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2015-09-25Passing away of Ms Carolyn Stieber
Carolyn Stieber, died on September 12, 2015. She was the ombudsman at Michigan State University from 1974 to 1991 and a long-time contributor to the international ombudsman community.
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2015-09-24
Board of Directors holds annual meeting in Namibia
The IOI Board of Directors held its annual meeting in Windhoek from 21 to 23 September 2015. The Office of IOI President and Namibia Ombudsman John R. Walters hosted this event and welcomed the members of the Board in Namibia.
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2015-09-23
Webinar on “Information as a Tool for Regulation: How Can Transparency Work for You?”
On Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 a Webinar on “Information as a Tool for Regulation: How Can Transparency Work for You?” will be held from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. EST. Elena Fagotto, Director of Research of the Transparency Policy Project at Harvard Kennedy School, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation will speak about the complex matter of transparency as an policy intervention.
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2015-09-22
Le Protecteur du citoyen du Québec dévoile son rapport annuel 2014-2015
Le Protecteur du citoyen du Québec dévoile son rapport annuel 2014-2015.
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2015-09-22
Trilogues and transparent law-making
The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, is currently inquiring into the issue of "trilogues" with a view to boosting transparent law-making in the EU. A debate about transparency and non-disclosure of documents will take place at the European Parliament on 28 September 2015 from 10:00 to 12:00.
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2015-09-18
Acting Ombudsman of Ontario named
Barbara Finlay has been named acting Ombudsman of Ontario, pending the Legislative Assembly’s selection process to fill the position permanently.
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2015-09-18
Investigation into rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners in Victoria
A whole-of-government approach focused on reducing offending is a key recommendation of a report tabled by the Victorian Ombudsman.
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2015-09-18
Tabling of the Annual Report of the Québec Ombudsman
Ombudsperson Raymonde Saint-Germain tabled the institution’s 45th Annual Report in the National Assembly.
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2015-09-15
New departements for inspection visits
Since 1st of September 2015, the Chancellor of Justice has a new department, which is responsible for managing, planning and carrying out inspection visits into the authorities under supervision, performing the tasks of national preventive mechanism, developing methodologies for inspection visits and compiling summaries of visits.
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2015-09-09
Ombudsman Board presents Annual Report 2014
The Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB) presents the international version of its Annual Report 2014. For the first time this report includes both, the AOB’s ex-post investigative proceedings relevant to human rights as well as the AOB’s mandate as the Austrian National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) in one volume.
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2015-09-08
Audition du Défenseur des droits sur les droits des étrangers
Le Défenseur des droits a été entendu mercredi 2 septembre dans la perspective de l’examen du projet de loi relatif au droit des étrangers par François-Noël Buffet, rapporteur et les membres de la commission des lois du Sénat.
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2015-09-07
Commonwealth Ombudsman follows up on Centrelink recommendations
The Commonwealth Ombudsman, Colin Neave, released a follow-up report into service delivery complaints about the Department of Human Services’ (DHS) Centrelink program. It follows his report in April last year, which was sparked by complaints from people dissatisfied with the Centrelink program’s service delivery arrangements.
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2015-09-04
Report explores the Access to Healthcare of Irregular Migrants in 10 EU Member States
Migrants in an irregular situation in the European Union (EU), namely those who do not fulfil conditions for entry, stay or residence, often suffer from specific health risks, such as those resulting from exploitative working conditions or precarious housing. As EU-Member-States, faced with an ageing population and the repercussions of a global economic crisis, struggle to contain public health expenditure, the right to health for all - regardless of legal status - must remain a key concern.
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2015-09-04Press Release_NL OM_Repatriation Flights
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2015-09-03
Ombudsman begins taking complaints about school boards September 1
Beginning with September 1, the Ontario Ombudsman is officially able to take complaints about the province’s 82 school boards. The historic new expansion of the Ombudsman’s mandate was granted with the passage of Bill 8, the Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014.
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2015-09-03
Complaints about School Boards_Brochure
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2015-09-01
USOA’s 36th Annual Conference
The United States Ombudsman Association’s (USOA) 36th Annual Conference on “Ombudsmen: Confronting the Prickly Issues” in Scottsdale, Arizona is a little over 6 weeks away. USOA is very excited about this year’s conference program offerings and the activities it has planned.
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2015-08-28
The Association for the Prevention of Torture presents its New Database on Prison Issues
DETENTION FOCUS is a database grouping the most relevant issues related to prison worldwide.
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2015-08-27
Monthly News from the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
This month the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman is laying three investigation reports about the health sector before the Scottish Parliament, and 97 decisions about all of the sectors under his remit.
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2015-08-24
New Chief Ombudsman appointed
On 18 August Judge Boshier was appointed as Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand. He will succeed Dame Beverley Wakem and take up that role and terminate his position as Law Commissioner on 10 December this year.