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2019-10-29Successfully closed IOI Europe Workshop on General Data Protection Regulation
From 16 to 17 October 2019 an IOI Europe workshop was held in Riga (Latvia).The workshop focused on the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation and the different aspects to be considered by human rights institutions in their work. The workshop consisted of three sessions: GDPR and supervision, GDPR at national level and GDPR and individual.
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2019-10-28
Portuguese Ombudsman conducts training with Ombudsman of Mozambique
The Ombudsman of Portugal carried out a training session for the Mozambican Ombudsman, who sent a team of five persons to Lisbon from 7 to 11 October.
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2019-10-28
OSCE conducts training on security sector for the Office of the Human Rights Defender
On 16-18 of October, a three-day training for trainers on the governance and oversight mechanisms in the security sector was conducted for the Human Rights Defender’s Office of Armenia.
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2013-03-01Defensor del Pueblo - Resumen de prensa
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2011-02-04
Europe_Ireland_Developing and Optimising the Role of the Ombudsman by Emily O'Reilly EN
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2011-11-14
Organizational Chart: I.O.I. Board of Directors
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2019-10-24
European NHRIs strengthen their work on the rights of migrants at the borders
From 9 to 11 October, ENNHRI’s Asylum and Migration Working Group met in Madrid, where representatives of 17 National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) reaffirmed the importance of collective work on migrants’ rights.
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2019-10-24
Annual Report highlights a pleasing year
Public sector agencies are increasingly making use of advice and resources from the Ombudsman. In the Chief Ombudsman’s latest Annual Report, contacts for advice increased by 29%, while more use was being made of guidance material, including the 23 new or updated guides that were published in the 2018/19 year.
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2019-10-24
Increase in complaints shows continuing relevance of Ombudsman office to Victorians
Complaints to the Victorian Ombudsman increased by 14% over the past year, while the number of protected disclosure (whistleblower) matters looked into has tripled since 2015.
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2019-10-24
Ombudsman presents Outreach Report on Progress of Home Repair
In 2019 the Ombudsman Gwendolien Mossel and her team embarked on an initiative with the objective of reaching out to the general public, in particular the most vulnerable in the society.
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2011-07-05
Speech PP Madonsela
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2019-10-22
Appointment of Acting Chief Ombudsman Richard Pagen
The Ombudsman Commission welcomes the appointment of Ombudsman Richard Pagen as the Acting Chief Ombudsman. He fills the position left vacant by former Chief Ombudsman Michael Dick whose service came to end when he reached the retirement age of 55 on 4th October 2019.
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2019-10-21
Presentación de ‘Probemos Hablando’ en las Naciones Unidas
El pasado 17 de octubre en la sede de Naciones Unidas en Nueva York, se realizó la presentación de “Probemos Hablando”, un programa de la PPN que busca resolver conflictos utilizando la palabra como herramienta y la mediación como metodología.
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2012-05-24
FRA Factsheet on the Situation of Roma ES
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2013-05-07
Quebec Ombudsman publishes two investigation reports
The Quebec Ombudsman (Canada) has released two investigation reports – one on the organization of emergency response services for off-road accidents, and the other on the financial contribution of parents towards the cost of placing their child of minor age.
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2010-12-10
IOI Newsletter_200509_Espagnol
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2019-10-17
Une décision-cadre pour mieux combattre les discriminations en raison de l’apparence physique au travail
Selon le baromètre réalisé en 2016 par le Défenseur des droits de la France et l’Organisation internationale du travail, l’apparence physique est le 2ème critère de discrimination cité par les demandeurs d’emploi dans leur accès à l’emploi (29% pour les femmes et 20% pour les hommes). Pourtant, le sujet semble peu porté et le contentieux est très faible, tant parce que les victimes de discrimination ont du mal à apporter des éléments probants, que parce que dans leur esprit comme dans celui des recruteurs la prise en compte de l’apparence physique reste trop souvent tolérée, sans prise de conscience de son caractère potentiellement discriminatoire pourtant prévu dans la loi.
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2019-10-17
Conferencia regional sobre mujeres de América Latina y el Caribe
En el marco de la XIV Conferencia Regional sobre Mujeres de América Latina y el Caribe, que se llevará a cabo en Vitacura Santiago de Chile desde el 4 al 8 de noviembre, la Alianza Global del Ombudsperson Local (AGOL) organizará un evento paralelo. El evento "las Defensorías del Pueblo Locales y los Derechos de las Mujeres" tendrá lugar el 5 de noviembre, a las 12 hs en el Auditorio, de La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), ubicada en Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3241, Vitacura.
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2019-10-17
Special report on the energy transition in the Basque Country translated into English
In 2018, the Office of the Ombudsman for the Basque Country has published a Special Report on “The Energy Transition in the Basque Country: Towards a Sustainable Model”. The Executive Summary of this Report has now been translated into English. The report shows that Ombudsman institutions can become involved and take the initiative in a highly complex and technical issue such as climate change which is becoming acuter every day and one of the top concerns of the citizens Ombudsman institutions serve. It can also be a tool to enhance the public’s participation in holding environmental authorities accountable.
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2012-02-08
France - Annual Report 2006 EN