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2015-02-19POA Newsletter for February 2015
The Pacific Ombudsman Alliance (POA) issued its latest Newsletter for February 2015. This edition includes reports on the National Investigations Symposium in Sydney, a twinning project with the Office of the Ombudsman of Papua New Guinea and the outcome of recent board nominations.
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2015-02-19
Implementation of the provisions of the charter on the fundamental rights of persons with disabilities
In December 2014, Jarosław Duda, the Government Plenipotentiary for Disabled People set out a report about the implementation of resolutions of the Charter on the Fundamental Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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2015-02-19
Dutch parliament appoints Van Zutphen as National Ombudsman
The Dutch House of Representatives has today appointed Reinier van Zutphen to the post of National Ombudsman of the Netherlands. The news was welcomed by the Acting and Deputy National Ombudsmen and the National Ombudsman Office.
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2015-02-20
European Social Charter in the light of the Polish Law System
The Human Rights Defender addressed the Prime Minister with a request to adjust the Polish labour law to the requirements of the European Social Charter.
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2015-02-24
Ombudsman Concludes Sanctions Against Inmate were Excessive, Identifies Systemic Problems with Prison Disciplinary Practices
The Iowa Department of Corrections' encouragement of an "open-door policy" between its prison staff and administrative law judges differs from other state agencies and violates inmates' due-process rights in disciplinary hearings, the Office of Ombudsman has concluded.
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2015-02-24
Commonwealth Ombudsman on the Public Interest Disclosure scheme
With the introduction of the Public Interest Disclosure (PID) scheme in 2014/15, the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth- and Defence Forces Ombudsman was broadened.
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2015-02-26
NI Ombudsman presents Human Rights Manual to Ombudsman staff
Deputy Northern Ireland Ombudsman Marie Anderson together with the Director of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, Ms Virginia McVea, presented the results of a joint project on a “Human Rights-based approach to the Ombudsman work” to staff members from the Austrian Ombudsman Board in Vienna.
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2015-02-26
The Seimas Ombudsman has paid attention to the detention conditions of refugees in Lithuania
During the third quarter of the year, the Seimas Ombudsman Augustinas Normantas visited almost all the institutions that are responsible for the custody of aliens in Lithuania.
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2015-02-26
Workshop for NPMs "Implementing a preventive mandate"
The IOI is pleased to inform its members about a new training cooperation established with the Association for the Prevention of Torture, which will result in a first IOI workshop with a substantive focus on the topic of National Preventive Mechanisms under the OPCAT.
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2015-02-27
E-Forum on „Making Accountability work for the Citizens
From 11 March 2015 to 03 April 2015, an E-forum will explore patterns of engagement between accountability institutions and CSOs and will address key questions concerning different types of collaboration between these stakeholders.
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2015-03-02
Man dies of blood clot following GPs failures
A man died because of a blood clot in a vein after two GPs in Yorkshire failed to adequately assess him, an investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman found.
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2015-03-03
Ombudsman on the situation of children in state custody
Despite being enshrined in the Satversme and national legislation, the rights of children who have lost their families and come into state custody are not being observed or ensured at state-run boarding schools.
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2015-03-03
Ombudsman submitted Annual Report 2014 to Parliament
The Catalan Ombudsman submitted the Annual Report 2014 to Parliament. In 2014 the office handled over 27,211 actions, concerning 53.095 people of which 40% were related to social policies. The Catalan version of the 2014 Annual Report is now available online.
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2015-03-06
Webinar on Ombudsman innovations for advancing open government
On Tuesday, 17 March 2015 at 10am (Eastern Standard Time), a webinar on “Ombudsman Innovations for advancing Open Government” will take place. The joint project is sponsored by the Open Government Partnership (OGP), the World Bank Governance Global Practice (GGP) and the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) and will aim to discuss the opportunities for Ombudsman offices to engage in their respective countries’ OGP processes.
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2015-03-06
Ombudsman weighs in on transition program for releasing military members
The Office of the National Defence and Canadian Forces Ombudsman in partnership with the Canadian Veterans Ombudsman released and analysis on the priority hiring of medically released Canadian Armed Forces members, entitled “Canadian Armed Forces best positioned to determine Public Service priority hiring for releasing members.”
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2015-03-11
Local Government Ombudsman asks if children are being failed by complaints system
The pressures on the complaints system for children’s care services are being highlighted in a new report by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO). In a number of case studies the LGO shows some of the common issues it sees in children’s social care complaints, including failure to recognise a children’s service complaint or long delays in the process.
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2015-03-11
Ombudsman calls for statute stipulating max. duration of pre-trial detention
According to the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, the principle of the rule of law and the fundamental right to personal liberty imply that there should be a statute stipulating the maximum duration of pre-trial detention.
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2015-03-11
Shura committee - Ombudsman's Office cooperation discussed
The Shura Council Human Rights Committee hailed the efforts of the Ombudsman's Office in dealing with citizens' remarks and complaints.
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2015-03-11
Citizens‘ Representative of Newfoundland and Labrador presents "OCR Insights"
The Citizens’ Representative of Newfoundland and Labrador presented Volume 5, Issue 1 of the institution’s newsletter “OCR Insights”.
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2015-03-11
Victorian Ombudsman to investigat allegations of abuse in the disability sector
There has been widespread concern about the way in which allegations of abuse in the disability sector are handled. In response, the Victorian Ombudsman announced an investigation into how such allegations are reported and investigated.
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