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2024-11-07Ombudsman in annual file audit
The Office of the Ombudsman in Malawi is conducting its annual file updating and audit exercise. According to Administration Officer Gracious Chirambo this is done in compliance with Government Directives, laws and policies.
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2024-11-07
University of Malta Survey on Ombudsman Institutions
The Dean, Faculty of Laws, University of Malta, a former Senior Investigating Officer with the Office of the Ombudsman in Malta and author of “The Ombudsman: too soft a take on the public administration?” (BDL 2020) is currently working on another, somewhat more ambitious work, this time considering the ombudsman institution from a global perspective. The Ombudsman of Malta kindly asks for a vast participation in the survey and hopes for responses until the end of November 2024. Please click here to access the survey.
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2024-11-07
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales publishes findings of its investigation on the administration of carers’ needs assessments
On 31 October 2024, the Ombudsman published the findings of the second ‘own initiative’ investigation, which focuses on the administration of carers’ needs assessments by 4 Local Authorities in Wales – Caerphilly County Borough Council, Ceredigion County Council, Flintshire County Council and Neath Port Talbot Council.
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2024-10-31
NSW Ombudsman Annual Report 2023-24 tabled in Parliament today
The New South Wales (NSW) Ombudsman tabled its Annual Report 2023–24 and Child Death Review Team (CDRT) Annual Report 2023–24 in Parliament on 31 October 2024.
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2024-09-06
Toronto Ombudsman finds major gaps with police’s registry for vulnerable persons
On 5 September 2024, Toronto's Ombudsman released his report, An Investigation into the Toronto Police Service’s Communications About its Vulnerable Persons Registry. The TPS launched the registry in December of 2019 to allow the public to file personalized de-escalation strategies to help police officers support individuals with emotional, psychological, medical, or other physical conditions. Four years later, the Ombudsman’s investigation found that only 305 people currently have their information entered into the registry.
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2024-10-25
Ombudsman announces investigation results on enforcement against unauthorised land developments
The Ombudsman, Mr Jack Chan, on 24 October announced the completion of a direct investigation operation regarding the enforcement by the Planning Department (“PlanD”) and the Lands Department (“LandsD”) against unauthorised land developments, and made 16 major recommendations for improvement to the two departments.
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2024-10-24
More and more people are turning to the Ombudsman for help
On 22 October 2024, the Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier published his 2023/2024 Annual Report which shows more and more people are turning to the Ombudsman for help. “In 2023/24 I completed the highest number of complaints and protected disclosures ever,” Mr Boshier says.
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2024-08-08
Ombudsman urges school boards to take parents’ concerns seriously
The Chief Ombudsman is concerned some school boards are failing to act fairly when children are facing disciplinary action, decisions on enrolment or other decisions that affect their education.
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2024-10-17
South Australian Ombudsman's 2023-24 Annual Report tabled in parliament
The South Australian Ombudsman’s 2023-24 Annual Report was tabled in parliament on Tuesday 15 October 2024. The Ombudsman, Ms Emily Strickland, reported a five per cent increase in the number of complaints received – rising to just over 4600. More than 180 complaints were resolved by agreement including through the use of statutory conciliation powers.
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2024-10-17
Mediation Case: Lands Department attentive to public concern with prompt actions to address risk of tree collapse
A village resident was concerned about the condition of the trees on the government land nearby, particularly a large tree adjacent to his house, which had grown taller and taller with its trunk leaning more significantly. The Ombudsman’s Office sympathised with his long-standing concern, given that tree collapse had caused casualties time and time again in the past.
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2024-10-17
Taxpayers' Ombudsperson releases 2023–2024 Annual Report
Canada’s Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson, Mr. François Boileau, released his annual report, Fair Access to Service, which was tabled on 8 October 2024 in the House of Commons by Ms. Iqra Khalid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue. The report provides an overview of the activities of the Office of the Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson between April 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024.
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2024-10-10
CY issues correction to Ministry of Labor and New Taipei City Government on forced unpaid leave to foreign fishermen
An investigation conducted by Control Yuan has found that after the end of Taiwan’s neritic squid fishing season in September 2023, employers and agents flexibly adjusted fishing manpower using “consensual termination of contract” to avoid requirements of the Labor Standards Act. As a result, 64 foreign fishermen were forced to take unpaid leave, denied the three-year guarantee of work in their contracts, and not given severance pay.
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2024-10-04
Ombudsman Western Australia Annual Report 2023-24 tabled in Parliament
The office of the Western Australian Ombudsman has tabled its 2023-24 annual report in Parliament. The report outlines the work of the Office for the year, including receipt of 2,437 complaints and 12,079 enquiries, finalisation of 95% of complaints within 3 months and the acceptance of all recommendations.
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2024-10-02
Invitation to Annual Military Ombud Symposium
The South African Military Ombud, Lieutenant General (Retired) V.R. Masondo, has the pleasure of inviting all IOI members to attend the Annual Military Ombud Symposium with the theme “Affirming and Promoting the Military Ombud’s Oversight Responsibility: 30 years into democracy", which will take place on 22 November 2024 (9.30 am SAST) and can be attended in person oronline. Click here for more information.
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2024-10-02
Ombudsman’s recommendations to address issues arising from the implementation of “Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients” policy
The Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients is a government policy presented to the parliament by the Council of Ministers. The Council of Ministers has approved the criteria, methoos, and conditions for determining costs associated with treating critical emergency patients under the UCEP policy. As this policy involves multiple government agencies and ministries, the Thailand Ombudsman’s fact-finding results and recommendations have been submitted to the Prime Minister for review and appropriate action.
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2024-10-02
Webinar on Promoting the Role of the Ombudsman: Increasing Awareness and Recognition of the Institution's Importance
Join the African Ombudsman Research Centre (AORC), the research and training arm of the African Ombudsman and Mediators Association (AOMA) for the thought-provoking webinar on "Promoting the Role of the Ombudsman: Increasing Awareness and Recognition of the Institution's Importance" on Tuesday, 8 October 2024, at 10 am (GMT+2), organised in collaboration with the International Ombudsman Institute.
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2024-10-04
Social Care Ombudsman publishes complaints figures for 2023-24
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman is reiterating its call for care providers to be required to tell people about its service, after highlighting the relatively small number of cases it deals with about the independent sector.
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2024-07-04
Public Protector South Africa releases reports on investigations it conducted in the first quarter of 2024
The Public Protector South Africa issued on 30 June 2024 its reports based on the investigations it had conducted in the first quarter of the 2024/25 financial year.
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2024-09-25
Ombudsman probes arrangements for recovering public rental housing flats by authorities
The Ombudsman, Mr Jack Chan, announced on 19 September 2024 the launch of a direct investigation operation to examine in detail the workflow of and arrangements for recovering public rental housing (“PRH”) flats for reallocation by the authorities.
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2024-09-25
Rapport annuel 2023-2024 — Humanité et responsabilité : les services publics face à leurs grandes missions
Le 19 septembre 2024, le protecteur du citoyen, Marc-André Dowd, a déposé son rapport annuel d'activités 2023-2024 à l’Assemblée nationale.