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2014-03-05Declaration on minimum standards for ombudsman institutions adopted
At the end of February 2014, delegates at a two-day African Ombudsman Summit adopted a pioneering declaration on the minimum standards for effective ombudsman institutions and cooperation.
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2014-03-05EU-wide survey on violence against women
Violence against women undermines women’s core fundamental rights such as dignity, access to justice and gender equality. For example, one in three women has experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15; one in five women has experienced stalking; every second woman has been confronted with one or more forms of sexual harassment.
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2014-07-31Office of the Ombudsman of Nova Scotia_Child Death Review_Final Report
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2013-04-19El Defensor al Día No 85 – abril 2013
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2014-03-03Special report on violations of human rights during the protest actions in Ukraine released
The Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Valeriya Lutkovska, presenting the Special report on violations of human rights during the events that took place in Ukraine from 21 November 2013 till 22 February 2014.
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2014-02-28Seminar concerning juvenile foreigners’ right to education
The ombudsman’s activity aims at providing adequate protection to vulnerable groups of society, whose rights are especially susceptible to infringement is one the ombudsman’s priorities.
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2014-02-28Preparations to receive the IOI Board of Directors in Rosario
In preparation of the 2014 meeting of the IOI Board of Directors, the Ombudsman of the Province of Santa Fe, Dr. Edgardo José Bistoletti, recently met with the Ambassadors of New Zealand and Austria in Argentina to invite them to attend the official opening ceremony of the meeting.
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2014-02-27Occasional Paper #01
Special referral sections in ombudsman statutes Sir Guy Powels (1979)
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2014-02-26Delegation from Tunisia visits the Austrian Ombudsman Board
The Austrian Ombudsman Board welcomed a delegation from Tunisia with the main objective of assisting Tunisia with the establishment of a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) for the protection and promotion of human rights.
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2014-02-26Complaints resolved and received by the Ombudsman set new records
Not one complaint had been pending for longer than a year at the office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland at the end of 2013. The number of incoming complaints during the year was again a record, over 5,000.
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2014-07-25SPSO News: Monthly News from the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman_Juli 2014
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2014-07-25OmbudsNews Issue No. 1 of the Report Year 2014/2015
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2014-07-25OmbudsNews Issue No. 1 of the Report Year 2014/2015
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2012-08-13BIOA Annual Report 2011 EN
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2014-02-25Call of the Ombudsman Lipowicz in light of the situation in Ukraine
Prof. Irena Lipowicz, the Human Rights Defender of Poland requests help for those in our direct neighbourhood who right now need it most – the people of Ukraine. Please feel free to distribute it.
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2014-02-24Correctional Investigator releases investigation into natural cause deaths in federal penitentiaries
The investigative report released by the Office of the Correctional Investigator on 17 February 2014 raises significant issues about how the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) meets its legal obligation to investigate the factors and circumstances that led to death regardless of cause.
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2014-02-24South Africa to host African Ombudsman Summit
The conference is hosted by the African Ombudsman Research Center (AORC) on 25 and 26 February 2014 covering the topic "Strengthening Good Governance in Africa Through the Role of the Ombudsman".
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2014-02-24Occasional Paper #06
Brief on the office of the ombudsman (1980) Charles Ferris / Brian Goodman / Gordon Mayer Prepared for presentation before the Ombudsman Committee at the International Bar Association's (I.B.A.) 18th Biennial Conference. Historical background of the Ombudsman, the I.B.A. definition of Ombudsman and a discussion of the jurisdictionand powers of most offices.
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2014-02-24Occasional Paper #06
Expose du bureau de l'ombudsman (1980) Charles Ferris / Brian Goodman / Gordon Mayer Prepare pour presentation devant le Comite de l'Ombudsman, lors de la 18ieme convention bi-annuelle du Barreau International.
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2014-02-24Occasional Paper #10
Adress given on the occasion of the opening of the I.O.I. at the Van Leer Foundation Jerusalem (1980) Dr. Bernard Frank Adress given by Dr. Frank, former I.O.I. President and former Chairman of the International Bar Association Ombudsman Committee thanks to whose continuing effort and dream, the International Ombudsman Institute was established in 1978.