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2014-06-18The Parliamentary Ombudsmen, hosted the Nordic Ombudsmen Meeting
At the beginning of June, the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsmen – JO, was hosting the Nordic Ombudsmen Meeting in the town Ystad in the southern part of Sweden. The Nordic Ombudsmen comprises of Ombudsmen from Denmark, Finland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
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2014-06-18
Lodging and Reporting Human Rights Violations through SMS
In the year 2013 the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG) Tanzania has introduced the SMS for Human Rights System, which aims at improving service delivery targeting disadvantageous citizens women, children and elders who cannot access CHRAGG’s services through visits, e-mails or phone calls.
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2014-06-18
La Defensora pide abogado de oficio para hacer valer las opiniones de menores en procesos judiciales
La Defensora del Pueblo, Soledad Becerril, ha presentado en las Cortes Generales un estudio que analiza si los menores son adecuadamente escuchados en los procedimientos judiciales que les afectan, si sus opiniones se toman en cuenta y si se respeta su interés superior, como establece la Convención de Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos del Niño.
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2014-06-18
Supreme Court Judge elected as new Ombudsman
In 2014 the Norwegian Parliament elected Supreme Court Judge Aage Thor Falkanger as ombudsman for the current parliamentary term (4 years). Flakanger is the fifth ombudsman to be appointed since 1962; he succeeds former Parliamentary Ombudsman Arne Fliflet who left office mid-June 2014.
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2014-06-12
Joint actions to help free Nigerian girls
International human rights institutions are looking into the possibility of acting jointly to help free the Nigerian girls kidnapped on 14 April by the radical islamic group Boko Haram.
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2014-06-12
SYT training newsletter
Since 2007, the Ontario Ombudsman has offered Sharpening Your Teeth (SYT) training to investigators, ombudsmen and other professional watchdogs. The course teaches advanced investigation techniques, using the Ontario Ombudsman's proven models for conducting systemic investigations.
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2014-06-12
Ombudsmen of Ukraine and the Russian Federation will meet in Kharkiv
The Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, MsValeriya Lutkovska, and the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation, Ms Ella Pamfilova, coordinated a previously planned organizational meeting which will be held on 13 June 2014 in the city of Kharkiv.
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2014-06-10
Québec Ombudsman calls for fair and rigorous oversight of the admission of foreign patients
In an intervention report released today, the Québec Ombudsman concludes that admission in December 2011 of a foreign national in a Montreal Health Care institution occurred outside normal channels and without government supervision.
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2014-06-10
Outcome document on effective parliamentary oversight of human rights
In November 2013, IOI Secretary General Günther Kräuter attended a workshop on effective parliamentary oversight of human rights, which was held by the Dickson Poon School of Law at King’s College London.
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2014-06-10
IOI supports idea of establishing Ombudsman institution in Chile
During the last electoral campaign in Chile, the electoral programmes of both presidential candidates considered the establishment of an Ombudsman institution as one of the oldest and most important instruments for a modern democratic society. The IOI strongly supports the idea of establishing such an ombudsman institution and sent a letter of support to President Michelle Bachelet.
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2014-06-10
IIO apoya la idea de crear una Defensoría del Pueblo
Durante la última campaña electoral, ambas candidatas presidenciales han contemplado en sus respectivos programas la creación de la Defensoría del Pueblo, una de las figuras más importantes de la democracia moderna. El IIO apoya firmemente la idea de dotar a Chile de una institución tan importante y envió una carta de apoyo a la creación de una Defensoría del Pueblo en Chile a la Presidencia de la República de Chile.
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2014-06-10Flyer: Presentation of Outcome Document during HRC Session in Geneva
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2014-06-10
Outcome Document: Effective Parliamentary Oversight of Human Rights
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2014-06-10
IIO: Carta de Apoyo a la creación de una Defensoría del Pueblo en Chile
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2014-06-06
Manitoba Ombudsman - Annual Report 2013 (Ombudsman Act) - EN
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2014-06-06
Manitoba Ombudsman - Annual Report 2013 (Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act) - EN
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2014-06-05
Defensora pide que los comedores escolares atiendan en verano a menores en situación de vulnerabilidad
La Defensora del Pueblo, Soledad Becerril, ha dirigido una recomendación a las consejerías de Presidencia de todas las Comunidades Autónomas y de las ciudades de Ceuta y Melilla, para que los comedores escolares atiendan este verano a los menores en situación de mayor vulnerabilidad.
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2014-06-05
16e anniversaire de l’Association des Ombudsmans et Médiateurs de la Francophonie
Le 20 mai marquait l’anniversaire de la fondation de l’AOMF. Si 18 membres fondateurs adoptèrent les premiers Statuts, le 20 mai 1998 à Nouakchott en Mauritanie, c’est aujourd’hui une cinquantaine de membres provenant d’Afrique, d’Amérique, d’Asie, et d’Europe qui travaillent quotidiennement à l’amélioration de la qualité des services publics.
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2014-06-05
Seimas Ombudsmen introduced English summary of annual report 2013
The Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office has introduced an English Summary of the annual report of the activities of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office of the Republic of Lithuania in 2013. The Annual Report was presented by the Seimas Ombudsmen Augusitnas Normantas and Raimondas Šukys and approved by the Seimas (Parliament) on 3 June, 2014.
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2014-06-04
Ombudsman audit of implementation of Freedom of Information Act
South Australia Ombudsman Richard Bingham performed an audit to find out if government departments did fulfil their obligations under the Freedom of Information Act, which has been in operation for two decades.