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2015-08-27Monthly 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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2015-08-20
Preocupación ante el aumento de cifras de muertes de menores en contextos familiares de violencia de género
El Defensor del Pueblo muestra su preocupación ante el aumento de cifras de muertes de menores en contextos familiares de violencia de género y reitera el compromiso de la supervisión de las actuaciones de todas las administraciones públicas con competencias en la materia, a fin de perfeccionar los instrumentos de detección del riesgo de la mujer y de sus hijos, para reducir las posibilidades de agresión.
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2015-08-12
La Defensoría convocó a mesa de trabajo sobre el derecho a la consulta de los Pueblos Indígenas
El 4 de agosto, la Defensoría del Pueblo de la Nación – a través de la Oficina de Pueblos Indígenas - llevó a cabo una nueva reunión de la Mesa de Trabajo que celebran periódicamente con integrantes de organizaciones indígenas.
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2015-08-10
Ombudsman publishes summer edition of the Ombudsman's Casebook
This quarter's Casebook contains summaries of recent cases the Ombudsman has dealt with. The Ombudsman hopes that by sharing the outcomes of cases, we will all learn from the mistakes and good practice of others.
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2015-08-10
June information bulletin of the Public Defender
The Public Defender has presented June information bulletin about the efforts of the Public Defender's Office. The key topic in the information bulletin is the visit and important meetings of the Public Defender and his delegation to Brussels. The ongoing events of Georgia, situation in human rights, threats in conflict regions and many sensitive and painful issues of our population were discussed at the meetings held in NATO, the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Open Society European Policy Institute of Brussels.
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2015-08-10
Children’s Ombudsman highlights gaps in the oversight of children’s residential centres
An investigation by the Ombudsman for Children found significant gaps in the approach to registering, inspecting and monitoring of children’s residential centres which are run by private and voluntary agencies. He has recommended that the inspection of these centres should transfer to HIQA without delay.
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2015-08-06
Council did not consider exceptional circumstances when denying care payments to young disabled man
Councils must properly consider individual circumstances when they balance people’s choice to be cared for by a family member against the risk to their carer of working long hours, the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has recommended
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2015-07-23
Agriculture Government of Sindh pays cost differential to complainant
The complainant approached Provincial Ombudsman Sindh Mr. Asad Ashraf Malik with the issue that Agriculture Department awarded contract to his firm for construction of road for improvement of Cane Yard. The construction work was carried out as per Public Works Department rules with clear provision that in case of cost escalation the differential would be borne the department but the Agriculture Department refused.
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2015-07-20
MDAC research on access to justice for children with mental disabilities
The Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC), an international human rights organisation based in Budapest, recently completed a 2-year European multi-country research project on access to justice for children with mental disabilities. The project was designed to strengthen access to justice and legal remedies for children with intellectual or psycho-disabilities who have been victims of human rights violations. Summary reports are - among others - available in English and Spanish.
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2015-07-17QMU MSc Dispute Resolution
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2015-07-16
New Complaints Commissioner appointed
Mrs Sheila Brathwaite is the newly appointed Complaints Commissioner of the Virgin Islands. Mrs. Brathwaite replaces the Territory's first Complaints Commissioner, former Deputy Governor Mr. Elton Georges, who served for some six years.
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2015-07-16
Reflections from Current Students on the QMU MSc in Dispute Resolution
Queen Margaret University’s MSc Dispute Resolution – the world’s first masters programme aimed specifically at professional and ombudsman complaint handling staff – launched successfully earlier this year.
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2015-07-13
El Valedor pide a los poderes públicos que visibilicen a los menores como víctimas de la violencia de género
El Valedor do Pobo firmó en Vitoria una declaración institucional en relación á “execrable” vulneración de los derechos humanos que, aún hoy, constituye la violencia de género. Esta comunicación, en la que se incide en especial en la necesidad de que los poderes públicos atiendan las necesidades de los menores que son víctimas de la violencia de género, es consecuencia de un encuentro de trabajo celebrado en Vitoria por parte de la región europea de la Red de Mujeres de la Federación Iberoamericana de Ombudsman (FIO) de la que forma parte a institución gallega.
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2015-07-13
Ombudsman Punjab constitutes Jails Inspection Committees
Ombudsman Punjab Javed Mahmood, in the light of the orders of Supreme Court of Pakistan, has constituted Ombudsman Jail Inspection Committees for all districts and tehsils of the province. Ombudsman Jail Inspection Committees at district and tehsil level have made first inspection visit of district/tehsil sub-jails and started preparing report on the state of affairs of the jails for onward submission to Supreme Court.
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2015-07-13
Teacher's freedom of speech was violated by the municipality
A reprimand for the violation of a teacher's freedom of speech was issued to the headmaster of an upper comprehensive school by Parliamentary Ombudsman Petri Jääskeläinen. He requests the municipality to consider how this violation of freedom of speech could be redressed and how the teacher could be compensated.
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2015-07-08
Ombudsman’s staff participate in international conference in Ukraine
British Council country Office in cooperation with local Public Union “Modern Education and Support to Training” launches a three years long Project “Inclusive Decisions for Equal and Accountable Society”.
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2015-07-07
Proyecto de ley para la integración social y urbana de las núcleos habitacionales transitorios y asentamientos de la Ciudad
La Defensoría del Pueblo de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires presentó un proyecto de ley en la Legislatura de la Ciudad destinado al desarrollo de la integración socio-urbana de las villas, núcleos habitacionales transitorios y asentamientos en la CABA y la promoción del derecho a la vivienda digna y a un hábitat adecuado.
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2015-07-07
Governments in West Africa continue to make progress towards an area of free movement
The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) presents a new publication analyzing current policies, practices and trends in the area of migration in the fifteen Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which also makes recommendations aimed at overcoming the obstacles faced in promoting free movement in West Africa.
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2015-07-01
Can Thulisile Madonsela Save South Africa From Itself?
Two decades after the fall of apartheid, the nation’s first female public protector tries to beat back corruption at the highest levels of government.
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2015-07-01
Recommendations for improving the situation of Spanish nationals detained in prisons overseas
The Ombudsman, Soledad Becerril, has presented a study on the situation of Spanish prisoners abroad which analyses 224 complaints dealt with by the Institution in the last two years, and makes recommendations for improving the situation that the prisoners find themselves in.