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2015-03-12Ombudsman Stephenson re-appointed
Lynette Stephenson was re-appointed Ombudsman of Trinidad and Tobago on 19 February 2015 for a term of three years by the President of Trinidad and Tobago.
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2015-03-12IOI mourns the passing away of former ombudsman Tiémoko Marc Garango
General Tiémoko Marc Garango, first Mediator and a key figure in the political life of Burkina Faso, died in Ouagadougou on 6 March 2015, aged 88.
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2015-03-10La Defensoría ya es miembro activo del IIO
La Defensoría del Pueblo de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires fue admitida en diciembre de 2014 como miembro del Instituto Internacional del Ombudsman (IOI) con derecho a voz y voto.
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2015-03-06Webinar on Ombudsman innovations for advancing open government
On Tuesday, 17 March 2015 at 10am (Eastern Standard Time), a webinar on “Ombudsman Innovations for advancing Open Government” will take place. The joint project is sponsored by the Open Government Partnership (OGP), the World Bank Governance Global Practice (GGP) and the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) and will aim to discuss the opportunities for Ombudsman offices to engage in their respective countries’ OGP processes.
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2021-03-25People’s Advocate recommends revising policy on pharmaceutical package for persons diagnosed with Covid-19
The People’s Advocate of Albania, Ms Erinda Balanca, addressed the Minister of Health and Social Protection to recommend immediate measures with regard to revising the policy on financial impact for citizens infected with COVID-19.
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2021-03-25People's Advoncate's recommendation on pharmaceutical package for outpatient treatments of persons diagnosed with COVID-19
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2021-03-24AORC Webinar - Concept of the Ombudsman - Invitation & Speaker Information
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2015-03-03Las administraciones aceptaron el 72% de las recomendaciones realizadas por el Defensor del Pueblo
La Defensora del Pueblo, Soledad Becerril, ha entregado hoy el Informe Anual 2014 al presidente del Congreso, Jesús Posada, y al presidente del Senado, Pío García Escudero. El Informe Anual recoge la actividad de la institución en un año en el que se formularon 467 recomendaciones que fueron aceptadas en un 72,09%.
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2021-03-23Personas con síndrome Down deben ser priorizadas en vacunación contra el COVID-19
Estudios científicos concluyen que existe mayor vulnerabilidad y riesgo de formas graves de la enfermedad y muerte.
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2021-03-23En riesgo derecho al acceso a la salud de privadas de libertad
Un centro penitenciario con estructuras deterioradas, con un 24.5% de la población en estado de hacinamiento, con acceso limitado a los servicios de salud, en donde el 17.06% de las internas padece de alguna enfermedad crónica, son algunos de los hallazgos que revela un informe elaborado por la Defensoría del Pueblo y el Mecanismo Nacional Para la Prevención de la Tortura y Otros Tratos o Penas Crueles Inhumanos o Degradante (MNPT), luego de una inspección realizada al Centro Femenino de Rehabilitación Doña Cecilia Orillac de Chiari. (CEFERE).
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2021-03-22Ontario Ombudsman to investigate complaints about two youth justice centre closures
Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé today announced that his office has launched an investigation into complaints related to the government’s abrupt closures of two youth justice centres in Kenora and Thunder Bay.
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2021-03-22alberta-ombudsman-org-chart
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2015-02-27E-Forum on „Making Accountability work for the Citizens
From 11 March 2015 to 03 April 2015, an E-forum will explore patterns of engagement between accountability institutions and CSOs and will address key questions concerning different types of collaboration between these stakeholders.
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2015-02-24Commonwealth Ombudsman on the Public Interest Disclosure scheme
With the introduction of the Public Interest Disclosure (PID) scheme in 2014/15, the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth- and Defence Forces Ombudsman was broadened.
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2021-03-19Involuntary hospitalized people will be able to benefit from an independent assessment of their mental health status
Involuntary hospitalized persons with mental and behavioral disorders from now on will be able to take advantage of an independent assessment of their state of mental health. Such a possibility is provided for in the Minister of Health’s procedure, which was approved taking into account the recommendations of the Seimas Ombudsman Augustinas Normantas.
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2015-02-19Implementation of the provisions of the charter on the fundamental rights of persons with disabilities
In December 2014, Jarosław Duda, the Government Plenipotentiary for Disabled People set out a report about the implementation of resolutions of the Charter on the Fundamental Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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2021-03-17organisation
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2015-02-17Cognizance of bus-truck accident near Khaipur, Sindh, Pakistan
A tragic accident took place between a Karachi-bound bus coming from Swat and a truck near Theri bypass, Khairpur Sindh in the early hours of Tuesday, November 11, 2014 that claimed the lives of 57 passengers including the driver and injuries to 21 others.
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2015-02-17Appointment of the new Ombudsman
Advocate Leshele Abel Thoahlane KC has been appointed as the new Ombudsman effective from the 2nd February 2015. This comes after Advocate ‘Neile Alina‘Matsoana Fanana KC contract expired on the 31st November, 2014.
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2021-03-16UNESCO calls for COVID-19 vaccines to be considered a global public good
UNESCO’s International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) have called for a change of course in current COVID-19 vaccination strategies, urging that vaccines be treated as a global public good to ensure they are made equitably available in all countries, and not only to those who bid the highest for these vaccines. Both committees have a long track record in providing ethical guidance on sensitive issues.