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2018-07-04Latest report from Victorian Ombudsman on recommendations - focus on social justice
Inadequate financial support provided to kinship carers and children from disadvantaged backgrounds being expelled from school at a disproportionately high rate are among the issues identified by the Victorian Ombudsman over the past year. Ombudsman Deborah Glass has tabled in the Victorian Parliament her second biennial report on the implementation of her investigations’ recommendations. Her report covers the 125 recommendations she made to state and local government bodies between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2018.
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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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2025-03-28
Celebrating the Success of the International Ombud Expo 2024
The 2nd International Ombud Expo (IOE) 2024 concluded on a high note, reaffirming the crucial role of Ombud institutions in strengthening governance, upholding human rights, and ensuring good public administration. Hosted in Gaborone, Botswana, from July 29 to August 2, 2024, the event brought together 541 delegates, including Ombud offices, human rights bodies, grievance handlers, and integrity organisations from over 100 countries. The participation of the AOMA Secretariat AORC and of some institutions, which could not afford exhibition stalls and have their accommodation subsidised, received financial support of the IOI including through its regional subsidy programme.
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2013-09-05
ACRC hosted Anti-Corruption Agency Forum
The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) of Korea hosted the 7th Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) Forum on September 2 in Seoul by bringing together high-level officials of major anti-corruption agencies in the Asia-Pacific region.
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2015-04-01
Reminder for Anti-Corruption training in Curaçao
High Profile anti-corruption training programme will be held in Willemstad, Curaçao from 27 – 28 May 2015 during the 8th Biennial Conference of Caribbean Ombudsman Association (CAROA).
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2021-04-06
Human Rights Commissioner presents publication on Ombudsman institutions
Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova presented the publication "Protection, promotion and development of the Ombudsman Institutions", prepared by the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation together with the Director General of Human Rights and the Rule of Law of the Council of Europe, Christos Giakoumopoulos.
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2020-11-11
Virtual consultation for the IE SOGI’s work plan 2021-2023
The Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (IE SOG”) is convening an open consultation to consolidate the mandate’s approaches and priorities for the remainder of tenure (i.e. his work plan for 2021-2023). A virtual consultation will be held on 20 November 2020 where participants are invited to present their views and provide inputs to the discussion.
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2022-12-19
Ombudsman Florbela Araújo celebrates the 74th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, focusing on Vulnerable People
The Ombudsman of Angola celebrated on December 14, 2022, for the second consecutive year, the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, institutionalized on December 10, 1948 by the United Nations, with a high-level event on "The Role of the Ombudsman in Defending the Rights of Citizens in Situations of Vulnerability".
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2023-07-27
Chief Ombudsman calls for immediate halt to use of spit hoods on vulnerable prisoners
Following inspections at the minimum-to-high security Christchurch Women's Prison and Wellington's Arohata Prison, Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier called on the Department of Corrections to never again use spit hoods on vulnerable prisoners including young people and disabled people.
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2022-10-28
Annual Report from the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) is pleased to present its 2021-22 Annual Report, which is now available as PDF document and web version. The SPSO started 2021-22 in the knowledge it had high workloads and faced capacity and resourcing challenges.
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2025-03-21
Christian Britten Lundblad elected new Ombudsman
On 13 March 2025, the Danish Parliament elected Christian Britten Lundblad as new Ombudsman. He is succeeding Niels Fenger, who in October 2024 took up a position as judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union. Christian Britten Lundblad will take over as Ombudsman on 1 May 2025 after a period with High Court Judge Henrik Bloch Andersen as temporary Ombudsman.
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2015-10-07
OHCHR Investigation contributes to reconciliation and justice development in Sri Lanka
The Investigation Report issued by the Office of the United Nation’s High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) dated 16th September 2015, is the most comprehensive report on human rights issued by any international or national agency to date. It is comprehensive and balanced. If implemented it could lead to considerable positive developments in Sri Lanka. This 261 page report sums up some of the most serious problems relating to the rule of law and the administration of justice that have arisen over a considerable period of time.
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2019-10-07
Combating discrimination takes important place in the activities of the Ombudsman
The Azerbaijani Ombudsman organizes regular meetings and public awareness campaigns with different groups of population including minorities, local and religious communities in different regions of the country, learning their problems and taking necessary measures in resolving them, said Zaur Valimammadli, the chief of the international relations department of the Ombudsman Institution, at the High-Level Conference devoted to the 25th anniversary of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) in Paris, France.
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2011-06-01
Sharing the Ombudsman’s Story
The Office of the ombudsman committed itself to engage senior secondary school students. This was to acquaint them with the Ombudsman as well as to answer questions on the role of the Ombudsman in national development. Ombudswoman Eusalyn Lewis, thus, visited various schools.
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2020-09-14
Webinar on "On-site Monitoring of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic"
On 23 September 2020, the webinar on "On-site Monitoring of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic" will bring together NHRIs and high-level experts in the field, such as members of the UN CRPD Committee, the president of the Council of Europe European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), and the vice-president of the European Disability Forum (EDF).
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2012-07-12
IOI training course 2012 – 5 places still available!
This year’s IOI training course is soon taking place in Vienna. Five places are still available. Please contact the IOI General Secretariat (ioi@volksanw.gv.at) quickly to register for this high-profile training event. Registrations will be accepted until 23 July 2012.
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2016-03-23
SPSO publishes 2016-2020 strategic plan
The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) published its new strategic plan for the period 2016 – 2020.
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2024-02-29
Leonardo Cardoso de Magalhães assumes command of the Federal Public Defenders' Office (DPU) in Brazil
Leonardo Cardoso de Magalhães has been inaugurated as the new Federal Public Defender-General of Brazil, following a democratic selection process involving the confidential votes by all DPU members and formal confirmation by the Parliament. His inauguration took place at the Palácio do Planalto, the official workplace of the President of Brazil, in Brasília.
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2020-07-08
Ombudsman Hong Kong caseload reaches historic high in 2019-20
The Ombudsman, Ms Winnie Chiu, presented to the public today (8 July) the 2019-20 Annual Report of the Office of The Ombudsman. The Office has seen a huge surge in the number of complaints received, almost quadrupling the figure in the previous year.
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2019-09-12
Ombudsman requests poverty policy for elderly in the Caribbean Netherlands to be a priority
Elderly who live on or below the poverty threshold in the Caribbean Netherlands face several problems. They hardly have money to cover their basic needs, there are too few (care) facilities and they don’t know which benefits they might be entitled to.
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