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2014-03-05EU-wide survey on violence against women
Violence against women undermines women’s core fundamental rights such as dignity, access to justice and gender equality. For example, one in three women has experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15; one in five women has experienced stalking; every second woman has been confronted with one or more forms of sexual harassment.
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2014-02-21
Veterans Independence Program Review
On 18 February 2014 the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman released its Review of the Support Provided by Veterans Affairs Canada through its Veterans Independence Program.
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2014-02-26
Complaints resolved and received by the Ombudsman set new records
Not one complaint had been pending for longer than a year at the office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland at the end of 2013. The number of incoming complaints during the year was again a record, over 5,000.
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2014-03-20
Austerity measures must not affect the fundamental rights of citizens
In her speech at the 27th Annual Meeting of the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions of the United Nations, the Defensora del Pueblo, Soledad Becerril, stressed that austerity measures must not affect the fundamental rights of citizens.
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2014-04-04
Ombudsman Institutions and Open Government on 16 April 2014
On Wednesday, 16 April 2014, a webinar on the role of Ombudsman institutions in advancing open government will take place and the IOI kindly invites all of its member institutions to join the webinar between 10 and 11 a.m. EST. The webinar is sponsored by Open Government Partnership (OGP), the World Bank Institute and the IOI and will aim to discuss the opportunities for Ombudsman offices to engage in their respective countries’ OGP processes.
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2014-04-18
Successful Webinar on Ombudsman and Open Government
The webinar was sponsored by Open Government Partnership (OGP), the World Bank Institute and the IOI and aimed to discuss the opportunities for Ombudsman offices to engage in their respective countries’ OGP processes. It is the first webinar of the OGP Webinar Series with a focus on Ombudsman.
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2014-07-16
APT publishes Annual Report 2013
In its 2013 Annual Report, the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) is pleased to inform that States continued to abide by their legal obligation to protect persons deprived of their liberty and that the APT continued to pave the way towards a world without torture, without degrading treatment, a world in which the dignity and rights of persons deprived of their liberty are respected. The English, French and Spanish versions of the report are available here.
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2014-10-21
Ombudsman releases Annual Report 2013
The Annual Report of 2013 summarizes the institution's performance between 01 January 2013 to 31 December 2013 and is structured based on the constitutional mission of the Ombudsperson: protection, monitoring and promotion of human rights and freedoms.
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2014-12-16
Being trans in the EU - comparative analysis of the EU LGBT survey data
Trans persons, or those whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from the sex assigned them at birth, face frequent discrimination, harassment and violence across the European Union (EU) today. A report published by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) examines issues of equal treatment and discrimination and analyses data on the experiences of trans respondents from the EU LGBT survey.
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2015-02-11
Ombudsman’s staff members participated in the round table on the elimination of domestic violence against women
Ombudsman’s staff members participated in a round table where the final report on a survey studying the features and causes of Domestic Violence (DV) against women in Azerbaijan was presented to the corresponding authorities and the public. The representatives of the Ministry of Health, Public Health and Reforms Center of Azerbaijan, the Office of the Ombudsman and the State Committee for Family, Women and Child Issues participated at this event.
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2015-03-18
Administrations accepted 72% of Ombudsman’s recommendations
Ombudsman Becerril presented the institution’s Annual Report for 2014. The Office received 23,186 and made 467 recommendations, 72% of which were accepted by the public administration.
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2015-07-08
Ombudsman’s staff participate in international conference in Ukraine
British Council country Office in cooperation with local Public Union “Modern Education and Support to Training” launches a three years long Project “Inclusive Decisions for Equal and Accountable Society”.
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2015-09-25
Passing away of Ms Carolyn Stieber
Carolyn Stieber, died on September 12, 2015. She was the ombudsman at Michigan State University from 1974 to 1991 and a long-time contributor to the international ombudsman community.
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2015-11-04
Managing parties to a complaint
The independence of the Ombudsman’s role is not just about independence from the executive government, it is also about being independent from all parties to a dispute.
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2016-06-13
Victorian Ombudsman tables report on misuse of council resources
A culture of entitlement among some council workers must be dealt with before a major scandal erupts, says Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass.
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2016-10-11
ACRC welcomes Improper Solicitation and Graft Act
In Korea, Improper Solicitation and Graft Act took effect in September 2016 with an aim to eradicate corruptions that violate people's right. The Act has gained a great support from the public and the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) has promoted the enactment of the Act.
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2017-02-23
Ombudsman: System of unpaid trainees in EU foreign delegations should end
Following a complaint from a young EU trainee, the European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, has recommended that the European External Action Service (EEAS) pay all of its trainees an appropriate allowance to allow greater access for young people of all backgrounds.
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2017-03-10
Mexican Ombudsman promotes culture of respect and diversity at GANHRI Annual Meeting
On the occasion of the 30th GANHRI (Global Alliance for National Human Rights Institutions) Annual Meeting in Geneva, an annual conference on “Early warning, conflict prevention and re-establishment of peaceful societies: the role of NHRIs” was held with the participation of the new IOI Board Member, Luis Raúl González Pérez, President of the National Human Rights Commission of Mexico.
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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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2017-09-07
Ombudsman Kräuter welcomes South Korean delegation in Vienna
As part of a study visit to Austria, Germany and the Netherlands, a delegation from South Korea visited the Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB) on 5 September 2017. The delegation was chaired by Chul-Young Shin, Ombudsman of Gangwon Province, and included representatives from the audit division and general civil service offices of different South Korean cities. The visit served as a platform for a fruitful exchange of experiences between the AOB and the South Korean delegation.
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