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2018-07-11Ombudsman’s Office to take role in monitoring private aged care facilities / court cells
The Office of the Ombudsman will soon be monitoring the treatment of patients in privately run aged care facilities and detainees in court cells. The additional responsibilities were gazetted today. They are in addition to the Office’s current responsibilities under the United Nation’s Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT).
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2018-07-09
El Defensor ve discriminatorio excluir a mujeres con tatuajes visibles en procesos selectivos del Ejército
El Defensor del Pueblo (e.f.), Francisco Fernández Marugán, se ha dirigido al Ministerio de Defensa para conocer los motivos por los que se está excluyendo a mujeres con tatuajes visibles con el uniforme en procesos selectivos del Ejército y ha pedido al departamento ministerial que se cuestione si puede existir discriminación.
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2018-07-09
Campaña #MiOpiniónNoEsMenor
La Defensoría de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes lanzó la campaña #MiOpiniónNoEsMenor por el derecho de las niñas, niños y adolescentes a opinar y por el deber de las y los adultos a oír. Al detectar reiteradas persecuciones a las opiniones e ideas que expresan las y los adolescentes en las redes sociales, se propone esta campaña para circulación exclusiva en redes.
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2018-07-09
Ombudsman of Lithuania and Ukraine discuss human rights issues in Ukraine
The Seimas Ombudsman Augustinas Normantas and the Speaker of the Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis discussed the human rights issues in Ukraine with the Ukrainian Ombudsman Lyudmyla Denisova. The Seimas Ombudsmen's Office together with other Lithuanian organisations implements an EU Twinning project aimed at strengthening the skills of the staff of the Ukrainian Ombudsman institution.
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2018-07-05
Le Médiateur de la Province de Pistoia publique un article sur la défense civique en Italie : histoire et perspectives
Le magazine de la Association des Médiateurs des Collectivités Territoriales (AMCT)publique un article du Médiateur de la Province de Pistoia (Toscane, Italie), Manuele Bellonzi, sur la défense civique en Italie : histoire et perspectives.
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2018-06-26
Queensland Ombudsman presents Indigenous birth registration report
The Queensland Ombudsman’s report, The Indigenous birth registration report: An investigation into the under-registration of Indigenous births in Queensland, was tabled by the Honourable Curtis Pitt MP, Speaker of the Queensland Parliament to highlight the significant restrictions to participating in society a person faces when their birth has not been registered.
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2018-06-25
Public apology owed to victims of child sex offender who gained access to children through Puffing Billy
People in positions of authority at Puffing Billy and other Victorian railway groups protected the reputation of their organisations at the expense of children who were sexually abused, the Victorian Ombudsman has found. Tabling her Investigation into child sex offender Robert Whitehead’s involvement with Puffing Billy and other railway bodies in the Victorian Parliament, Ombudsman Deborah Glass said the failures of people in authority were monumental.
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2018-06-25
IOI issues open letter in support of the Ombudsman of Lesotho
The International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) issued an open letter in support of the Ombudsman of the Kingdom of Lesotho, who was recently subjected to a public search by State police in the room where he was conducting hearings.
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2018-06-14
Victorian Ombudsman tables report on poor communication and delay exacerbated distress of taxi licence holders
Taxi and hire car licence holders were given the “bureaucratic run-around” when seeking payments from the Fairness Fund set up by the state government to provide them prompt financial assistance, the Victorian Ombudsman has found. Tabling her Investigation into the administration of the Fairness Fund for taxi and hire car licence holders in the Victorian Parliament today, Ombudsman Deborah Glass said the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources had executed its management of the Fund poorly.
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2018-06-13
La Defensoría de NnyA firmó un convenio para la creación de un espacio de atención territorial en B°La Cerámica
La Defensoría de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes (NnyA) de Santa Fe y la Asociación Aldeas Infantiles de Rosario firmaron un convenio para la creación de un espacio de atención territorial en B°La Cerámica. Esta iniciativa tiene como finalidad asumir una atención descentralizada y cercana a los contextos de las niñas, niños y adolescentes y sus familias.
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2018-06-11
Condenan a cuatro funcionarios penitenciarios por el incendio que provocó la muerte de dos detenidos
Fueron condenados a la pena de dos años de prisión en suspenso, acusados por el delito de homicidio culposo agravado. Es la única sentencia contra funcionarios penitenciarios federales por la muerte de personas detenidas recaída en los años recientes, y la primera en la que este organismo participó como querellante.
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2018-06-11
Ombudsman Hong Kong holds seminar on Hong Kong’s postal services
The Office of The Ombudsman held a seminar on June 7 on the Hong Kong’s postal services at the Central Mail Centre (CMC), with around 40 Advisers of the Office and Justices of the Peace (JPs) present.
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2018-06-11
Commonwealth Ombudsman releases report on delays in the clearance of International Sea Cargo
Commonwealth Ombudsman Michael Manthorpe released an own motion report into the Department of Home Affairs (Home Affairs) and the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR) processing of international containerised sea cargo.
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2018-06-11
Marc Bertrand reconduit pour 6 ans
Monsieur Marc Bertrand est officiellement reparti pour un second et dernier mandat de six années à la tête de l’institution du Médiateur de la Wallonie et de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.
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2018-06-11
Homeless family left in crowded conditions while council delayed making decision
A mother and her five children were accommodated in a damp and mouldy single bedroom, too small for the number of people, by Ealing council while it took too long to decide their homelessness status. A Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigation found the council’s delays added three months onto a six month stay in the unsuitable accommodation.
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2018-05-30
PPN expone su visión ante la Legislatura porteña
Problemáticas sobre un posible traslado de la cárcel Devoto. El Procurador Penitenciario de la Nación (PPN) y su Adjunto Interino fueron invitados a exponer su visión respecto del posible traslado del centro de detención ubicado en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires ante la Comisión de Relaciones Interjurisdiccionales.
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2018-05-30
Ombudsman opens new family room at Mater hospital
Ombudsman Peter Tyndall Monday opened a new family and patient room at the Mater Hospital, Dublin. The family room is part of the Mater’s “end of life” care service and will give families who are losing a loved one a quiet, comfortable and private space where they can also stay the night.
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2018-05-29
El valor de la reforma constitucional debería estar en garantizar derechos
En el marco de una jornada que giró en torno a la consigna “La Defensoría del Pueblo en la Reforma Constitucional” el defensor expresó la importancia de darle rango constitucional a la Defensoría del Pueblo y de incorporar garantías que protejan los derechos de los ciudadanos.
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2018-05-23
Commonwealth Ombudsman releases report into immigration detention notification refusal error
The Commonwealth Ombudsman, Mr Michael Manthorpe PSM, has released a report into the detention of a man who was detained for nearly four years while he still held a visa, as a result of problems with the notification of refusals from the Department of Home Affairs.
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2018-05-23
Ombudsman finds Grandmother’s painful death from cancer was avoidable
A 73-year-old grandmother’s death from bladder cancer was avoidable, an investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has found. She died following a hospital’s nine-month delay to diagnose her. An inadequate local investigation failed to recognise this, and her son subsequently brought a complaint about her care to the Ombudsman.