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2017-05-03Catalan Ombudsman reports on human rights regression
In a recent report on “Human Rights regression in Spain” the Catalan Ombudsman analyzes the impacts on human and fundamental rights that with a specific focus on Catalonia.
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2017-05-03
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales quarterly Casebook and Code of Conduct Casebook published
Issue 28 of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales’ Casebook (January – March 2017) has been published. The Casebook is a collection of summaries of cases dealt with in the previous quarter.
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2017-05-08
New regional Ombudsman appointed for Lombardy Region
Lombardy's new regional defender is Carlo Lio, elected by the Regional Council on 3 May 2017. Carlo Lio will succeed Donato Giordano, who has served as regional Ombudsman for the past six years and whose term will expire in a few days.
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2017-05-08
Arrival of refugees
In view of the arrival of thousands and thousands of people coming from war-torn countries such as Syria and from other places for reasons of persecutions, political or religious ideas, warring among ethnic groups or hunger, in September 2015, the European Union assigned its Member States to relocate 170,000 individuals arriving in Italy and Greece.
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2017-05-09
NSW Ombudsman releases new report into asbestos
The New South Wales (NSW) Ombudsman, Professor John McMillan, recently released a report ‘Asbestos: How NSW government agencies deal with the problem’. He found that there are serious gaps in the NSW Government’s response to the health risks posed by asbestos and how it can be handled and disposed of safely. The report follows an earlier NSW Ombudsman report, published in 2010.
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2017-05-09
New Ombudsman takes oath of office
The newly appointed Ombudsman of the republic of Sierra Leone Lawyer Melron Nicol-Wilson Tuesday 25 April 2017 subscribed to the oath of office at a ceremony at State House in Freetown.
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2017-05-11
International Conference to commemorate 25th anniversary of Ombudsman's Act
IOI President Peter Tyndall and Secretary General Günther Kräuter congratulate Ombudwoman Lora Vidovic on the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Croatian Ombuds institution. Peter Tyndall’s well reputed speech and Günther Kräuter’s moderation formed part of an excellently organized conference dealing with the timely topic of “Reclaiming human rights in Europe: How to enhance the democratic space”.
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2017-05-11
Board adopts Vienna Declaration to support colleagues in Argentina
At its annual meeting in Vienna the IOI Board of Directors adopted a declaration requesting the Congress of Argentina to accelerate procedures to appoint the National Ombudsman – a position which has remained vacant for the past seven years – and the National Ombudsman for Children and Adolescents – a position which remains vacant since its creation in 2005.
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2017-05-12
The Ombudsman announces results of two direct investigation reports
Two direct investigation reports on “Housing Department’s Mechanism for Taking Follow-up Action against Unauthorised Alterations by Public Housing Tenants” and “Government’s Regulation of Factory Canteens” were released by the Office of the Ombudsman of Hong Kong.
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2017-05-12
End of Financial Year Training Opportunities in Brisbane
The Queensland Ombudsman offers practical and interactive training opportunities for public sector officers on managing complaints, making decisions, managing unreasonable conduct and ethical dilemmas.
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2017-05-15
International Conference on "Past, Present and Future Perspective of Asian Ombudsman"
On the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Asian Ombudsman Association (AOA), First Vice-President of the IOI Diane Welborn and Secretary General Günther Kräuter were represented at AOA’s 15th General Assembly, jointly held by national and provincial ombudsman of the region. Diane Welborn’s opening speech on the successful work of the AOA in the fight against corruption and Günther Kräuter’s contributions to two sessions of the conference formed part of an excellently organized conference dealing with the past, present and future perspectives of Asian Ombudsman institutions.
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2017-05-16
Failures in the placement and follow up of unaccompanied minors
The Parliamentary Ombudsmen’s investigation points to significant failures in the placement of unaccompanied minors and the social service’s follow up of the minor’s care.
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2017-05-16
10th Edition of the Ombudsman’s Casebook published
The 10th edition of the Ombudsman's Casebook has now been published. It includes summaries of some of the cases Ombudsman and IOI President Peter Tyndall examined recently.
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2017-05-22
City Acted Unfairly in Cancelling Park Permit
Toronto, May 19, 2017 – Ombudsman Toronto released its Investigation Report into How the City of Toronto's Parks Forestry and Recreation Division (PF&R) handled a Park Permit. The investigation revealed a lack of fair process when the City quickly cancelled a permit after neighbours complained. Ombudsman Toronto made eight recommendations to ensure fairness in how the City handles park permits, all of which PF&R accepted.
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2017-05-18
Ombudsman Punjab for the Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace
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2017-05-19
Ombudsman office launches mobile application service
The Ombudsman Office as part of its ongoing efforts to enhance communication with the public and to use advanced technology to provide its services, this week the Ombudsman Office launched its official application for iPhone, iPad, and Google Android devices on App Store and Google Play for free.
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2017-05-22
People’s Advocate issues special reports on migration and on children's rights
The Office of the People’s Advocate issued the English versions of two special reports. The first one focuses on the rights of children living in residential institutions and children’s homes; the second one investigates the role of the People’s Advocate with respect to migration issues.
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2017-05-23
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding with FCO
On 16 May 2017 IOI President Peter Tyndall and the President of the Forum of Canadian Ombudsman (FCO), Ms Nora Farrell signed a Memorandum of Understanding by which both organisations express their willingness to strongly cooperate in the future.President Tyndall further took the opportunity of his stay to visit the Toronto Office of the Ombudsman of Ontario.
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2017-05-24
Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission publishes Annual Report
On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) published the 2016 annual report which will enable the ACRC to look back on its accomplishments of 9 years work and prepare for the upcoming 10 years.
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2017-05-29
Public Defender appeals to Venice Commission
The Public Defender of Georgia, Mr Ucha Nanuashvili, has addressed the Venice Commission concerning the draft amendments to the Constitution of Georgia, which had not been taken into account within the framework of the State’s Constitutional Commission, during the evaluating period. In his letter the Public Defender focuses on the amendments aimed at weakening the standards of protection and implementation of fundamental human rights and freedoms enshrined in the current edition of the Constitution.
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