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2025-02-21Good Administration: made simple
Judge Emeritus Joseph Zammit McKeon, the Parliamentary Ombudsman of Malta, shares his thoughts on whether the core principles stipulated in Art 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU should also be applicable to domestic matters and/or disputes between persons and the public service and/or public administration in Malta.
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2020-02-10
Control Yuan investigates case regarding remote area students traveling afar for education
Though the 12-year Basic Education system came into effect in August 2014, students living in remote areas with no junior or senior high schools nearby have to travel afar for education. The costs of transportation and accommodation can become a heavy burden for parents, which is why Control Yuan launched an investigation to ensure the right to education.
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2022-09-12
Volker Türk appointed as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Mr. Volker Türk is the incoming United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. He will take up his official functions as High Commissioner on 17 October 2022.
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2020-10-27
High Commissioner for Human rights meets Secretary General of Council of Europe
On 20 October 2020, the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova and Secretary-General of the Council of Europe Maria Peichinovich-Burich held a meeting at the House of Human Rights in Moscow.
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2020-06-10
Webinar on protecting forcibly displaced persons in the COVID-19 context
Tamar Gvaramadze, First Deputy Public Defender of Georgia, participated in the webinar - “Protecting forcibly displaced persons in the COVID-19 context: The role and experience of NHRIs and opportunities for collaboration with UNHCR, which was organized by the Global Alliance for National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, CeciliaJimenez-Damary.
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2020-09-23
Public awareness of Ombudsman service at record high
Public awareness of the service provided by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales has increased to its highest ever level, a new national survey has revealed. The Ombudsman, Nick Bennett, said that high visibility was crucial to ensure Welsh public service users knew how and where to complain, and to make sure that lessons were learnt when things went wrong.
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2022-12-07
Human Rights Day
Later this week, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights will be launching a year-long, Office-wide “UDHR 75 initiative” to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the UDHR and the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action that paved the way for the establishment of his Office.
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2023-06-22
IOI President meets with the Honourable Mr Stephen Smith, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
It was a great pleasure for IOI President Chris Field PSM to meet with the Honourable Mr Stephen Smith, Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, on the occasion of President Field’s official visit to London. The meeting took place in the High Commissioner’s office at the Australian High Commission in Australia House, London.
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2020-06-25
Russian Ombudswoman meets the CoE Commissioner for Human Rights
On June 23, in a videoconference mode, High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana Moskalkova met with Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović.
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2021-02-17
High Commissioner for Human Rights publishes special reports
The High Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian Federation has published two new special reports concerning the “Observance and Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Russian Federation” and “Human Rights Protection during the Spread of Covid-19”.
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2020-04-27
Letter from UN High Commissioner Bachelet regarding Covid-19 and the role of NHRIs
In a note the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reflects the role of NHRIs with regards to the COVID-19 pandemic and offers an "Aide Memoire" that has been developed by OHCHR to provide guidance to NHRI interventions based on international human rights standards.
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2023-02-23
ACRC conducts integrity perception survey at middle and high schools
ACRC conducted an integrity perception survey of 1,925 students at 97 middle and high schools to utilize the results in formulating anti-corruption policies to improve perceptions of the future generation. 64,7% of the youth said that making improper solicitations for the benefits of a certain person is "absolutely unacceptable".
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2020-03-26
COVID-19: Who is protecting the people with disabilities?
Catalina Devandas, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, warns that little has been done to provide people with disabilities with the guidance and support needed to protect them during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, even though many of them are part of the high-risk group, today warned
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2024-07-04
Mediator of the Kingdom of Morocco holds keynote speech at High-Level Panel at the UN
Kindly click here to read the main output of the keynote of the Mediator of the Kingdom of Morocco, Mr. Mohamed Benalilou, during the High Level Panel on "Public access and inclusivity: developing strategic initiative to raise awareness on the role of Ombudsman and mediator institutions in the promotion and protection of Human Rights, good governance and the rule of law", held at the UN General Assembly Headquarters in New York on May 22nd, 2024 in implementation of the Article 11 of the UN GA Resolution 77/224 on "the Role of Ombudsman and mediatior institutions in the promotion and protection of Human Rights, good governance and the rule of law", issued on December 15th 2022.
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2019-03-07
Talks with UN officials in Geneva
IOI Secretary General Kräuter and IOI Board Member Mtro. González Pérez took the opportunity of the annual meeting of the Global Alliance of NHRIs (GANHRI) to drive forward the IOI’s efforts to forge closer ties with United Nations. During the annual conference, which was held from 4 – 6 March at the UN in Geneva, fruitful talks with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, and Mr Coly Seck, President of the Human Rights Council were held.
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2024-09-19
Ombudsman fetes student leaders as integrity champions
The Office of the Ombudsman recognized integrity champions of the youth during its Campus Integrity Crusaders Awards Ceremony on 30 August 2024. Spearheaded by Deputy Ombudsman Jose Balmeo, Jr., Assistant Ombudsman Janina Hidalgo and Director Rhodora Fenix-Galicia, the Office awarded seven outstanding school organizations for the successful implementation of its enrolled activities promoting integrity, social responsibility and gender and development.
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2018-08-14
Former Chilean President Bachelet put forward by UN chief as next High Commissioner for Human Rights
Michelle Bachelet has twice been President of Chile, and on Wednesday, 8 August 2018, ground-breaking politician and women’s rights champion, Michelle Bachelet was nominated by the United Nations chief António Guterres for the key post of High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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2021-04-23
Tatiana Moskalkova reappointed to the post of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation
On April 22, deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation elected Tatiana Moskalkova to the post of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation.
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2023-06-07
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights meets IOI Secretary General in Vienna
On 6 June, IOI Secretary General Gaby Schwarz welcomed the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Volker Türk, at the premises of the Austrian Ombudsman Board to discuss the common goal of “protecting and promoting human rights”, and review possible areas of collaboration between the IOI and the UN.
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2023-08-17
United Nations concerned at high rates of juvenile and Māori imprisonment
The United Nations Committee against Torture has called on the New Zealand Government to reduce the disproportionately high number of Māori in prisons and to improve the conditions of people in detention, noting that transformational change is needed. It also expressed concern about the use of pretrial detention, and lack of time limits for pretrial detention. Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier says the UN’s findings echo the concerns he has repeatedly raised in many of his inspection reports, including in prisons and health and disability facilities.
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