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2013-02-12Seminar 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” in order to foster reflection and dialogue about the human rights to gender identity and sexual orientation.
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2013-03-13
USOA Conference announcement
The 34th Annual Conference of the United States Ombudsman Association (USOA) will be held in Indianapolis from 28 October to 1 November 2013.
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2013-06-24
The European Code of Good Administration Behaviour
Since its approval by the European Parliament in 2001, The European Code of Good Administrative Behaviour has become a vital instrument for putting the principle of good administration into practice.
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2013-06-26
Special report of the Québec Ombudsman leads to legislative changes
In May 2013, the Québec National Assembly adopted the Act to amend the Police Act as concerns independent investigations. This Act was the result of the recommendations of the Ombudsperson, Raymonde Saint-Germain, in her special report on the investigation procedure applied in Québec for incidents involving police officers.
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2013-06-28
Farewell to Secretary General Peter Kostelka
Peter Kostelka’s role as Secretary General of the IOI ends as his term as a member of the Austrian Ombudsman Board expires. On behalf of the IOI family IOI President Dame Beverley A. Wakem expressed her thanks for his immense contribution.
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2013-08-02
Research project on impact of systematic investigations
The City of Toronto Ombudsman has received funding from the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) to lead a research project that will look at the impact that systemic investigations have had on the service to Toronto’s residents.
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2013-07-08
Ombudsman urges upholding of human rights despite crisis
On Thursday, 4 July 2013, Human Rights Ombudsman Vlasta Nussdorfer handed over her annual report to Parliamentary Speaker Janko Veber and presented her report to President Borut Pahor as well.
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2013-07-26
EU court deals with Slovak benefits issue also on the initiative of the Czech ombudsman
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg has started dealing with the issue of long-time care benefits that Slovakia is not paying to its citizens living in the Czech Republic, on the initiative of Czech ombudsman Pavel Varvarovsky.
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2013-11-07
Ontario Ombudsman appoints former police chiefs as advisors
Ontario Ombudsman André Marin today announced he has appointed two prominent former police chiefs as special advisors to his ongoing investigation into the direction provided by the province to police for de-escalating conflict situations.
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2014-01-30
Vacancy on European Regional Board
Following the resignation of Mr. Alex Brenninkmeijer, a vacancy has occurred on the European Regional Board of the IOI. At the recent meeting of the European Board in Brussels, it was agreed that the preferred option for filling the vacancy left by Mr Brenninkmeijer’s resignation was an electronic ballot.
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2014-02-19
Anna Šabatová becomes new Ombudsman
Mrs Anna Šabatová, who was deputy to the first Czech ombudsman Otakar Motejl (2001-2007) and the head of the Czech Helsinki Committee from 2008 to early 2013 - will take up the post as new Czech Ombudsman after being sworn-in by Chamber of Deputies chairman Jan Hamacek on the 18th February.
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2014-01-16
“Sunshine law” should apply equally across Ontario
According to Ontario’s “sunshine law”, all meetings of councils, local boards and their committees must be open to the public unless they meet certain narrow requirements. However, there is no punishment for violating the law and municipalities are allowed to hire their own investigators.
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2014-03-26
Report on “security” upgrades of president’s private residence released
In March 2014, the Public Protector published her report on her investigation into allegations of unlawful and unethical conduct with regard to the installation of security measures and related upgrades at the president's private residence at Nkandla.
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2014-04-15
Ombudsman urges Government leaders to learn from complaints
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has urged Government leaders not to ignore complaints which provide a vital opportunity to learn from mistakes and improve public services.
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2014-04-28
PhD Bursary Opportunity
Queen Margaret University (QMU) is offering a fully funded bursary to support an exceptional individual to conduct PhD research in the area of alternative dispute resolution.
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2014-05-22
Ombudsman published 2013 Annual Report in English
The Protector of Citizens (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Serbia, Saša Janković, published the office’s Annual Report for 2013 in English. In the reporting period, the Protector of Citizens acted upon 5,042 complaints.
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2014-06-04
Ombudsman audit of implementation of Freedom of Information Act
South Australia Ombudsman Richard Bingham performed an audit to find out if government departments did fulfil their obligations under the Freedom of Information Act, which has been in operation for two decades.
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2014-06-10
IOI supports idea of establishing Ombudsman institution in Chile
During the last electoral campaign in Chile, the electoral programmes of both presidential candidates considered the establishment of an Ombudsman institution as one of the oldest and most important instruments for a modern democratic society. The IOI strongly supports the idea of establishing such an ombudsman institution and sent a letter of support to President Michelle Bachelet.
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2014-06-25
Meeting of the Visegrad Group Ombudsmen (V4)
On 12-14 June, 2014 the Human Rights Defender of Poland was hosting the annual meeting of the Visegrad Group Ombudsmen (V4). The meeting, held in Białowieża, was attended by Ms Anna Šabatová, Public Defender of Rights of the Czech Republic, Ms Jana Dubovcova, Defender of Rights of the Slovac Republic and Ms Elisabeth Sándor-Szalay, deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary.
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2014-07-01
Ombusdmen join voices for liberation of Nigerian schoolgirls
It’s with resolute determination and profound sadness that three international Ombusmen’s Associations and the Conseil International Permanent sur la Prévention et la Médiation des Conflits et des Guerres, CIPM join their voices to deplore the abduction and detention of over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls which occurred more than two months ago.
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