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2016-04-01Remedial actions recommended by Public Protector legally binding
The Constitutional Court found that the remedial actions recommended by the Public Protector on non-security upgrades for the private Nkandla home of South African President Jacob Zuma are legally binding.
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2016-04-01
Barcelona Workshop on human rights challenges for Ombudsmen
The Office of the Catalan Ombudsman will host an IOI Workshop on the current challenges and threats that human rights are facing and the task of Ombudsman institutions therewith. The workshop will be held in Barcelona from 26 - 27 April 2016 and registration is now open.
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2016-04-04
New Ontario Ombudsman takes office
New Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé took his oath of office today, beginning a five-year term as the province’s independent, impartial watchdog. Mr. Dubé is the province’s seventh Ombudsman since the office was established in 1975.
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2016-08-10
Commissioner for Fundamental Rights publishes NPM Report 2015
The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights is pleased to present the electronic version of the first “Comprehensive Annual Report of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights on the Activities of the OPCAT National Preventive Mechanism in 2015”.
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2016-04-04
Minister announces re-appointment of Howard Sapers as Correctional Investigator of Canada
OTTAWA, March 31, 2016 - The Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness issued an interesting statement.
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2016-04-05
IACA Regional Summer Academy - Eastern Africa
The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) offers its next Regional Summer Academy for Eastern Africa. It will be in Kampala (Uganda) in September 2016 and is funded by the Austrian Development Cooperation, in cooperation with IACA.
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2016-04-06
Office of the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman Launched
A new Ombudsman’s office for investigating complaints about public services is launched on 1 April 2016. The Office of the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman (NIPSO) has been created by the Ombudsman (NI) Act 2016, a new piece of Assembly legislation aimed at making it easier for the public to complain about public services and at increasing the public accountability of public service providers. Mrs Marie Anderson, has been appointed as the first NIPSO.
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2016-04-06
Annual Report 2015 released by Iowa Ombudsman
The Office of the Ombudsman of the State of Iowa released its annual report 2015. The Ombudsman’s annual report features select examples of casework done during the year and provides a statistical analysis of where the complaints originated and which agencies they concerned.
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2016-04-06
Veterans Ombudsman weighs in on the challenges of family transition from military to civilian life
Ottawa (Ontario) - Veterans Ombudsman Guy Parent released today a comprehensive review of the support currently available to families in transition from military to civilian life.
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2016-04-06
Commissioner for Human rights approved plan for realization of national strategy in the field of human rights
The Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Ms.Valeriya Lutkovska approved the Plan of measures for realization of the National strategy in the field of human rights for the period till 2020 and continuous pro-active monitoring by employees of the Secretariat of the Commissioner of a state of fulfillment of the National strategy by the appropriate government bodies is introduced.
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2016-04-06
Follow-up Information concerning the issue of Roma families in Sharra, Tirana
On 23/03/2016, a meeting was held with representatives of the Office of the OSCE Presence in Albania in the premises of the People’s Advocate Institution. During this meeting PA's experts presented issues regarding the complaints submitted to the Ombudsman Institution by the representatives of Roma community settled in Sharra waste disposal site in the outskirts of Tirana.
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2016-04-11
School bulding completed by the order of Ombudsman Sindh
Mr Asad Ashraf Malik, Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, handled the complaint of a village regarding the failiure to build a school building despite the availability of all the necessary requirements and formalities.
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2016-04-14
APT project report on preventing torture in Africa
The report on “Preventing torture in Africa: Lessons and experiences from National Human Rights Institutions” marks the end of a three-year project carried out by the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) in collaboration with the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI). The project entitled “A Continent United Against Torture” sought to strengthen the role and capacity of African NHRIs to prevent torture.
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2016-04-15
Belfast Conference on a human rights approach to the work of Ombudsmen
The Offices of the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman (NIPSO) and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) invite you to participate in an International Conference (25-27 May 2016) which will focus on sharing the features and benefits of a Human Rights based approach with a bespoke staff manual and on-line tools.
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2016-04-15
First Spanish IOI training to be held in Rosario, Argentina from 9 – 10 June 2016
The IOI is pleased to announce its first training course for a Spanish-speaking audience. This course, which will be hosted by the Defensoría del Pueblo de la Provincia de Santa Fe, will be held from 9 to 10 June 2016 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.
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2016-04-20
After Ombudsman intervention, the Department of Education and Skills reconsider seeking recovery of overpayments made in error to students
In February 2016 the Ombudsman, Peter Tyndall, initiated a systemic investigation involving the Department of Education and Skills and the Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI). SUSI had been established as Ireland's single national awarding authority for all higher and further education grants. It replaced sixty-six local awarding authorities and began processing applications in 2012.
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2016-04-21
Ombudsman Hong Kong promotes Code on Access to Information and launches TV programme
On 20 April Hong Kong Ombudsman, Ms Connie Lau, announced that a new section dedicated to complaint cases relating to the Code on Access to Information has been added to the website of the Office of The Ombudsman. Furthermore, the Office collaborated with Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) to produce a TV mini-series called “The Ombudsman 5-minuter”.
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2016-04-21
Representatives of the Ombudsman attended international seminar
Representatives of the Office of the Ombudsman attended an international seminar dedicated to human trafficking and held by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in cooperation with the US Embassy in Azerbaijan.
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2016-04-22
Manitoba Ombudsman lays “snooping” charge under The Personal Health Information Act
Manitoba Ombudsman conducted an investigation following a report from Manitoba Health, Healthy Living and Seniors related to a privacy breach at its Provincial Drug Program. A former employee who had access to personal health information through their job, allegedly used that access to view information for purposes unrelated to their work. Upon completing the investigation, the ombudsman laid a charge against the individual under PHIA for deliberately accessing another person’s health information inappropriately.
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2016-04-25
March information bulletin from the Public Defender
The Public Defender of Georgia published an information bulletin of March. The bulletin brings together important events of the month. Of course, the main event of the document is the presentation of the 1260-page parliamentary report on human rights and freedoms.
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