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2014-11-10Make public education available to all children with a precarious immigration status
In a report released on 7 November 2014, the Québec Ombudsman recommends that all children 6 to 16 years old living in Québec have access to public education, regardless of their or their parents’ immigration status.
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2014-11-14
AOMA General Assembly and 1st Bilateral Conference held in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Institution of the Ombudsman (EIO) hosted the African Ombudsman and Mediators Association (AOMA) - African Union (AU) 1st Bilateral Conference and 4th General Assembly from 4 to 7 November 2014 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. IOI President Adv. John R. Walters delivered a message of support in the opening ceremony of the Conference.
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2014-11-11
The Parliamentary Ombudsman became National Preventive Mechanism
The Parliamentary Ombudsman has become the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) pursuant to the United Nations (UN) Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT).
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2014-11-11
Ombudsman decides 15-year old pension case of widow
In a bid to provide relief to a widow of an electrocuted WAPDA employee, the Federal Ombudsman of Pakistan has solved a 15-year old pension case with recommendations to carry out disciplinary action against the responsible for their criminal negligence.
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2014-11-11
Ombudsman orders municipal administration Kandiaro to construct safe and hygienic drainage facility.
A complainant approached the Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, Mr. Asad Ashraf Malik, requesting for closure of open cesspit which posed serious threat to his katcha house and endangered the lives of children.
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2014-11-11
Forty out of one hundred are well grounded – The Ombudsman on handling public interest disclosures
A new regulation is aimed at supporting whistle‑blowers, protecting and, if requested, confidentially handling and ensuring the safety of their personal data.
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2014-11-11
Promotion of a guide in Macedonian language for the Articles 5 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights
The right to personal liberty and security from one side and the freedom of expression on another, represent a pre-condition for exercising many other rights, but also a pre-condition for a functional democracy.
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2014-11-11
Veterans Ombudsman tables Annual Report 2014
The 2012-2014 Annual Report of the Veterans Ombudsman tabled in the House of Commons yesterday reflects an action-packed year.
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2014-11-11
Commonwealth Ombudsman releases report on government complaint handling
Government agencies are more focused on resolving complaints and meeting customer expectations than they were 20 years ago, but they still need to improve.
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2014-11-11
Commonwealth Ombudsman releases Annual Report 2013-2014
The Commonwealth Ombudsman, Mr. Colin Neave, presented the institution's thirty-seventh Annual Report. The report also contains the annual report of the Defence Force Ombudsman, Postal Industry Ombudsman and Overseas Students Ombudsman.
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2014-11-13
Shifting of illegal factory from residential area
A complainant approached the Provincial Ombudsman of Sindh, Mr. Asad Ashraf Malik, with a complaint against an illegal factory causing disturbance and pollution which adversely affected the physical and mental health of the people.
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2014-11-17
Senate elects new President of National Human Rights Commission
Last week the Senate has elected Mr Luis Raúl González Pérez as the new President of the Mexican National Human Rights Commission (Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos, CNDH). Mr Gonzales succeeds Dr. Raul Plascencia Villanueva, whose term ended.
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2014-11-17
A well-functioning local government
The upcoming municipal elections in Poland created a good opportunity to discuss the problems faced by residents of communes, districts and voivodeships. For this purpose, the Human Rights Defender has created a second index of problems developed on the basis of requests and complaints received by the Office of the Human Rights Defender.
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2014-11-19
Protecting Children’s Rights
Twenty-five years ago, on 20 November 1989, the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It was a landmark development: for the first time, states recognized children as fully-fledged bearers of a range of human rights, just like adults.
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2014-11-19
Veterans Ombudsman releases 2013-2014 Annual Report
The Office of the Canada’s Veterans Ombudsman released its Annual Report 2013/2014 which is now available in both its English and French version.
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2014-11-20
Parliamentary Ombudsman publishes Annual Report 2013
The Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman, Mr. Jørgen Steen Sørensen, published the institution's Annual Report 2013.
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2014-11-20
Radical complaint handling drive initiated by leading health and social care organisations
Patients and service users have described their expectations for good complaint handling across health and social care in new research published today by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, the Local Government Ombudsman and Healthwatch England.
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2014-11-25
Network of Information Commissioners publishes international exchange survey 2014
The latest International Survey of Information Commissioners, conducted by the Centre for Freedom of Information, has been published including responses provided by 53 Commissioners/Ombudsman in 33 countries.
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2014-11-26
Constitution of the Federal Advisory Committee on Reforms and Alternate Dispute Resolution
The Federal Ombudsman of Pakistan has established the Federal Advisory Committee on Reforms and Alternate Dispute Resolutions comprising fourteen eminent members from various walks of life.
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2014-11-26
Tri-lingual seminar on the role of Ombudsman in Providing Administrative Justice to the People of Sindh
Awareness about the role of Ombudsman among the people, specially the people of far-flung rural areas is of paramount importance as it facilitates the expeditious and inexpensive justice at grass root level.
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