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2014-07-02Information Commissioner welcomes removal of FOI fee
Information Commissioner, Peter Tyndall, has welcomed the Government’s proposal to abolish the €15 application fee for making FOI requests. Both he and the former Commissioner, Emily O’Reilly, have previously publicly expressed their view that the application fee acted as a disincentive to members of the public seeking access to information held by public bodies.
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2014-07-01
Ombudsman for Defence Forces publishes Annual Report
The Ombudsman for the Defence Forces, Mr. Patrick Anthony McCourt, has reported changing trends in the level of complaints reported to his Office during 2012.
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2014-06-30
Defensoría del Pueblo dispone recomendaciones a disposición del Congreso de la República
La Defensoría del Pueblo de Peru ha emitido un oficio mediante el cual pone a disposición del Congreso de la República algunas recomendaciones, a fin que sean evaluadas al momento de discutir el Proyecto de Ley Nº 3627/2013-PE “Establecen Medidas Tributarias, Simplificación de Procedimientos y Permisos para la Promoción y Dinamización de la Inversión en el País”.
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2020-12-04
Ombudsman for Bermuda participates in interview cycle on “Gutsy Leadership”
The Coepio Foundation presents a cycle of interviews on “Gutsy Leadership”. Within this interview cycle, Coepio presents women leaders and their fight for human rights. The next session, which will take place on 9 December 2020, will feature Ms Victoria Pearman, the Ombudsman for Bermuda and Regional President of the IOI’s Caribbean & Latin American Region.
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2020-12-04Ontario Ombudsman - Press Release
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2020-12-04
The Ombudsman’s Awards 2020 - Recipients of Individual Awards: Experience and Thoughts
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2014-06-27
Le médiateur de la Wallonie/ de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles présente deuxième rapport annuel
Au cours de cet exercice 2013, plus de 3600 dossiers ont été enregistrés et analysés. Le rapport reprend également une dizaine de recommandations d’ordre général et quarante-deux recommandations spécifiques, en vue de contribuer à améliorer le fonctionnement de l’administration.
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2014-06-26
Working group discusses IOI communication and publication strategy
The IOI Working Group consisting of communication experts from members’ offices met in Vienna on 16 and 17 June 2014 to evaluate the IOI’s existing communication infrastructure and publication policy.
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2014-06-25
Public Services Ombudsman publishes Annual Report
Acting Ombudsman, Professor Margaret Griffiths, has published the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales’s Annual Report, which was laid before the National Assembly for Wales on 18 June 2014.
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2014-06-25
Meeting of the Visegrad Group Ombudsmen (V4)
On 12-14 June, 2014 the Human Rights Defender of Poland was hosting the annual meeting of the Visegrad Group Ombudsmen (V4). The meeting, held in Białowieża, was attended by Ms Anna Šabatová, Public Defender of Rights of the Czech Republic, Ms Jana Dubovcova, Defender of Rights of the Slovac Republic and Ms Elisabeth Sándor-Szalay, deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary.
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2014-06-25
Ombudsman Sindh inaugurates Regional Office in District South
To provide prompt and inexpensive justice to the people at their door steps’ is the motto of Ombudsman. In pursuance of this objective the Honourable Ombudsman Sindh Mr. Asad Ashraf Malik inaugurated yet another Regional Office of Provincial Ombudsman Sindh in District South Karachi on 15th May 2014. This is the 16th Regional Office in the Province.
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2014-06-25
Ombudsman probes Government’s regulation of guesthouses
The Ombudsman, Ms Connie Lau, declared today (June 12) a direct investigation into the Government’s regulation of guesthouses.
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2014-06-25
Ombudsman to investigate how public hospitals handle complaints
Ombudsman Peter Tyndall has today, 13 June 2014, announced an investigation into how complaints are handled by public hospitals in Ireland and has asked members of the public for their assistance. The Ombudsman’s wide ranging investigation will look at how public hospitals across the State manage and investigate complaints from patients and their families.
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2014-06-25
Study visit by human rights journalists from the Republic of Albania
On 16-18 June, 2014 a delegation of Albanian media representatives, specializing on human rights affairs held a working visit to Warsaw. The group was accompanied by one representative of the Office of the People’s Advocate of Albania (Ombudsman). The purpose of the visit was to share experiences in the area of human rights media coverage and ways of cooperation between the ombudsman and the media. Hence the delegation paid visits to the Polish Press Agency and a chosen radio broadcaster.
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2020-12-01
Lamberto realizó un informe de su gestión en la Dirección de Relaciones Internacionales del ILO
El Defensor del Pueblo santafesino, encargado de las gestiones exteriores del Instituto Latinoamericano del Ombudsman, reseñó algunas de las intervenciones más importantes y su impacto tanto para el fortalecimiento institucional de las defensorías, como para la promoción y protección de derechos humanos.
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2014-06-20
Van Woerkom’s not to become National Ombudsman
In the past two weeks there has been a lot of media attention on the election of Mr Van Woerkom as National Ombudsman of the Netherlands. A statement he made in 2010 about a Moroccan person and the fact that he left his former job with over 300 thousand Euro severance pay gave rise to many reactions.
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2014-06-20
Vacancies at African Ombudsman Research Centre
The following contract positions are available at the African Ombudsman Research Centre, which is based in the School of Law at the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. Individuals with the required skills, commitment and drive to succeed are invited to apply. The closing date of applications has been extended to 30 June 2014.
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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
Newsletter from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman released the latest issue of its newsletter “Resolve – News from the Ombudsman” for the month of May 2014.
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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.