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2019-05-02Ombudsman receives the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, received this afternoon Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The meeting addressed the concerns and recommendations that the Ombudsman, as National Human Rights Institution, has recently presented in the scope of the Universal Periodic Review.
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2021-02-17High Commissioner for Human Rights - Special Report Summary - Human Rights Protection during the Spread of COVID-19 (February - October 2020)
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2019-09-27
Annual Report of the Québec Ombudsman: public services with excessive requirements
On the occasion of the tabling of her Annual Report at the National Assembly of Québec on September 26, Ombudsperson Marie Rinfret presented her findings concerning the quality and integrity of Québec’s public services.
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2018-10-23
10th Biennial CAROA Conference – Save the Date
The 10th Biennial Caribbean Ombudsman Association (CAROA) Conference and training will be held in Bermuda from 28 – 31 May 2019. Please save the dates! The proposed theme of the conference is “Strengthening the role and performance of Ombudsman and Human Rights Institutions in the Caribbean”. The conference will be followed by a two-days training session.
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2018-07-09
4th NPM Workshop – Save the Date!
Over the past years the IOI has developed several training programmes that cater to the specific needs of member institutions acting as National Preventive Mechanism (NPM). The 4th IOI workshop for NPMs will be generously hosted by the Office of the Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman and held in Copenhagen from 7 - 9 November 2018.
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2019-07-09
The Public Defender of Rights of the Czech Republic Anna Šabatová openly expressed support to her Polish colleague Adam Bodnar
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2018-01-10
Toronto Ombudsman Looking into the City’s Cold-Weather Services for the Homeless
The City of Toronto’s Ombudsman, Susan Opler, has begun an Enquiry into communication, capacity planning and quality of the winter programs offered to Toronto’s homeless.
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2017-10-31
Investigation report by the Québec Ombudsman: The process for handling complaints within the education system must be reviewed
In an investigation report released today, the Québec Ombudsman delivered its findings and recommendations regarding the complaint examination procedure within the education system.
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2019-10-29
The IOI Europe workshop from 16 to 17 October 2019 focused on the EU General Data Protection Regulation and respective human rights aspects
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2021-03-11
New Zealand - OPCAT COVID-19 Report: report on inspections of prisons under the Crimes of Torture Act 1989 - June 2020 - EN
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2019-04-15
Ombudsman meets with representatives of the Council of Europe
The Azerbaijani Ombudsman met with Mr. Menno Ettema, program manager, anti-discrimination department of CoE and Anca Sandescu, project manager, capacity building and co-operation projects unit, gender equality division of CoE at the Office of the Ombudsman.
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2020-08-20
ACRC recommended improvement on 155 corruption risk factors in 71 statutes in the first half of 2020
In the first half of this year, Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC, Chairperson Jeon Hyun Heui) conducted a Corruption Impact Assessment which found 155 corruption risk factors in 71 out of 1,010 enacted and revised statutes of central government agencies and recommended improvement thereon.
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2018-12-21
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Report 12_18
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2024-03-28
A Patient Safety Strategy for Northern Ireland
Ombudsman Margaret Kelly has called for patients to be given a central role in shaping safety protocols within Northern Ireland's health service. Speaking at a conference on patient safety on 20 March 2024, Ms Kelly asked the Department of Health to take the lead in creating a comprehensive framework that empowers patients and fosters a culture of safety and accountability.
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2020-06-15
Application of legal standards developed by the Human Rights Defender of Armenia by Courts of Armenia
Since 2016, the Human Rights Defender has started a new practice of developing jurisprudence and legal standards in decisions related to concrete cases. This procedure is based on the same principles as the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Cassation or the Constitutional Court and is an example of how the case law can be developed through the work of the country's legal institutions based on international obligations.
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2019-08-27
Ombudswoman informs the public about alleged illegal police treatment of migrants
Since there has been no reaction so far to the Croatian Ombudswoman’s letter to the competent institutions (to State’s Attorney Office, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament, Chairpersons of the Committee on the Constitution, Standing Orders and Political System, the Committee on Human and National Minority Rights and the Domestic Policy and National Security Committee) regarding her request to conduct appropriate, efficient and independent investigation of the alleged illegal police treatment of migrants, which was received in a complaint by an anonymous policeman, in order to establish whether it was grounded, Croatian Ombudswoman Lora Vidović has now informed the public as the last resort stipulated by the Art 19 of the Ombudsman Law.
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2021-03-11
New Zealand - OPCAT COVID-19 report: Report on inspections of aged care facilities under the Crimes of Torture Act 1989 - August 2020 - EN
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2019-10-31
The Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman announces two new reviews
The Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman of Australia (IGTO), Ms Karen Payne, today announced the launch of two new investigations into aspects of the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) systems and procedures.
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2017-07-17
The Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation launches newsletter
The Office of the Inspector-General of Taxation (IGT) launched a newletter called IGoT News!. The first edition was issued on 6 July 2017. IGoT News! will regularly inform its readers of the activities of the IGT and what it is hearing from the community, particularly from its complaint handling service.
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2019-06-13
Special Procedures, Treaty Bodies and the UPR – a connectivity analysis
This policy report calls for a fundamental rethink of the international compliance system: instead of the three main implementation mechanisms being perceived (and, in the case of Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures, perceiving of themselves) as separate, distinct, unconnected and – even – as operating in tension; they should be seen as three complementary parts of a single human rights compliance engine.
