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2012-04-06'Belgrade Principles' on the Relationship between NHRIs and Parliaments
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the ICC, the Serbian Ombudsman and the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia organized an international expert seminar on the relationship between National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and Parliaments on 22-23 February 2012.
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2012-04-10
Boletín electrónico abril 2012
El Valedor do Pobo de Galicia ha publicado su boletín electrónico del mes. Puede descargar la versión española aquí.
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2012-04-13
Ombudswoman Cooperrider lays her first annual report
The Office of Citizen’s Aide/Ombudsman has published its annual report on 2011 containing statistical data regarding the 4,684 opened cases within this period, as well as information on special topics like ‘open-meetings’ and the redesign of Iowa’s mental health service system.
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2012-04-13
New newsletter is out
The Pacific Ombudsman Alliance published a new issue of its newsletter including recent news in Vanuatu and an update from the Samoa Ombudsman Office. It also highlights a regional workshop on democratic institutions.
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2012-04-13
People’s Advocate meets LGBT representatives
The Albanian People’s Advocate Igli Totozani recently met with LGBT representatives emphasizing on that occasion that the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons (LGBT) are human rights. Albanian public institutions and civil society have the duty to protect and respect their rights.
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2012-04-13
AOB Human Rights Advisory Board convenes for the first time
The Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB) will take up its new function as National Preventive Mechanism within the OPCAT regime as of 1 July 2012 and is currently taking the necessary preparatory steps. In addition to filling staff vacancies the AOB’s new Human Rights Advisory Board recently convened for the first time.
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2012-04-13
Visit to the Jordan Ombudsman Bureau
IOI Treasurer Alan N. Lai and IOI Secretary General Peter Kostelka represented the IOI during an informal consultation workshop hosted jointly by the Jordan Ombudsman Bureau (JOB) and the World Bank in Amman on 3 and 4 April 2012.
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2012-04-18
People's Advocate sheltered eight Roma families
In Feburary eight Roma families were sheltered at the ambiences of the People’s Advocate Institution.
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2012-04-18
Commissioner for Fundamental Rights files two petitions to the Constitutional Court
The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights in Hungary filed a petition addressing the provisions concerning the confinement and detention of juvenile offenders as well as a government decree regulating student contracts.
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2012-04-18
European LGBT survey launched
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has launched the first ever online EU-wide survey to establish an accurate picture of the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people (18 years or older) that will try to capture their experiences.
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2012-04-18
Project "Losers of the Crisis" launched
The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights in Hungary is conducting a comprehensive inquiry regarding the phenomena and symptoms related to fundamental rights which are brought about by the current period of economic, social and global crisis.
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2012-04-20
Second International Ombudsman Conference
Several representatives of IOI member institutions will participate in the 2nd Curaçao International Ombudsman Conference held from 4 to 8 June 2012 in Curaçao. It is organized by the Office of the Ombudsman of Curaçao and the Caribbean International University in cooperation with the Institute of Latin-American Ombudsman and the Office of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Argentina, Province Santa Fé.
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2012-04-20
Registration for Vienna training in September is still open
Following two IOI editions of the successful “Sharpening Your Teeth” training programme, the IOI is organizing a new training session which will take place from 16 to 19 September 2012 in Vienna, Austria. Course registration is still being accepted.
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2012-06-08
AOB publishes English version of annual report
The members of the Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB) Gertrude Brinek, Terezija Stoisits and Peter Kostelka recently presented the English version of the annual report 2011.
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2012-04-23
Austrian Ombudsman Board publishes annual report 2011
The members of the Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB) presented the annual report 2011 containing key data on the AOB's activities.
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2012-04-25
Successful regional consultation
The By-Laws-Reform is now entering the next stage. The recently completed regional consultation will now be followed up by a Board meeting in Hong Kong in May 2012. The primary focus of this meeting will be to consider the results of the regional consultation and provide the membership after this meeting with a final draft of new IOI by-laws taking members' concerns and proposals into account.
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2012-04-25
Penal authorities endangering the right to defence of persons in pre-trial detention
A decree of the Ministry for Justice stipulated that persons in pre-trial detention may have uncontrolled contact in writing and on the phone with their lawyers. Although phone calls to lawyers belong in principle to that category which may not be controlled, in practice, however, there was a possibility for the staff of the penal institutions to listen in shortly.
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2012-05-09
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) publishes annual report
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recently published its annual report highlighting main trends within Europe regarding racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance.
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2012-05-14
Second issue of the 'E' newsletter out now
The current issue informs about personnel changes within the office and announces the upcoming release of the annual report. Additionally the newsletter gives a brief review of recent meetings like the 10th meeting of the British and Irish Ombudsman Association which was opened by Gibraltar Public Service Ombudsman Mario Hook.
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2012-05-14
Ombudsman becomes active on Media Act
The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights requested the Constitutional Court to examine and annul certain Provisions of the Media Law because the rules on the election and the termination of the mandate of the Hungarian Media Authority and of the President of the Media Council raise concern on several points.
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