IOI President and Irish Ombudsman Peter Tyndall published a report setting out how the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection (DEASP) has addressed his concerns about the recovery of overpayments made to social welfare recipients.

The British Columbia Ombudsperson is monitoring the Ministry of Education’s response to the province-wide grade 12 exam tabulation error affecting students and families across the British Columbia (BC).

The Control Yuan carried out an investigation to ensure that the employment rights of people with physical and/or mental health conditions were being upheld. The investigation and follow-up monitoring resulted in improvements in the overall situation.

Acting on a petition by the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia has annulled legislation which allowed police to use systems for automatic license plate recognition (ANPR). The said legislation, such as it was, contravened the constitutional right to protection of personal data. The now-annulled provisions were introduced into the Police Tasks And Powers Act in February 2017 and the Ombudsman filed the said constitutional challenge of legislation in question later that same year.

The Office of the Ombudsman of Malta received a request for cooperation from the Office of the Spanish Defensor Del Pueblo concerning an unaccompanied minor who was given shelter in Malta after departing from Libya, and who claimed to have been separated from his family who were residing in a centre in Malaga.

Hon. Edouard NDUWIMANA, Ombudsman de la République du Burundi, a reçu, vendredi, le 19 juillet 2019, le Diplôme de Doctorat Honoris Causa en Droit, au terme du Sommet de haut niveau organisé conjointement par London Graduate School et Commonwealth University. Les cérémonies relatives à l’élévation à ce titre honorifique se sont déroulées à Jacob’s Garden Hotel, à Dubaï, aux Emirats Arabes Unis.

Se confeccionó el primer informe que presenta los datos recolectados por el Registro de Casos Judiciales de Tortura de la Procuración Penitenciaria. Este tiene por objetivo recoger, sistematizar y analizar información acerca del trámite de las denuncias penales presentadas por nuestra institución en casos de tortura.

Public access to court case-law contributes to predictable decision-making by the courts, unification of the decision-making practice and transparency of court decisions, and thus also to promotion of the right to a fair trial. The Ministry of Justice has to provide for proper functioning of online records of court case-law.