Her appointment was approved by both Congress and Senate on 17 and 18 July 2012. Becerril is the first woman to take over this position. She has longstanding experience in the political field. In 1981 she became the first female Minister by assuming the department of culture.
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2012-08-08
Symposium report on EU data protection reform
The 2012 Symposium of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) focused on the fundamental rights dimension of the Data Protection Reform package, which the European Commission proposed on 25 January 2012.
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