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2020-02-24Parliamentary Ombudsman directs severe criticism towards Prison and Probation Service
Sweden has received international criticism for a long time due to inmates’ conditions in Swedish remand prisons. The criticism concerns primarily the fact that inmates with restrictions are put in isolation and thus put in a situation that may risk affecting their mental and physical health.
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2020-03-04
Protecting the rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls
52% of migrants who came to Europe in 2017 were women, according to the 2017 United Nations International Migration Report. Together with children, women and girls are the other most vulnerable groups most at risk from all types of abuses including trafficking, forced marriage or sexual exploitation. Up to 94% of them were trafficked for sexual exploitation in 2016.
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2020-03-13
Venice Commission will provide legal advice on Ombudsman legislation
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has responded to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe following the adoption of the Recommendation entitled “Ombudsman Institutions in Europe – the need for a set of common standards.” This is the motion which adopted the Venice Principles.
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2020-04-14
Ombudsman community mourns death of former Spanish Ombudsman Enrique Múgica
The international Ombudsman community mourns the death of Enrique Múgica Herzog, former Spanish Ombudsman, President of the Federation of Ibero-american Ombudsman FIO and founder of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsman (AOM), who passed away on Saturday, 11 April 2020, apparently victim of COVID-19.
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2020-06-09
ENNHRI and MHE publish report on supported decision-making
ENNHRI and Mental Health Europe have published a new report on supported decision-making for people with disabilities. It highlights what supported decision-making entails in theory and in practice, as well as outlining developments in Europe and the role of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in ensuring compliance with international standards.
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2020-10-30
Ombudsman Hong Kong announces results of own-motion investigations
The Ombudsman of Hong Kong, China, Ms Winnie CHIU, held a press conference on 29 October 2020 to announce the results of two own-motion investigations; one into the maintenance and repair of play and fitness equipment in public rental housing estates and the other one into the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department’s practice of outsourcing street cleansing services.
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2020-12-15
Ombudsperson calling on public sector organizations to strengthen complaint handling systems during pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the BC Ombudsperson is releasing a new best practice report today aimed at helping public sector organizations deal with complaints fairly, efficiently and effectively.
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2021-01-07
Deputy-Ombudsman Sakslin gave decisions on child protection
Maija Sakslin, Deputy-Ombudsman has proposed compensation for a child who was sexually exploited by a child welfare institution employee. The foster care unit and the municipality had acted appropriately to investigate the offence and to make the perpetrator liable after the incident.
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2020-12-18
United Nations recognises importance of independent Ombudsman
Ombudsman, and President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI), Peter Tyndall has warmly welcomed the United Nations resolution on the Ombudsman institution, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 16 December 2020.
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2021-02-18
Webinar on UN Resolution on the role of Ombudsman and mediator institutions
The University of KwaZulu-Natal and the African Ombudsman Research Centre (AORC) cordially invite you to a Zoom Webinar on 23 February 2021 to hear presentations on the newly adopted “UN Resolution on Ombudsman and Mediator Institutions” as well as the Venice Principles, the first global standards for the protection and promotion of Ombudsman and Mediator institutions.
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2021-03-12
Best Practice Paper on “Giving Voice to Mental Health Patients” now available
The IOI is pleased to present the next issue of its Best Practice Paper series (BPP). Issue 5 puts a focus on the rights of mental health patients, especially those who are involuntarily detained in psychiatric facilities or required to take medical treatment. The BPP is based on observations made by the Ombudsman of Alberta and the British Columbia Ombudsperson.
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2021-03-30
Public Defender participated in the 5th Conference on the World Down Syndrome Day
On March 19, 2021, Public Defender of Georgia Nino Lomjaria participated in the 5th Conference on the World Down Syndrome Day. This year's message for World Down Syndrome Day is "Connect", which responds to the pandemic situation in the world.
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2021-06-21
Human Rights Defender’s independent monitoring of electoral process 2021
On June 20, voting day for snap parliamentary elections in the Republic of Armenia, the Office of the Human Rights Defender received 59 alarming calls and complaints concerning the electoral process and 570 social media and media publications were examined.
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2021-06-24
Ombudsman Hong Kong looks into problem of abandoned vehicles on government land
The Ombudsman, Ms Winnie Chiu, today (22 June) announced the launch of a direct investigation to examine the problem of abandoned vehicles on government land.
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2021-08-11
International Ombudsman Institute mourns loss of former Secretary General Günther Kräuter
Former IOI Secretary General Günther Kräuter passed this Saturday, 7 August 2021. Mr Kräuter suffered a severe medical incident while hiking in his home country of Austria. He was 64 years old.
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2021-09-10
Future Emergency Benefit Programs Must Be Fair
Alberta Ombudsman releases own motion investigation report into the government's Emergency Isolation Support program.
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2021-10-11
Publication on access to justice for vulnerable and energy-poor consumers
A new publication by Naomi Creutzfeldt, Chris Gill, Marine Cornelis, and Rachel McPherson offers a novel socio-legal approach to access to justice, alternative dispute resolution, vulnerability and energy poverty. It assembles the findings of an interdisciplinary research project studying access to justice and its barriers in the UK, Italy, France, Bulgaria and Spain (Catalonia).
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2021-11-04
PHSO finds Legal Aid Agency processes had unfair outcomes for vulnerable people
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) published a summary of an investigation which found three vulnerable people living in the UK were locked out of accessing the justice system to challenge deportation orders, because of conflicting government procedures and lengthy delays.
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2021-12-03
President provides opening address to the XII Virtual Assembly and Seminar of ILO
Chris Field, President of the International Ombudsman Institute and Western Australian Ombudsman, provided an opening address to the XII Virtual Assembly and Seminar of the Institute of Latin American Ombudsman (ILO), Human Rights and Transition: The Ombudsmen and their contribution to the future, held on 2 December 2021. The Assembly and Seminar was dedicated to Berta Cáceres, a Lencar indigenous woman from Honduras and defender of the Lencar people, the protection of their territories and the environment.
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2022-02-01
Call for participation - Comparative study: “Digitalization of public services and the role of Ombudsman”
The University of Applied Sciences Vienna (FH Campus Wien) is conducting a study on the role of Ombudsman institutions in the context of the growing digitalization of public services worldwide. IOI member institutions are strongly encouraged to fill in a short online survey and/or to participate in a short interview with the researcher, Dr. Julia Dahlvik, to help her generate data for her research project, whose outcome will be of great benefit to Ombudsman institutions worldwide.
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