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2013-10-25Record year in the work of the Parliamentary Ombudsman
The English Summary of the Annual report 2012 by the Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland has been published, compiling the most important observations concerning implementation of fundamental and human rights that were made in oversight of legality during the year.
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2013-11-07
NSW Ombudsman released issues paper on consorting provisions
NSW Ombudsman Bruce Barbour released an issues paper today as part of his review of new consorting provisions in Division 7, Part 3A of the Crimes Act 1900. Anyone with an interest in the provisions and their use is encouraged to make a submission.
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2014-02-24
Correctional Investigator releases investigation into natural cause deaths in federal penitentiaries
The investigative report released by the Office of the Correctional Investigator on 17 February 2014 raises significant issues about how the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) meets its legal obligation to investigate the factors and circumstances that led to death regardless of cause.
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2014-03-24
Foundation of the first International Association of Language Commissioners
IALC aims to join efforts in the defense of language rights.The foundation of the association puts an end to a symposium on language rights in which participating experts agreed that the use of regional languages in state-run public services is declining.
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2014-11-26
Tri-lingual seminar on the role of Ombudsman in Providing Administrative Justice to the People of Sindh
Awareness about the role of Ombudsman among the people, specially the people of far-flung rural areas is of paramount importance as it facilitates the expeditious and inexpensive justice at grass root level.
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2015-02-09
Ombudsman finds variation in quality of NHS investigations into complaints of avoidable death and avoidable harm
More than a third of NHS investigations regarding allegations of avoidable harm or avoidable death were inadequate and failed to identify when something had gone wrong, according to a review carried out by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
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2015-02-17
Successful implementation of IOI sponsored Information Campaign against human trafficking
The Ombudsman Office of Latvia carried out an information campaign against human trafficking. The so-called project “Gards kumosiņš ("Crumpet") was co-sponsored by the IOI.
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2015-03-16
Vulnerable elderly woman suffers severe facial bruising in hospital that failed her
A woman in her 90s suffered serious bruising to her face just before she died after falling in hospital, a Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman investigation found. The vulnerable lady was admitted to hospital with a chest infection and suffered severe bruising to her face when she fell out of bed, when an agency health care assistant was changing her bedding.
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2015-05-31
Ombudsman opens investigation to promote transparency of "trilogues"
The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, has opened an investigation into the transparency of "trilogues" with a view to boosting transparent law-making in the EU. Trilogues are informal negotiations between the European Parliament (EP), the Council and the Commission aimed at reaching early agreements on new EU legislation.
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2015-06-10
Office of the Ombudsman publishes annual report 2014
The Ombudsman`s office published the English version of the 2014 annual report on the actual topics of human rights and good governance. “To my regret, the year 2014 has not marked any significant positive shift towards human rights and good governance. Yet I am pleased to note that no rapid deterioration of the situation has been observed either”, says Juris Jansons, the Ombudsman of Latvia.
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2015-06-24
ACRC Korea and Commonwealth Ombudsman sign MoU
The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) of Korea (Chairman Sungbo Lee) and the Commonwealth Ombudsman of Australia (Ombudsman Colin Neave) signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Canberra on June 10th, 2015 in order to enhance rights and interests of Koreans and Australians living in the other country and cooperation between the two Ombudsmen.
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2015-07-03
HIQA and Ombudsman agreement will benefit the public and health services
On 2 July 2015, the Chief Executive of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), Phelim Quinn, and Ombudsman Peter Tyndall signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on behalf of the Authority and the Office of the Ombudsman.
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2015-08-24
New Chief Ombudsman appointed
On 18 August Judge Boshier was appointed as Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand. He will succeed Dame Beverley Wakem and take up that role and terminate his position as Law Commissioner on 10 December this year.
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2015-09-07
Commonwealth Ombudsman follows up on Centrelink recommendations
The Commonwealth Ombudsman, Colin Neave, released a follow-up report into service delivery complaints about the Department of Human Services’ (DHS) Centrelink program. It follows his report in April last year, which was sparked by complaints from people dissatisfied with the Centrelink program’s service delivery arrangements.
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2016-04-06
Annual Report 2015 released by Iowa Ombudsman
The Office of the Ombudsman of the State of Iowa released its annual report 2015. The Ombudsman’s annual report features select examples of casework done during the year and provides a statistical analysis of where the complaints originated and which agencies they concerned.
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2016-07-19
FRA builds return monitoring capacities in Greece
On 12-14 July, FRA provided intense training to 10 return monitors in cooperation with the Greek Ombudsman. This training course aimed at improving the knowledge of monitors on fundamental rights in the context of forced returns and readmissions, so they can translate this knowledge into action.
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2016-07-26
Ombudsman publishes service charter with clear service commitments to the public
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has today published a set of quality standards, which are commitments to people who use the service about what they can expect from it.
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2016-08-09
Correctional Investigator releases report on death in custody
On 2 August 2016, the Correctional Investigator of Canada, Mr. Howard Sapers, released his investigation into the extent and manner in which the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) discloses information with family members of an inmate who has died in federal custody.
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2016-10-11
Parliamentary Ombudsmen initiative regarding unaccompanied minors
During the autumn, Ombudsman Stefan Holgersson will begin a series of inspections focusing on unaccompanied minors to see if their basic rights are being respected. The Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsmen receives a relatively large number of reports regarding cases linked to unaccompanied minors, and the trend indicates that these reports are increasing.
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2016-11-07
Special Report on Fight against Discrimination, Its Prevention and Situation of Equality
On October 25, 2016, the Public Defender of Georgia presented a special report on Combating and Preventing Discrimination and the Situation of Equality.
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