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2014-05-23President Wang Presents Control Yuan Medal to FIO Chairperson Dr. Raúl Plascencia
On 13 May 2014 Chairperson of Federacion Iberoamericana de Ombudsman (FIO) Dr. Raúl Plascencia spoke at the Control Yuan (CY) plenary meeting and received the Control Yuan First Grade Medal from CY President Mr. Wang Chien-shien.
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2020-11-16
XI Asamblea y Seminario virtual de ILO
Tenemos el agrado de invitar a usted a la XI Asamblea y Seminario Virtual "Hermanas Mirabal", del Instituto Latinoamericano del Ombudsman-Defensorías del Pueblo (ILO), que tendrá lugar los días 26, 27 y 28 de noviembre próximo. En el contexto de pandemia, se tomó la decisión de abordar temas relacionados con los derechos humanos en situaciones de excepción y el rol que cumplen las instituciones de derechos humanos.
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2014-05-21
New People’s Advocate
On 6 May 2014, Victor Ciorbea was sworn in as People’s Advocate (Ombudsman) of Romania.
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2014-05-20
Visit of the Ombudsman of Turkey
From 7 until 9 May 2014, the Polish Human Rights Defender, Prof. Irena Lipowicz hosted a visit of the Chief Ombudsman of the Republic of Turkey, Mr Mehmet Nihat Ömeroğlu.
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2014-05-16
Spanish edition of webinar on Ombudsman Institutions and Open Government
On Tuesday, 27 May 2014, a webinar in Spanish on the role of Ombudsman institutions in advancing open government (“Rol de Defensorías del Pueblo para avanzar el gobierno abierto”) will take place.
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2020-11-12
Colonel (Ret’d) Nishika Jardine appointed as the new Veterans Ombudsperson
Colonel (Ret’d) Nishika Jardine was appointed as the new Veterans Ombudsman. She graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada with a Bachelor of Science in Math and Physics and served almost 37 years as an officer in the Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (RCEME).
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2020-11-12
Newly-composed torture prevention treaty body ready to face challenges
Twelve members were elected to the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) on 22 October by the 90 States parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT).
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2020-11-11IE SOGI - Virtual Consultation -Concept Note
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2014-05-12
Ombudsman probes regulation of fire safety measures
On 8 May 2014 the Ombudsman, Ms Connie Lau, declared a direct investigation into the Administration’s regulation of the fire safety measures for New Territories Exempted Houses (NTEHs).
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2020-11-09
Commissioner for Fundamental Rights takes a stand in relation to a public interest disclosure
The right to petition, the principle of legal certainty and the right to fair administration of official matters were violated by the practice of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology in the handling of public interest disclosures.
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2020-11-09
Lamberto participó del III Encuentro Binacional de Organismos Públicos de Derechos Humanos
El encuentro tuvo por objetivo debatir ideas y perspectivas acerca de la promoción, protección y defensa de los Derechos Humanos. Las exposiciones estuvieron a cargo de representantes de las Defensorías del Pueblo de la República Argentina y de las Comisiones de Derechos Humanos de México.
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2014-05-07
OGP Europe Regional Meeting in Dublin
On 8-9 May 2014 the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Regional Meeting for Europe will take place in Dublin.The event comes at an important time for OGP in Europe. Over 20 countries from the region are currently developing new open government reform commitments as part of their OGP Action Plans.
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2014-05-05
Control Yuan holds staff exchange program
From 26 to 30 April 2014, the Control Yuan (CY) held a Staff Exchange Program with the ombudsman/human rights offices of Asian-Pacific and African countries. The program was joined by six participants from Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Swaziland and Vietnam, who had just finished the three-week National Development Course (NDC) held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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2014-05-02
Recommendations to improve monitoring of potentially unsafe drivers
On 30 April 2014 Ontario Ombudsman André Marin today urged the province to ensure safer roads by fixing numerous flaws in its systems for monitoring drivers with potentially dangerous medical conditions.
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2020-11-05
Chief Ombudsman signed Memorandum of Intent on establishment of South East Asian Ombudsman Forum (SEAOF)
On Wednesdays, October 28th 2020 at the Office of the Ombudsman, Thailand, Chief Ombudsman, General Viddhavat Rajatanun signed the Memorandum of Intent on the Establishment of the South East Asian Ombudsman Forum (SEAOF). On the auspicious signing ceremony, Ombudsman, Mr. Somsak Suwansujarit, accompanied by the Executives of Office of the Ombudsman, Thailand was the witnesses of the significant milestone.
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2014-04-29
Commonwealth Ombudsman released report into service delivery complaints about Centrelink
The Commonwealth Ombudsman, Colin Neave, today released his report of the Investigation into service delivery complaints about Centrelink. The report features 40 case studies which illustrate the problems that led 9600 Centrelink customers to complain to the Ombudsman’s office between January 2012 and September 2013.
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2014-04-29
Austrian Ombudsman Board welcomes student group from the Netherlands
On 23 April 2014 Ombudsman Dr. Günther Kräuter welcomed a group of law students from the University of Leiden (the Netherlands) in Vienna.
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2020-11-04
Local governments to allocate funds to improve the position of LGBTI persons
Local governments should explicitly include LGBTI people in their action plans, prescribe measures to improve their position and allocate appropriate budget funds for those activities, Deputy Protector of Citizens for Gender Equality Ms. Jelena Stojanović said.
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2020-11-04
Control Yuan protects the rights of persons with disabilities
Members of the Control Yuan (CY) National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) were invited by the Social and Family Affairs Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, to attend a review meeting on the 2nd State Report of Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
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2020-11-04
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