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2016-12-15President Tyndall attends OGP Summit 2016
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) – a multilateral initiative, which currently brings together 70 participating countries, NGOs and representatives from civil society – held its Summit 2016 in Paris. IOI President Peter Tyndall participated as one of the panelists of a roundtable on “The role of accountability institutions in advancing open government”.
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2017-04-03
Victroia Ombudsman in charge of OPCAT mandate to protect human rights
Victoria must ensure people held in places of detention such as prisons and youth justice centres are treated in a humane and dignified fashion after the Australian Government ratifies an important United Nations treaty.
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2017-07-28
Introduction of new publication series
The IOI introduces a new publication series of Best Practice Papers with a view to provide guidance material to its members and interested third parties. Issue 1 of the IOI’s new Best Practice Papers series deals with the “Developing and Reforming Ombudsman Institutions” and is now available on the IOI website.
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2017-08-31
Police oversight mechanisms in the Council of Europe member states
Every democratic society needs its police force to embody the highest professional standards, and to respect human rights and the law in all its activities. This publication produced by the Criminal law Co-operation Unit of the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law, gives a snapshot of police oversight mechanisms across the forty-seven member States as of February 2017.
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2017-11-02
Western Australian Ombudsman to host the 29th Australasian and Pacific Ombudsman Region Conference in Perth
Perth will host international and interstate delegates from Ombudsman institutions in the Australasian and Pacific region in November 2017. The 29th Australasian and Pacific Ombudsman Region Conference is themed Connections in our Australasian-Pacific Region.
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2017-12-13
Ombudsman report on unauthorized access to personal health information at Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living
Manitoba Ombudsman has released a report under the Personal Health Information Act (PHIA) related to unauthorized access to personal health information in the databases of the Provincial Drug Program (PDP) branch within Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living (MHSAL).
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2018-03-23
Control Yuan urges solutions to Kanjin aboriginal community’s longstanding problems
A Control Yuan (CY) joint committee recently issued its investigation report on the Kanjin aboriginal community located on the banks of the Dahan River in Taoyuan County. The community moved to the area several decades ago in search of work, building makeshift homes on the river’s shores. It is located in a flood zone where housing is technically prohibited, so residents have long been denied household registration.
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2018-04-11
Chief Ombudsman’s opinion on OIA requests about Operation Burnham
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier today released his Final Opinion on five complaints concerning the New Zealand Defence Force’s withholding of information related to Operation Burnham in Afghanistan in 2010. Peter Boshier found the NZDF was justified in withholding most of the requested information under the Official Information Act.
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2018-06-04
Control Yuan inspects detention facilities to ensure protection of inmates’ rights
A Control Yuan (CY) joint committee, made up of members of the CY’s Committee on Domestic and Minority Affairs and Committee on Judicial and Prison Administration Affairs, headed to the Yilan Detention Center and Yilan Prison on an inspection visit 23 and 24 April 2018.
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2018-08-22
Council of Europe 2018 report on the state of democracy, human rights and the rule of law
The fifth annual report of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on the state of democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Europe is now available. As with previous reports, the five chapters look at the key building blocks of democratic security: efficient, impartial and independent judiciaries; freedom of expression; freedom of assembly and freedom of association; democratic institutions; and inclusive societies.
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2018-09-06
The role of Ombudsman institutions in open government
We are pleased to share with you the OECD Report “The Role of Ombudsman Institutions in Open Government”. The report is the first of its kind as it documents the central that Ombudsman institutions play in the global open government agenda. It is based on the data from 94 Ombudsman institutions in a total of 65 countries worldwide. It was prepared by the OECD, with the assistance of the European Ombudsman and several Ombudsman Networks, among them the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI).
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2018-11-12
Family violence report released
The National Human Rights Institution (NHRI), part of the Office of the Ombudsman of Samoa, has completed its public inquiry into family violence, its first national inquiry. Headed by Samoan Ombudsman Maiava Iulai Toma, the inquiry commissioners began work on the report in late 2016, and it was publicly released in September 2018.
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2018-12-07
30th APOR Conference held in Auckland
The 30th Australasian and Pacific Region (APOR) Ombudsman Conference was held in Auckland, New Zealand from 28 – 29 November 2018. Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier invited colleagues and guests to New Zealand to discuss how Ombudsman institutions hold governments to account in a changing climate.
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2018-12-12
Victorian Ombudsman to investigate Wellington Shire Council’s handling of matters affecting land owners
Ombudsman Deborah Glass is to investigate Wellington Shire Council’s handling of matters affecting land owners in the Ninety Mile Beach area of Gippsland.
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2019-01-02
Second Ombudsman appointed
On 17 December 2018 Ms Gwendoline E. Mossel took the oath of office before Parliament. Ms Mossel has officially assumed her post as the country’s second Ombudsman on 1 January 2019. She follows Dr. Rachnilda Arduin, who was honorably discharged on 31 December 2018.
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2019-01-15
Ombudsman representatives participate in EU-CoE conference on non-discrimination
The representatives of the Azerbaijani Ombudsman Institute (NHRI) participated at the EU-CoE jointly organized international conference on “Non-Discrimination as one of the main values in modern societies” held on 17-18 December 2018, in Moldova, Chisinau.
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2019-01-15
Ombudsman published ad hoc report on the right to outside world of detainees and convicted persons transferred to disciplinary cells
The Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan published an ad hoc report on “The Rights of Detained and Convicted Persons Transferred to the Disciplinary Cell on Inviolability of Private and Family Life, Freedom of Communications”.
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2019-02-25
Taking the Ombudsman to the people
Through the Chilungamo Program, funded by the European Union, Office of the Ombudsman has in the previous week carried out a number of activities across the country aimed at ensuring that the capacity of citizens to demand transparency and accountability from duty bearers is enhanced.
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2019-03-25
EU Commissioners meet with three Ombudsman to discuss situation of asylum seekers and refugees
The Basque Ombudsman, Manuel Lezertua, the Greek Ombudsman, Andreas Pottakis and the Dutch Ombudsman, Reinier van Zutphen, spoke with two commissioners of the European Commission on Tuesday 19 March. The topic was the integration of asylum seekers and refugees and relocation.
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2019-04-11
Ombudsman presents Case Notes 2018 to Parliament
The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Mr Anthony C. Mifsud, presented the Case Notes 2018 to the President of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Anglu Farrugia. This year’s edition, as usual, tries to report cases that are of general interest and represent a good cross-section of the complaints investigated by the Ombudsman and the Commissioners.
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