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2019-11-20Latest edition of the newsletter “The Ombudsman” published
The Australian and New Zealand Ombudsman Association (ANZOA) has just released the latest edition of its newsletter ‘The Ombudsman’. This newsletter includes different examples of the work that Ombudsman offices across Australia and New Zealand are doing.
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2019-11-25
Ombudsman Hong Kong probes LCSD’s regulation of public coaching activities at public swimming pools
The Ombudsman of Hong Kong, Ms Winnie Chiu, has recently announced a direct investigation to examine the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD)’s regulation of public coaching activities at public swimming pools.
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2019-11-26
Ombudsman for Wales publishes human rights focused casebook
This is the first time the office has published a collection of cases the Ombudsman has dealt with where human rights matters have either been raised as part of the original complaint or have been pivotal to the findings.
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2019-12-02
English overview of the Chancellor of Justice activities in 2018/2019 now available
The Chancellor of Justice, Estonia, has just released its Annual Report 2018/2019. The report covers the period from 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2019. It gives an overview of the activities of the Chancellor of Justice in the areas such as the rule of law, the rights of the child, the rights of persons with disabilities, prevention of ill-treatment, protection and promotion of human rights, protection of privacy, and many others.
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2020-03-11
Stanislav Křeček elected as the new Public Defender of Rights
Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic elected Mr. Stanislav Křeček as the new Public Defender of Rights for the term of six years. Mr. Křeček succeeded Ms. Anna Šabatová and took his office on 19 February 2020.
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2020-04-15
Social Care institutions are monitored through Social Media
The Seimas Ombudsman Augustinas Normantas has begun the monitoring of social care homes through social media. Having launched a private Facebook group named "A Quarantine in social care institutions," the Human Rights Division of the Seimas Ombudsmen's Office started monitoring of social care institutions by providing the assistance to caregivers and collecting information on challenges with which the institutions face.
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2020-04-17
Transparency and access to information in the context of a global pandemic
The impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) brings unprecedented challenges for our society, both nationally and globally. Public authorities must make significant decisions that affect public health, civil liberties and people’s prosperity. The public’s right to access information about such decisions is vital.
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2020-04-28
Public Defender positively evaluates situation at checkpoints
Representatives of the Public Defender’s office visited the checkpoints set up for quarantine purposes in Marneuli, Rustavi and Mtskheta, where servicemen of the Defense Forces are deployed together with representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to evaluate the working conditions, health care procedures and monitored the procedures carried out by the military towards citizens at the checkpoints.
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2020-05-06
Best Practice Paper on Peer Review
A peer review is a good tool to improve an office’s service and to learn from best practices of other offices. Comparing structures, legal basis, methods and effectiveness with others can create a driver for strategic improvement and provide validation. Based on the practical experience from peer reviews a new IOI Best Practice Paper was developed and is now available online.
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2020-05-12
Western Cape Police Ombudsman Annual Performance Report 2019/2020
The Western Cape Police Ombudsman presents its Annual Performance Report for the 2019-2020 financial year. It seeks to enhance the efficiency of police services and improve relations between the police and communities by investigating complaints of police inefficiency and/or by investigating any breakdown of relations between the police and communities in the Western Cape.
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2020-06-08
Public Defender’s Statement on International Children's Day
June 1 is International Children's Day. On this occasion, the Public Defender of Georgia held a statement reinforcing that this date reminds the world community that all States have an obligation to take into account the best interests of each child, to protect their life and health and to provide conditions for their education, development and decent life.
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2020-06-18
Special report on monitoring the activity of the Justice Appointments Council
The People’s Advocate Institution of Albania has published a special report on "Monitoring the Activity of the Justice Appointments Council” during the year 2019. The Justice Appointments Council (JAC) has a key role in the framework of the establishment of new institutions of justice reform and during the last two years it has been a subject of disagreements between various institutions engaged in the implementation of this reform. The published report highlights problems identified by the People’s Advocate Institution in its role as an observer of JAC meetings during 2019.
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2020-06-26
2019 Annual Report of Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights
In 2019, the reform of local self-government and territorial organization of government continued in Ukraine. The process of forming the amalgamated territorial communities brought about the issue of the ability of local self-government bodies to ensure the observance, realization and protection of rights of citizens to social protection, healthcare, work, education and culture. Therefore, one of the strategic directions of the Commissioner’s activity was to exercise parliamentary oversight over the observance of social rights of citizens in the context of decentralization.
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2020-06-29
CPT’s 2019 annual report: 30 years preventing torture and ill-treatment
The 30th anniversary of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) in 2019 was an opportunity to take stock of the committee’s achievements. Since 1989, the CPT has carried out more than 450 visits to Council of Europe member states, conducting its fact-finding work in police stations, prisons, immigration detention centres, psychiatric establishments, social care homes and other locations where persons may be deprived of their liberty.
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2020-08-25
GANHRI Webinar on protecting and empowering persons with disabilities in the COVID-19 context
GANHRI will host a webinar with the participation of the CRPD and the former Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on "Protecting and empowering persons with disabilities in the COVID-19 context: the role and experiences of national human rights institutions" on Wednesday, 3 September 2020.
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2020-08-31
Records containing personal data abandoned at George Town landfill
Recently a member of the public discovered a significant number of abandoned documents at the George Town landfill, some containing sensitive personal information. The individual brought a sample of the records to the Office of the Ombudsman for further examination.
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2020-10-29
Act on the Openness of Government Activities should be reformed
Parliamentary Ombudsman Petri Jääskeläinen is expediting the reform of the Act on the Openness of Government Activities (AOGA).
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2021-01-07
Ombudsman community mourns passing of Mihail Cotorobai
It is with deep sorrow that we inform you of the passing of Mihail Cotorobai, People's Advocate of the Republic of Moldova. A person with distinguished human qualities, Ombudsman Cotorobai will live in our memory as a wise and respectful colleague, who substantially contributed to the development of the National Human Rights Institution in the Republic of Moldova and to the intransigent promotion of the values of fundamental human rights and freedoms.
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2021-01-13
Strengthening independent NHRIs and human rights protection in Austria
On 12 January 2021 the Austrian Ombudsman Board, in close cooperation with the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) organized an online exchange to shine light on human rights protection in Austria in times of Covid-19 and to discuss how to strengthen the independence of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs).
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2021-02-03
Ombudsman hosts international webinar on “OPCAT prison inspection practice”
The New Zealand Office of the Ombudsman warmly invites you to attend an international Zoom webinar “OPCAT Prison Inspection Practice” presented by Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier and Emma Roebuck Senior Inspector on 10 February 2021 between 3.00 - 4.00 pm NZST. This Webinar is free to attend and will be targeted at a basic level.
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