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2013-08-02Ontario Ombudsman assesses police de-escalation guidelines
Ontario Ombudsman André Marin has directed his staff to conduct a case assessment to determine whether or not an investigation is warranted in the wake of a recent Toronto Police shooting.
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2013-08-16
Veteran’s Ombudsman releases report on long-term care needs
The Veterans Ombudsman Canada published a review on the support provided by Veterans Affairs Canada through its Long-Term Care Program. This review provides a basis of understanding of the Department’s current role in the funding of long-term care benefits for Veterans and addresses the areas of eligibility, accessibility and the cost of the program.
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2013-10-23
FRA Opinion on framework decision on racism & xenophobia
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has presented an opinion on the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia, with special attention to the rights of victims of crime. This analysis was developed in response to the request of the Council of the European Union, Working Party on Fundamental Rights, Citizens’ Rights and Free Movement of Persons (FREMP).
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2013-12-05
Petri Jääskeläinen re-elected Parliamentary Ombudsman
The Parliament of Finland (Eduskunta) re-elected Parliamentary Ombudsman Petri Jääskeläinen to continue in office for another four-year term 2014 - 2017.
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2014-03-07
Ombudsman made more than 700 recommendations and suggestions to Administration
The 2013 Annual Report registers a record number of resolutions that implied important changes towards the citizens’ benefit.
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2014-03-14
Statement by Network of National Human Rights Institutions on Human Rights Situation in Ukraine
On the occasion of the General Assembly Meeting of the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC) at the UN Office in Geneva, the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) made a statement on the human rights situation in Ukraine.
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2014-03-26
People’s Advocate releases report on Albanian asylum seekers
In March 2014, the People’s Advocate of Albania released his Special Report on Albanian citizens seeking asylum in EU countries.
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2014-04-07
World Bank summary on round table event
On 25 March the World Bank and the IOI organized a round table on „The Role of Ombudsman Offices in Promoting Good Governance and Effective Service Delivery“, held at the headquarters of the World Bank in Washington, DC. The IOI was represented at the discussions by its second Vice-President Diane Welborn and Secretary General Günther Kräuter.
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2014-04-10
Catalan Ombudsman’s role in implementing human rights
Within a debate of the 26th Session of the Congress of the Local Authorities of the Council of Europe, the Catalan Ombudsman referred to some examples carried out by his Office regarding rights’ defence.
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2014-04-29
Austrian Ombudsman Board welcomes student group from the Netherlands
On 23 April 2014 Ombudsman Dr. Günther Kräuter welcomed a group of law students from the University of Leiden (the Netherlands) in Vienna.
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2014-05-16
Spanish edition of webinar on Ombudsman Institutions and Open Government
On Tuesday, 27 May 2014, a webinar in Spanish on the role of Ombudsman institutions in advancing open government (“Rol de Defensorías del Pueblo para avanzar el gobierno abierto”) will take place.
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2014-06-12
Joint actions to help free Nigerian girls
International human rights institutions are looking into the possibility of acting jointly to help free the Nigerian girls kidnapped on 14 April by the radical islamic group Boko Haram.
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2014-06-25
Ombudsman probes Government’s regulation of guesthouses
The Ombudsman, Ms Connie Lau, declared today (June 12) a direct investigation into the Government’s regulation of guesthouses.
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2014-07-02
Ombudsman publishes Annual Report
The Northern Ireland Ombudsman published his Annual Report for 2013-2014 today. As well as outlining the statistics about complaints and how they have been handled, the Annual Report includes a list of key recommendations in reported and settled cases. It also includes selected anonymised case summaries to aid learning and best practice sharing across public sector bodies.
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2014-09-23
Ombudsman celebrates “Right to Know” week
For the ninth year, Manitoba Ombudsman has joined with other information and privacy commissioner offices from across the country in celebrating national Right to Know Week in order to raise awareness of an individual’s democratic right of access to government-held information and to promote the benefits of open, accessible, and transparent government.
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2014-09-23
Biennial conference of the European Region held in Tallinn
The European Region of the IOI held its biennial conference from 17 to 19 September 2014. The motto of the region’s 2014 conference was “The Ombudsman’s role in a democracy”. The conference was held in Tallinn and hosted by the office of the Chancellor of Justice of Estonia.
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2014-09-24
Ombudsman orders authority to supply drinking water to residents
Mr. Asad Ashraf Malik, Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, was approached by citizens for supply of potable water. According to details, residents of Ghousia Colony were suffering from the acute shortage of potable water and were being supplied contaminated water.
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2014-10-22
Citizens will be able to look up the status of their complaints on the institution's webpage
The Spanish Ombudsman, Soledad Becerril, has presented a new service that enables members of the public to look up the status of their complaints on the institution’s webpage.
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2014-11-17
A well-functioning local government
The upcoming municipal elections in Poland created a good opportunity to discuss the problems faced by residents of communes, districts and voivodeships. For this purpose, the Human Rights Defender has created a second index of problems developed on the basis of requests and complaints received by the Office of the Human Rights Defender.
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2015-02-03
Office of the Ombudsman launches new website
In her welcoming remarks, the Ombudswoman of the Gambia, Ms. Fatou NJIE-JALLOW, introduced the new website of the Office of the Ombudsman.
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