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2025-01-24Government interference puts Yukoners rights at risk
The Minister of Finance has declined a request from the Yukon Ombudsman, Information and Privacy Commissioner, and Public Interest Disclosure Commissioner, Jason Pedlar, to cease Government of Yukon’s unprecedented insertion into his budgetary process, and follow the legislated procedures designed to safeguard the independence of his three mandates. The Minister’s response has forced Pedlar to explore legal action to uphold international standards and protect the rights of Yukoners.
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2025-01-24
Ombudsman announces results of direct investigation operation into Government’s work in combating abuse of public housing resources
On 22 Januar 2025, the Ombudsman, Mr Jack Chan, announced the completion of a direct investigation operation into the Government’s work in combating the abuse of public housing resources, with 31 major recommendations for improvement made to the Hong Kong Housing Authority and the Hong Kong Housing Society.
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2025-01-17
Ombudsperson investigating exclusion of students from BC public schools
On 14 January 2025, the BC Ombudsperson, Jay Chalke, announced his office has begun an investigation into the exclusion of students from schools in BC’s K-12 public education system.
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2025-01-15
UN Resolution underlines important role of Ombudsman in achieving the SDGs
On 17 December 2024, the UN General Assembly adopted the Resolution on The role of Ombudsman and mediator institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights, good governance and the rule of law. This resolution is submitted biennially and the newly adopted version acknowledges the important contribution Ombudsman institutions make to ensure the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially Goal 16 on building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
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2025-01-09
Ombudsman probes Government’s work on animal management and protection of animal rights and welfare
The Ombudsman, Mr Jack Chan, on 27 December 2024 announced the launch of a direct investigation operation to probe the Government’s work on animal management and protection of animal rights and welfare.
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2025-01-10
The Ombudsman at 30: Celebrating three decades of service
This year, the Office of the Ombudsman of Malta will mark its 30th Anniversary since the enactment of the Ombudsman Act 1995. Kindly click here to read an article by Judge Emeritus Joseph Zammit McKeon, Parliamentary Ombudsman of Malta, announcing three events which will be organised this year to celebrate this anniversary.
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2025-01-09
Equality and Non-discrimination Transcend Borders as “Color Our Rights” Promotes Human Rights Through Poster Design
The Control Yuan National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) held the awards ceremony for the “Color Our Rights: 2024 Human Rights Poster Design Competition” on 8 December 2024.
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2024-10-03
Consentement aux soins : essentiel, même quand la personne est hospitalisée contre son gré
Un citoyen porte plainte contre un hôpital où on lui a donné des soins sans son accord. À la demande du Protecteur du citoyen, une règle importante a été rappelée au personnel et aux gestionnaires concernés. Avant d’offrir des soins non urgents à une personne, il faut obtenir son consentement libre et éclairé.
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2024-11-07
Re-watch webinar on Ombuds Day 2024
On 8 October 2024, the African Ombudsman Research Centre (AORC), in collaboration with the IOI, held a webinar in celebration of the Ombuds Day 2024 under the theme "Ombuds: Here to Hear". In case you missed the Ombuds Day 2024 webinar or wish to revisit it, you can access the recording of the webinar on YouTube.
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2024-11-07
NSW Ombudsman’s Review of the DCJ Complaint System in respect of its Aboriginal Child Protection functions, tabled in Parliament
The NSW Ombudsman’s report - Review of the DCJ Complaint System in respect of its Aboriginal Child Protection functions, was tabled in Parliament on 6 November. The report follows a comprehensive review of the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) system for handing complaints from, or involving, Aboriginal families in the child protection system. The review focused on understanding DCJ’s complaint handling system, the foundational elements underpinning it and how well it is operating in practice.
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2024-10-31
OCI’s Latest Annual Report Issues Groundbreaking Investigations into the Experiences of Maximum-Security and Life-Sentenced Prisoners in Canada
The 2023-24 Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator (OCI) was tabled in Parliament on October 29, 2024. The Office’s latest Annual Report breaks new ground in two national-level investigations examining conditions of confinement in male stand-alone maximum-security penitentiaries and on the experience of persons serving a life (or indeterminate) sentence in Canada, a sentence that has no end date.
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2023-11-15Updates about Activities of Georgian Public Defender's Office (October 5-21)
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2024-12-19
Toronto Ombudsman Report Finds City’s Decision to Exclude Refugees from Base Shelter Beds was Unfair and Harmful
A new report from Toronto’s Ombudsman Kwame Addo finds that the City of Toronto’s decision to stop allowing refugee claimants access to its base shelter beds was unfair, poorly planned, and inconsistent with its commitments to transparency, accountability, and the human right to adequate housing.
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2024-10-25
Ombudsman challenges public offices on ethics
Ombudsman Grace Tikambenji Malera has challenged Public Officers in the country to exercise their duties and functions in a proper, fair, just, reasonable and lawful manner; further to accounting for their decisions or actions. Malera made the call in a presentation she made during a webinar organized by the University of Malawi (Unima).
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2024-12-19
The Ombudsman has investigated transport of inmates in the Prison and Probation Service
The Ombudsman’s monitoring visits to institutions for adults in 2023 focused particularly on the Prison and Probation Service’s transport of inmates to court appearances, outpatient treatment and in connection with transfer of inmates from one Prison and Probation Service institution to another.
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2024-12-19
Chief Ombudsman calls for Corrections to stop the way it is running Prisoners of Extreme Risk Unit
The Chief Ombudsman says the Department of Corrections must stop the way it’s running the Prisoners of Extreme Risk Unit (PERU) because the unit’s prisoners are being ill-treated. Peter Boshier has released a report that outlines serious concerns about human rights abuses at the unit which is based at Auckland Prison.
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2024-12-13
Oversight of the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022 Annual Report 2023–24, tabled in Parliament
The NSW Ombudsman tabled the Oversight of the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022 Annual Report 2023–24 in Parliament on 11 December, 2024. The report provides a snapshot of voluntary public interest disclosures made between 1 October 2023, when the Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022 (PID Act) commenced, and 30 June 2024.
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2024-10-25
Urgent need for review of special needs youth placement in adult facilities per CRC
Based on Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) data, the number of children with developmental, physical, or mental disabilities placed outside their families rose to 1,243 in 2023. Of these, 176 cases (15%) were housed in adult care facilities, which have been unable to meet the children's social adaptation and peer interaction needs, thus failing to adhere to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
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2024-07-25
Ombudsman Sindh holds the follow-up session with 10 selected students of Hamdard University as Ambassadors for his institute
Muhammad Sohail Rajput, the Ombudsman Sindh, presided the follow-up session of the Brand Ambassador Program on 22 July 2024 at the Secretariat of the Provincial Ombudsman Sindh with the 10 selected students as Ambassadors for Ombudsman Sindh from the Hamdard University.
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2024-12-13
The Office of the State Comptroller and Ombudsman presents a special report on the subject of public service in public bodies
On 26.11.2024, the State Comptroller and Ombudsman of Israel Matanyahu Englman presented to the Israeli parliament (Knesset) a special report on the subject of public service provided by public bodies in Israel.