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2014-08-25Second anniversary of preventive human rights control
Interventions by the Austrian Ombudsman Board have led to improvements in certain areas.
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2014-08-25
Veterans Ombudsman Urges Government Action for Severely Impaired Veterans
Veterans Ombudsman Guy Parent released today his report, Supporting Severely Impaired Veterans, which focuses on the New Veterans Charter’s Permanent Impairment Allowance and Permanent Impairment Allowance Supplement.
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2014-08-25
Release of Annual Reports 2013-2014
While this year marks the 47th Annual Report for the Alberta Ombudsman, it also means the first Annual Report for the Public Interest Commissioner’s Office.
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2014-08-28
Prisoners and Detainees Rights Commission releases first inspection report
In a press conference, held on August 26th 2014, the Prisoners and Detainees Rights Commission (PDRC) announced the release of its first inspection report. The Bahrain Ombudsman's Standards for Visiting Prisons and Places of Detention served as a basis for the four-day long inspection.
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2014-08-26
Person detained in a police cell in degrading conditions
The Defender was approached by a complainant requesting to investigate the circumstances of the complainant's stay in a police cell at the Břeclav District Police Department.
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2014-08-26
Regional conference of Information Commissioners in Edinburgh
Centre for Freedom of Information opens registration for the Information Commissioners’ European Regional Meeting and Conference, to be held in Edinburgh 3-5 November 2014.
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2014-08-29
International Summer Academy on Human Rights
In cooperation with the Council of Europe, the European Training and Research Centre (ETC) will host an International Summer Academy on the topic of “How to manage human rights and the city” in Graz, Austria, from 23 to 27 September 2014.
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2014-08-28
Appeal by the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman
Ombudsman appeal following publication of written complaints in the NHS for 2013/14 by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
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2014-09-01
Delegation of the Korean ACRC visits IOI General Secretariat
On 29 August 2014, Secretary General Günther Kräuter welcomed a delegation of the Korean Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) to the headquarters of the IOI General Secretariat in Vienna.
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2014-09-02
Office of the Ombudsman releases winter edition of the Ombudsman Quarterly Review
The recently released winter edition of the Ombudsman Quarterly Review puts a special emphasis on the Ombudsmen's activities in the area of monitoring and inspecting places of detention under the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT).
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2014-09-03
Health sector needs to step to the plate on sepsis, says Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Julie Mellor
Thousands of people are still dying each year from sepsis because not enough improvements have been made by the NHS, according to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Julie Mellor.
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2014-09-03
Memorandum of Understanding between the Iranian General Inspection Organization and the Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman
The General Inspection Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran signed a memorandum of understanding with the Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman.
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2014-09-04
Human Rights Defender Office conducted 158 visits in polling stations
Preceding the European Parliament elections on 23 and 24 May 2014 employees of the Polish Human Rights Defender Office conducted 158 visits in polling stations, adapted to the needs of people with disabilities.
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2014-09-08
Registration open for SYT Training in Toronto in January 2015
Registration is now open for the next session of Ontario Ombudsman's training course for ombudsmen and administrative investigators, "Sharpening Your Teeth: Advanced Investigative Training for Administrative Watchdogs." The course is tailored for oversight agencies and will be held from 19 to 21 January 2015 in Toronto, Canada.
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2014-09-10
Irish President marks 30 years of the Ombudsman in Ireland
To mark 30 years of the Office of the Ombudsman in Ireland President Michael D. Higgins hosted a reception for Ombudsman Peter Tyndall and the staff of the Office at the President's residence on 8 September.
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2014-09-11
Estonian Chancellor of Justice to host European ombudsmen
The conference of the European Chapter of the International Ombudsman Institute Ombudsman’s Role in a Democracy will be held on the initiative of Chancellor of Justice Indrek Teder at Tallinn Teachers House from 17-19 September.
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2014-09-11
Monitoring of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
One of the priorities of the Human Rights Defender is to monitor the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. As a consequence, the ombudsman’s office has asked every county and district in Poland to fill out a survey, which aims at collecting respective data on how local government implements the adherence to the convention.
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2014-09-11
27th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva
On the occasion of the UN Human Rights Council's 27th session, representatives of governmental and non-governmental institutions met in Geneva to engage in a discussion on the topic of the protection of the human rights of persons deprived of their liberty.
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2014-09-15
District Accounts Officer transferred family pension on the order of Mr. Asad Ashraf Malik
Ms. Irshad Begum, widow of government employee, approached Mr. Asad Ashraf Malik, Provincial Ombudsman Sindh for transfer of family pension.
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2014-09-15
Judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union on the admission of third-country nationals for study purposes
An EU directive provides that third-country nationals who apply to be admitted for the purposes of study for more than three months must meet several general and specific conditions, including that of not posing a threat to public policy, public security or public health.
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