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2024-10-31OCI’s Latest Annual Report Issues Groundbreaking Investigations into the Experiences of Maximum-Security and Life-Sentenced Prisoners in Canada
The 2023-24 Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator (OCI) was tabled in Parliament on October 29, 2024. The Office’s latest Annual Report breaks new ground in two national-level investigations examining conditions of confinement in male stand-alone maximum-security penitentiaries and on the experience of persons serving a life (or indeterminate) sentence in Canada, a sentence that has no end date.
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2024-12-19
Chief Ombudsman calls for Corrections to stop the way it is running Prisoners of Extreme Risk Unit
The Chief Ombudsman says the Department of Corrections must stop the way it’s running the Prisoners of Extreme Risk Unit (PERU) because the unit’s prisoners are being ill-treated. Peter Boshier has released a report that outlines serious concerns about human rights abuses at the unit which is based at Auckland Prison.
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2024-10-25
Ombudsman challenges public offices on ethics
Ombudsman Grace Tikambenji Malera has challenged Public Officers in the country to exercise their duties and functions in a proper, fair, just, reasonable and lawful manner; further to accounting for their decisions or actions. Malera made the call in a presentation she made during a webinar organized by the University of Malawi (Unima).
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2024-12-13
Oversight of the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022 Annual Report 2023–24, tabled in Parliament
The NSW Ombudsman tabled the Oversight of the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022 Annual Report 2023–24 in Parliament on 11 December, 2024. The report provides a snapshot of voluntary public interest disclosures made between 1 October 2023, when the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022 (PID Act) commenced, and 30 June 2024.
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2024-12-13
The Office of the State Comptroller and Ombudsman presents a special report on the subject of public service in public bodies
On 26.11.2024, the State Comptroller and Ombudsman of Israel Matanyahu Englman presented to the Israeli parliament (Knesset) a special report on the subject of public service provided by public bodies in Israel.
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2024-12-13
The Ombudsman’s Children’s Division has examined conditions for children and young people in the psychiatric sector
In 2023, the Ombudsman’s Children’s Division focused on children and young people in the psychiatric sector by means of a number of monitoring visits. This focus area was chosen because children and young people with a psychiatric diagnosis can be in a particularly vulnerable situation. This is especially true for children and young people who need to be hospitalised in the psychiatric sector.
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2024-12-12
European Ombudsman makes suggestions to help ensure accountability in Commission’s use of AI
The European Ombudsman has made a series of suggestions to help the European Commission ensure the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its decision making remains accountable.
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2024-12-12
Global Report on Women in Prison - Analysis from National Preventive Mechanisms
National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) from 46 countries contributed to the development of a global report on women in prison, launched on 12 December 2024 by the Geneva-based Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT). The report highlights significant challenges and systemic discrimination faced by women in prisons around the globe, calling for urgent reforms and greater use of alternatives to detention.
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2024-12-06
DPU Advocates for Women Victims of Domestic Violence Accused of International Child Abduction
On Wednesday, 13 November, at the National Congress, the Federal Public Defenders’ Office (DPU) called for greater recognition of the plight of women who, as victims of domestic violence, are accused of international child abduction. Federal Public Defender Daniela Brauner participated in two public hearings held at the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, addressing the application of the Hague Convention in cases where Brazilian mothers return to Brazil with their children after fleeing domestic violence.
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2023-11-15Updates about Activities of Georgian Public Defender's Office (October 5-21)
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2024-11-22
Ethiopian Ombudsman Institution and its challenges
Kindly click here to read an informational article submitted by the Ethiopian Institution of the Ombudsman (EIO) about its mandate, work and current challenges.
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2024-11-22
The Office of the Ombudsman and the Business Community
Kindly click here to read an article by the Parliamentary Ombudsman, Mr Joseph Zammit McKeon, which was published in the "Movers and Shakers 2024".
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2024-11-22
Ombudsman announces results of direct investigation operation into LCSD’s handling of obstructions to passageways by bicycles owned by operators of bicycle rental services
On 21 November 2024, the Ombudsman, Mr Jack Chan, announced the completion of a direct investigation operation into the handling of obstructions to passageways by bicycles owned by operators of bicycle rental services of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, and made eight recommendations to the Department.
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2024-11-22
Passing of an Ombudsman Trailblazer
The Ombudsman of the Kingdom of Lesotho, Advocate Tlotliso Polaki, regrets to announce to the international Ombudsman community, the passing of Honourable Mohale Henry Nt'saba on the 19th November 2024, a few months before his 100th birthday. Honourable Nt’saba was the pioneer Ombudsman of the Kingdom of Lesotho, who established the office from inception.
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2024-11-15
Public Protector addresses final year law students at the University of the Witwatersrand
Public Protector Adv. Kholeka Gcaleka recently addressed final year law students at the University of the Witwatersrand. Kindly click here to read Adv. Gcaleka’s speech.
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2024-11-15
The Ombudsman: trusted, credible
Kindly click here to read an opinion piece published by Parliamentary Ombudsman Joseph Zammit McKeon in The Times on 11 November 2024.
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2024-09-25
Chief Ombudsman investigation into Associate Health Minister’s refusal to release information on author of tobacco policy advice
The Chief Ombudsman has referred record keeping issues identified during his investigation into an official information complaint against Associate Health Minister Casey Costello to the Chief Archivist. Peter Boshier began an investigation after he received a complaint about the Associate Minister’s refusal to release information on ‘who’ wrote or compiled notes she used to formulate the government’s tobacco policy.
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2024-11-15
Ombudsman probes Government’s monitoring and regulation of slope safety
On 14 November 2024, the Ombudsman, Mr Jack Chan, announced the launch of a direct investigation operation to examine the Government’s monitoring and regulation of slope safety in detail.
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2024-11-15
Ombudsperson Punjab Ms. Nabila Hakim Ali Khan Advocates for Women’s Rights at Women University Multan
In a meaningful outreach initiative, the Ombudsperson Punjab, Ms. Nabila Hakim Ali Khan, visited the Women University of Multan to promote awareness about critical legal protections for women. During a seminar held on campus, Ms. Khan discussed two essential legal frameworks designed to protect women's rights: the Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2010 and the Punjab Enforcement of Women Property Rights Act 2021. Her aim was to emphasise the importance of understanding and utilizing these laws to safeguard women’s rights.
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2024-11-07
In its 50th year, the Victorian Ombudsman marked a changing of the guard: Annual Report 2023-24
Victorians made 18,031 complaints about their experiences with public organisations in 2023-24, according to the Victorian Ombudsman’s annual report tabled in Parliament on 31 October 2024.