In Dame Beverley Wakem’s last full year in office as Chief Ombudsman, the public has shown increasing confidence in seeking independent redress through the Office of the Ombudsman.

Hyderabad Development Authority paid service dues to a retired government employee on the orders of Mr. Asad Ashraf Malik, Provincial Ombudsman Sindh.

El Ombudsman mexicano, Luis Raúl González Pérez, quien presidió los trabajos del encuentro, afirmó que los principios de los derechos humanos, así como la paz y la seguridad, son ejes fundamentales para el desarrollo sostenible, incluyendo no sólo a las personas sino a nuestro planeta en su totalidad

In the context of its work in the area of migration, asylum and borders, FRA is today publishing a new paper, Alternatives to detention for asylum seekers and people in return procedures. The paper seeks to provide guidance to policy makers and practitioners on the use of measures for asylum seekers and people in return procedures that do not unnecessarily deprive them of their right to liberty.

Manitoba Ombudsman has developed a user friendly Privacy Impact Assessment Tool that encourages organizations to think about privacy when evaluating an existing or proposed program, service or activity. This Privacy Impact Assessment Tool replaces the Compliance Review Tool for Manitoba’s Information Privacy Laws, developed by Manitoba Ombudsman in 2003.

Según ya comentábamos en un informe anterior: La IACA Regional Summer Academy-Latin America es un nuevo programa de siete días para profesionales que buscan afilar sus esfuerzos de anticorrupción en esta región del mundo. Este programa está basado en la exitosa Summer Academy que IACA anfitriona cada año, pero ahora enfocado exclusivamente en Latinoamérica. La IACA Regional Summer Academy-Latin America se llevara a cabo en Buenos Aires, Argentina del 21 al 27 de noviembre 2015. El periodo de aplicación termina el 16 octubre 2015.

 

The Investigation Report issued by the Office of the United Nation’s High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) dated 16th September 2015, is the most comprehensive report on human rights issued by any international or national agency to date. It is comprehensive and balanced. If implemented it could lead to considerable positive developments in Sri Lanka. This 261 page report sums up some of the most serious problems relating to the rule of law and the administration of justice that have arisen over a considerable period of time. 

Commissioner met with the Resident Advisor of the Twinning on social service provision in Azerbaijan, executive director of the Austrian Social Worker Association, Mr. Herbert Paulischin at his own request.