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2014-10-30FRA publishes paper on forced marriages
Concerted legal and practical efforts are needed from the EU and its Member States to help combat forced marriage, finds a new paper by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). While it is difficult to calculate how many people are victims, this paper outlines different actions to address this particular form of gender-based violence.
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2014-11-04
FRA publishes report on Roma survey results
Three new reports just published by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) focus on different thematic areas of its Roma survey.
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2014-11-25
Network of Information Commissioners publishes international exchange survey 2014
The latest International Survey of Information Commissioners, conducted by the Centre for Freedom of Information, has been published including responses provided by 53 Commissioners/Ombudsman in 33 countries.
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2015-02-18
Ombudsman and the autonomous regional ombudsmen present a joint study on hospital accident and emergency services
The Ombudsman and the autonomous-regional ombudsmen presented the joint study “Hospital Accident and Emergency services in the National Health System: patients’ rights and guarantees”, which examines the realities of A&E services and the impact on people’s fundamental rights of how they work.
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2015-07-27
Ombudsman made 537 recommendations and suggestions in the first half of 2015
The Institution presented before the Mixed Committee for Relations with the Office of the Ombudsman (Defensor del Pueblo) a report on operations in the first five months of the year; the National Prevent Mechanism (NMP) annual report and two case studies.
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2015-07-23
Residential facilities providing care without authorisation
The office of the Ombudsman published its 2015 report on systematic visits carried out by the public defender of rights. This report list the risks (ill-treatment of clients) posed by facilities providing care without authorisation (the “unregistered residential social services facilities”) and explain why good co-operation among all governmental authorities is necessary to penalise these facilities.
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2015-10-06
"People first" - Visegrád Group's Ombudsmen
The Four Visegrád Ombudsmen, including the Public Defender of Rights of the Czech Republic, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary, the Public Defender of Rights of the Slovak Republic and the Deputy Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Poland, held a meeting in Visegrád, Hungary, from 30 September to 02 October, 2015. During this event, the Ombudsmen accepted a joint statement in relation to the current refugee and migration crisis affected this European region.
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2015-11-12
Adult social care complaints to the Ombudsman on the increase
The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) is publishing its complaints statistics for adult social care – including data for both councils and private care providers – in its Annual Review of Adult Social Care Complaints 2014/15. The report is being published as part of the LGO’s role as the social care ombudsman, to encourage transparency and accountability across the whole adult social care complaints system.
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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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2017-02-21
EU Twinning Project to strengthen the capacity of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights
Lithuanian and Austrian partners will share their experience with the Office of the Ukrainian Ombudsman.
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2017-04-04
Ombudsman probes Government’s follow-up mechanism regarding psychological health assessment of school children
The Ombudsman, Ms Connie Lau, declared a direct investigation to examine whether the follow-up mechanism of the Department of Health (“DH”) and the Education Bureau (“EDB”) for the psychological health assessment of school children is adequate and effective.
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2017-10-23
Councils reminded of their duty to homeless families following Ombudsman investigation
Local authorities are being reminded about the need to house homeless families appropriately, following two separate investigations into the London Borough of Redbridge by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.
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2017-11-16
Chief Ombudsman issues opinion on seclusion complaint
New Zealand’s Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has released his final opinion on the complaint concerning the seclusion of a child at Ruru Specialist School. He underlined that the family had been let down by the school and education agencies, and acknowledged the subsequent changes to legislation that prohibit the use of seclusion in any New Zealand school.
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2018-03-23
Toronto Ombudsman recommends changes to winter respite services for the homeless
Toronto Ombudsman released a report on an Enquiry into the City of Toronto Winter Respite Services during the 2017-18 winter season. Ombudsman Susan Opler made 18 recommendations to improve the quality, fairness and communication of these services.
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2018-07-20
Niagara Region infringed journalist’s rights: Ombudsman makes recommendations
Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé called on the Regional Municipality of Niagara to apologize publicly to a local journalist and a citizen blogger for seizing their property and ejecting them from a council meeting last December. The region’s actions were unreasonable, unjust, wrong and contrary to law, Mr. Dubé’s investigation found.
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2018-12-05
The Ombudsperson published a recommendation report regarding the right to education of convicted persons
The Ombudsperson published a recommendation report for the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Justice regarding the right to education of convicted persons.
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2019-01-31
Ombudsman Hong Kong published Brief Report 2018
The Ombudsman of Hong Kong, Ms Connie Lau, published the Office of The Ombudsman’s Brief Report 2018 on 31 January. The Office received a total of 10,130 enquiries and 4,870 complaints in 2018. The figures were at similar levels to those in the past few years, with an average of 850 enquiries and 400 complaints per month.
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2019-06-06
Partnership support for Ombudsman to improve Vanuatu Prisons
The Vanuatu Office of the Ombudsman has built expertise to conduct prison inspections through a learning exchange with the New Zealand Office of the Ombudsman. The workshop was funded by the Government of Australia and New Zealand Office of the Ombudsman with technical assistance provided by the United Nation’s Development Programme (UNDP).
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2019-08-16
Ontario Ombudsman launches nationwide search for French Language Services Commissioner
Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé announced the details of his plans to fill the role of French Language Services Commissioner within his office. Mr Dubé will choose the new commissioner with the assistance of an expert panel: Michel A. Carrier (Interim Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick), and Linda Cardinal(University of Ottawa professor and internationally recognized authority on language rights).
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2019-08-27
President Peter Tyndall speaks about human rights under pressure at the European Forum Alpbach 2019
The European Forum Alpbach 2019 hosted a breakout session by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the IOI on “Human Rights Under Pressure: The Role of Ombudspersons and National Human Rights Institutions”. The IOI was represented by its President and Irish Ombudsman Peter Tyndall.
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