The Office of the Ombudsman will soon be monitoring the treatment of patients in privately run aged care facilities and detainees in court cells. The additional responsibilities were gazetted today. They are in addition to the Office’s current responsibilities under the United Nation’s Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT).

Staff of the Iowa Office of Ombudsman are saddened by news of the death of former Governor Robert Ray, who established the ombudsman’s office in 1970 as a way to make government more accountable and responsive to the citizens it serves. 

Dans le cadre du partenariat entre la Médiature et l’ONG plan international, le Médiateur de la République du Niger Son Excellence Me Ali Sirfi MAIGA avec le Gouverneur de Dosso et le Représentant de Plan International Niger à Kardji Bangou a conduit du 25 au 27 juin 2018,  une mission de travail dans la région de Dosso.

Expert team perfoming peer evaluation in Latvia on expert services in healthcare quality and patient safety domain. On 3 July 2018 Ombudsman Juris Jansons met with international experts to discuss the health-care system in Latvia.

El Defensor del Pueblo (e.f.), Francisco Fernández Marugán, se ha dirigido al Ministerio de Defensa para conocer los motivos por los que se está excluyendo a mujeres con tatuajes visibles con el uniforme en procesos selectivos del Ejército y ha pedido al departamento ministerial que se cuestione si puede existir discriminación.

Nottingham City Council has been told to offer a fresh schools admission hearing to a young boy who needed to move school because of “honour” based violence. The boy’s mother had applied for her son to move into Year Five at the new school, because she wanted him to attend a school that no other family members attended.

The Inspector-General of Taxation (IGT), Ali Noroozi, today confirmed he will not be seeking reappointment for a third term. Mr Noroozi has served in the role for 10 years and during this time has undertaken more than 30 reviews across a broad range of issues, including ATO debt collection, tax disputes, audits, transfer pricing, services to tax practitioners, taxpayer rights, IT upgrades and so-called ‘U-turns’.

La Defensoría de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes lanzó la campaña #MiOpiniónNoEsMenor por el derecho de las niñas, niños y adolescentes a opinar y por el deber de las y los adultos a oír.  Al detectar reiteradas persecuciones a las opiniones e ideas que expresan las y los adolescentes en las redes sociales, se propone esta campaña para circulación exclusiva en redes.