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2017-07-25Ombudsman launches study on advocacy needs for mental health services users
Mental Health Reform has today launched a new report entitled, The Advocacy Needs of Mental Health Service Users Living in the Community: A Pilot Study. The report examines the need for independent, one-to-one advocacy supports for people who use mental health services and who need help to make decisions or access their rights and entitlements.
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2016-06-13Ombudsman for the Ministry of Interior - Annual Report 2015/2016 - EN
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2017-07-24
IOI Best Practice Papers
The IOI introduces a new publication series of best practice papers with a view to provide guidance material in the form of a series of papers to address the key features which inform strong and independent control mechanisms.
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2018-03-02
Transparency International Perceptions of Corruption Index 2017
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2017-07-21
New Alberta Ombudsman appointed
Marianne Ryan was officially appointed as Alberta’s ninth Ombudsman and second Public Interest Commissioner on 4 July 2017. Prior to becoming the Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner, Ms Ryan led a successful career that spanned 35 years with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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2017-07-21
Being an Ombudsman in higher education
Rob Behrens, the chair of the European Network of Ombudsmen in Higher Education published a new study entitled "Being an Ombudsman in Higher Education". He therein reviews the lived experience of ombudsmen in 18 countries. Having had unique access to ENOHE archives and drawing on a network-wide survey, he has produced the comprehensive account of European practitioners.
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2017-07-20
Necessity to ensure independence of Ombudsman for Children
The Ombudswoman of the Republic of Croatia expressed concern regarding parts of the Draft Act on Ombudsman for Children. In her opinion, she underlined the importance of strengthening the capacity and indepdence of this office, in order to ensure compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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2017-07-20
UN Global Compact on Migration: Preventing torture of migrants should be at core of Compact
In view of the increasing use of immigration detention as a deterrent of migration and the toughening of doemstic and regional migration policies resulting in human rights violations, the APT considers the Global Compact on Migration to be a timely opportunity to raise concerns over these issues. APT proposes a position paper that contains seven key advocacy messages that are indispensable to the Compact from a torture prevention perspective.
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2017-07-20
The Ombudsman receives appreciation from US for fight against trafficking in persons
The Ombudsman's Office of the Republic of Latvia has been nominated for the Latvia's 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report Hero. This nomination reflects the work of the Ombudsman's Office in the field of preventing human trafficking.
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2017-07-19
Ombudsman publishes latest issue of Annual Report
The Ombudsman of Hong Kong released to the public her Annual Report 2017. The Report noted that most government departments are receptive to the recommendations for improvement made by the Office of The Ombudsman to address their inadequacies. The Report also highlighted the increasing number of complaints about access to information in the past few years. The number of related cases the Office received during the past year was at a record high.
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2017-07-19
The Ombudsman comments on loss of electors' personal data
In the course of the 2017 Chief Executive (CE) Election, the Registration and Electoral Office (REO) lost two notebook computers, one containing the personal data of 3.78 million electors. Having examined the two reports on the incident, the Ombudsman commented on them today (July 18).
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2018-02-27
Presentation of survey report
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2017-11-07
FRA - Fundamental Rights Report 2017 (EN) - FRA Opinions
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2017-07-18
Seimas Ombudsmen's Office publishes Annual Report 2016
The Seimas Ombudsmen's Office of the Republic of Lithuania has been defending human rights and freedoms and investigating complaints about the abuse of office by or bureaucracy of state and municipal officials and since 2014 has been monitoring human rights at places of detention. The Ombudsman Institution has now published its Annual Report of the year 2016, detailing its activities and initiatives.
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2018-02-26
Complejo Penitenciario Federal I de Ezeiza
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2017-11-06
Code of Conduct Casebook_Issue 14_EN
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2017-11-06
Code of Conduct Casebook_Issue 14_Welsh
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2017-07-17
Edición 2017-2018 de la Maestría en derechos humanos y democratización
El Centro Internacional de Estudios Políticos de la Universidad Nacional de San Martín anuncia el lanzamiento de la convocatoria a la edición 2017-2018 de la Maestría en Derechos Humanos y Democratización en América Latina y el Caribe, programa afiliado al Global Campus of Human Rights, convocatoria que permanecerá abierta hasta el 31 de julio de 2017. Comienzan las admisiones para la cohorte 2017-2018.
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2017-07-17
The Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation launches newsletter
The Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation (IGT) launched a newletter called IGoT News!. The first edition was issued on 6 July 2017. IGoT News! will regularly inform its readers of the activities of the IGT and what it is hearing from the community, particularly from its complaint handling service.
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2017-07-17
Local Government Ombudsman investigations are changing services for the better
Last year the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman made nearly 4,000 recommendations to put things right for people who had suffered injustice – it announced in its Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17, published today. The report details how the Ombudsman is making a difference through its investigations.
