Search for
Your search results for „20”
-
2012-12-27Press Release: Jordanian Ombudsman Bureau
-
2012-12-21Constitutional Court approved ombudsman’s petition
The Constitutional Court of Hungary annulled the provision of the Act on Legal Aid which excluded that persons in precarious social situation submitting a constitutional complaint receive legal advice and legal representation financed from state budget.
-
2012-12-13
legal foundation
-
2012-12-06
Network News Issue 29
Network News Issue 29
-
2012-12-05
Ombudsman reappointed
Barry Fleming, Citizens' Representative for Newfoundland and Labrador, was recently reappointed. He will serve for another term of six years.
-
2012-11-29
Ombudsman tables Annual Report
Ombudsperson Raymonde Saint-Germain called for greater transparency and equity from public managers given the many gaps between the commitments written into policies, programs and action plans and what citizens really experience. "Due to the lack of sufficient resources to meet public needs, the services truly offered often are less accessible than what is touted in programs. The result is delays, disparities, interrupted services and poor performance," said Raymonde Saint-Germain. The annual report contains numerous examples of the gaps between the slate of services supposed to be provided and what exists in the real world.
-
2012-11-29
Hungary - Press Release
-
2012-11-23
Patrick Anthony McCourt new Ombudsman for the Defence Forces
Patrick Anthony (Tony) McCourt was recently appointed as the new Ombudsman for the Defence Forces. The Ombudsman was selected following an open competition run by the Public Appointments Service.
-
2012-11-16
IOI Board of Directors
-
2012-11-09
Release of report "Listening and Learning"
A significant rise in the number of complaints where the NHS has failed to provide an adequate remedy or proper apology when things have gone wrong is highlighted in a new report published by the Health Service Ombudsman.
-
2012-11-08
Workshop on Complainant Behaviour
The Forum of Canadian Ombudsman is going to organize the workshop 'Managing unreasonable Complainant Behaviour' with the assistance of the IOI.
-
2012-11-08
Seminar of Cooperation
Recently the seminar of Cooperation between Ombudsmen from Eastern Partnership Countries was held in the Office of the Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Poland. The meeting was organised together with the Defender of Rights of the French Republic, the European Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland.
-
2012-11-08
Correctional Investigator treating Prison Self-injury
The 39th Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator was recently tabled in Parliament. In releasing his report, the Correctional Investigator of Canada, Mr. Howard Sapers, called attention to the dramatic increase in the number and prevalence of serious self-injury incidents in federal prisons.
-
2012-11-08
Ombudsman calls for follow-up care for ex-prisoners
The Ombudsman for more effective assistance of social reintegration of released prisoners. Assisting the social reintegration of prisoners who have served their sentence requires an active attitude and expenditures both from the state and the society. Considering this, the state can not rely solely on the voluntary activity of civil organizations.
-
2012-11-08
Correctional Investigator - Press Release
-
2012-11-08
Ontario Ombudsman - Press Release
-
2012-11-08
Commissioner for Fundamental Rights - Press Release
-
2012-10-25
City stumbles over appointments process
The City of Toronto’s Ombudsman has found problems with the process used to recruit and select board members for the City’s agencies, boards and commissions. “These agencies have a considerable impact on residents’ lives,” says Fiona Crean, “so Torontonians must be assured board members are selected in a fair and open process.”
-
2012-10-25
AOMA presente Lettre d'Information
Ce Numéro réfléchit sur les résultats de certaines réunions importantes, telles que la réunion d’AOMA avec la Commission de l’Union Africaine tenue à Luanda, la réunion régionale de l’Afrique de l’Est tenue à Dar-es-Salaam, les réunions du Conseil d’ AORC tenues à Durban et à Windhoek, et la Réunion de l’EXCO d’ AOMA tenue à Windhoek.
-
2012-10-18
Report on care of psychiatric patients
The inquiry of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights led to the conclusion that the circumstances of accommodation and care of psychiatric patients in the Forensic Psychiatric Mental Institution constitute a violation of their rights to human dignity and to health.