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2011-06-24Former Chief Ombudsman Elected as President of the Senate
The Office of the Ombudsman, Thailand, is very pleased to inform the ombudsman community that former Chief Ombudsman of Thailand, General Teeradej Meepien, has recently been elected as the new President of the Senate of Thailand.
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2011-07-14
European Region organises OPCAT workshop
On 13 and 14 September 2011 an OPCAT workshop (Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture) for Ombudsman institutions will take place in Warsaw, Poland. I.O.I. Europe cooperates with the Polish Ombudsman Institution in the organisation of this event.
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2011-07-17
Miscellaneous
Several new incumbents entered into office in the past couple of weeks: Mr. Dominique Baudis is the new French Defender of Rights, Ms. Calliope Spanou the Greek Ombudswoman and Ms. Raymonde Saint-Germain was reappointed in Québec - to name only a few among many more renowned personalities.
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2011-09-30
New jurisdiction for Ontario Ombudsman
Ontario Ombudsman André Marin now has the jurisdiction to investigate complaints about Niagara Health System, following the provincial government’s appointment of a supervisor for the institution.
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2012-02-17
IOI WORLD CONFERENCE 2012 – REGISTRATION OPEN!
Registration is now OPEN for the 10th World Conference of the International Ombudsman Institute which is taking place from 12 – 16 November 2012 in Wellington, New Zealand. Following this link you can complete your registration via the online registration form. The website www.confer.co.nz/wcioi now also includes the outline programme, details of the pre conference workshops and the topics that will be presented, information regarding registration fees and a guide to the accommodation options.
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2012-03-27
Review by the NSW Ombudsman into police use of tasers
In March a man died after being tasered by the Police in the Sydney. The NSW Police Force set up a critical incident investigation team to investigate the death and announced that the NSW Ombudsman will provide independent oversight of the investigation.
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2012-04-05
Investigation Report on accessibility to long-term home support services
The Québec Ombudsman just released an Investigation Report about the accessibility to home support services for people with significant and persistent disabilities.
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2012-06-08
Debate on implementation of UPR recommendations
A discussion on the implementation of recommendations given to Azerbaijan in the framework of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was held at the Ombudsman Office jointly with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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2012-06-08
New reports on the rights of people with disabilities
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published two new reports on the rights of people with disabilities. The reports highlight the need to move from institutional to community-based living arrangements and to reformulate laws and policies to make them more inclusive.
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2012-11-21
NPM visits Temporary Detention Place of Gusar District Police Office
According to the instructions of the Commissioner for Human Rights Elmira Suleymanova, the members of Guba Regional Office of NPM established in accordance with Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment conducted visit to temporary detention place of Gusar District Police Office Detainees were interviewed; their rights were explained to them.
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2013-01-11
report on community employment published
The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary examined the constitutional aspects of getting into and getting out of community employment programs. The report also reveals the constitutional problems related to the payment of the wages of persons in community employment and the lack of adequate guarantees set by labour law regulations.
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2013-01-18
Tender for IOI regional subsidies 2013
In its efforts to further increase the regional impact of the IOI, the members of the IOI Board of Directors decided at their Wellington meeting in November 2012 to once again make regional subsidies available to IOI members.
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2013-01-31
Latest SYT training in Toronto was largest yet
The Ontario Ombudsman’s Office welcomed more than 80 participants to its sixth annual training course, "Sharpening Your Teeth". The course, the largest to date, included colleagues from ombudsman offices and other watchdog agencies from all over Canada.
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2013-03-19
Seminar on human right to gender identity
The Ombudsman of the Basque Country (“Ararteko”) and the European Region of the IOI jointly organize a seminar on “The Right to Gender Identity and Affective-Sexual Diversity. Challenges for Equality” to be held in Bilbao on 20 and 21 May 2013.
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2013-03-25
Ombudsman will be investigating more complaints
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman is changing the way it works from the beginning of April and will be investigating more complaints and sharing more information with government organisations. This will help to improve public services.
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2013-05-24
Portuguese Ombudsman reaccredited as A status National Human Rights Institution
The Portuguese Ombudsman has been reaccredited as A status National Human Rights Institutions, in full compliance with the Paris Principles, for the period of 2012-2017.
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2013-06-05
Members of FRA’s new Scientific Committee announced
The FRA Management Board, at its meeting of 22-24 May 2013, appointed the members of the agency's new Scientific Committee.
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2013-07-30
Ombudsman holds round table on human rights in psychiatric institutions
A round table was held by the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights on the control over the observance of human rights while rendering psychiatric care to Ukrainian citizens.
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2013-08-16
Ombudsman’s view on illegal control of a prisoner’s letter
The content of the letters written by prisoners to the authorities cannot be checked. However, such a situation occurred in Balassagyarmat Prison. Furthermore, in one case a disciplinary procedure was launched because of the tone of a letter. The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights has turned to the Director General of the Hungarian Prison Service to prevent similar incidents in the future.
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2013-08-26
Trust is a core concern for the Québec Ombudsman
Maintaining the bond of trust with citizens is a major issue for public services and elected officials, Ombudsperson Raymonde Saint-Germain declared at the 65th National Annual Conference of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC).
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