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2017-11-29Responsibility to protect – guidelines for NHRIs and Ombudspersons
The Special Adviser of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect, Mr. Ivan Simonovic, shared a document on "Accountability for Atrocity Crimes Prevention: Implementation Guidance for National Human Rights Institutions and Ombudspersons" with the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI).
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2017-12-04
Discrimination against women candidates based on the minimum height requirement for admission to Police Academy
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in case C-409/16, which was recently published, was asked to reply to a request for a preliminary ruling addressed to it by the Greek Council of the State, regarding compliance of the minimum height requirement for admission to Police Academy of at least 1.70m, common for both sexes.
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2018-04-04
Forum for the creation of an NPM database at the Austrian Ombudsman Board
On 27 and 28 March 2018, the Council of Europe, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the Austrian Ombudsman Board organized a forum with representatives from NPMs of six European countries and international and European experts. The topic was the possible creation of a databank for the exchange of national standards in places of detention and NPM recommendations.
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2020-07-17
World Bank Group advertises vacancy for Head of Compliance Advisor Ombudsman
The World Bank Group is currently advertising a vacancy for the Head of the Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) for social and environmental concerns.
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2020-09-16
OSCE/ODIHR discussed ongoing judicial appointment process for the Constitutional Court with the Human Rights Defender
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) contacted the Human Rights Defender of Armenia on their own initiative to discuss the procedure for the ongoing judicial appointment process for the Constitutional Court and an agreement was reached to closely monitor the process.
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2014-12-10
Ombudsman welcomes historic expansion of mandate
Ontario Ombudsman André Marin today welcomed the historic passage of a new law that will allow his office to investigate complaints about municipalities, universities and school boards for the first time.
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2015-05-31
Vulnerable woman forced to fund own care, after both legs were amputated
The joint investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman and the Local Government Ombudsman found the woman was left without the right care package for more than a year, because of a dispute between Sheffield City Council and Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, a mental health trust.
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2015-12-02
The Spanish Ombudsman visits Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan
A first-hand account by the Defensora del Pueblo, who visited Zaatari refugee camp with the ambassador of Spain in Jordan and Carmen Comas-Mata (Office of the Ombudsman).
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2018-09-17
Equal treatment of people with hearing impairments in relation to their access to education
The Czech Ombudsman was approached by some of the applicants for study programmes in education with hearing impairments who faced certain obstacles during the application process for the respective studies. As a result, eight public faculties of education werapproached with several enquiries.
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2020-01-03
Control Yuan to Establish National Human Rights Commission
The CY passed the draft “Organic Law of the Control Yuan National Human Rights Commission,” as well as draft amendments to “the Organic Law of the Control Yuan” and “the Organic Act of the Control Yuan Committees,” at the 62nd plenary meeting on June 11, 2019. The bills were then sent for review and deliberation by the Legislative Yuan, which passed them into law on Human Rights Day on Dec. 10, 2019. With the promulgation of the new legislation, the CY National Human Rights Commission shall be established accordingly, marking a new era for the promotion and protection of human rights in Taiwan.
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2020-04-17
National Ombudsman presents report on limits to migration detention
The purpose of immigration detention is to ensure that people with no right to remain in the Netherlands are available for deportation. How this should be done has been a matter of debate for some years. In 2015 the Minister of Justice put forward draft legislation proposing a new differentiated regime and in May 2017 the Rotterdam detention centre introduced this new regime in anticipation of the legislation. This prompted the National Ombudsman to investigate the way the new regime works in practice.
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2020-05-27
UNESCO launches 2020 survey on public access to information
UNESCO has kicked off a global survey on public access to information within its efforts to assist countries to report on Sustainable Development Goal 16, particularly on its Target 16.10 which recognizes the contribution of access to information to justice, peace and strong institutions. Using SDG Indicator 16.10.2, the survey will track progress on the adoption and implementation of constitutional, statutory and/or policy guarantees for public access to information around the world.
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2021-03-10
Story of a person who crossed the border of Lithuania: actions equivalent to detention, hunger and harsh behavior
The shocking story of the experience of a person who crossed the border of Lithuania reached the Seimas Ombudsman Augustinas Normantas: “I was detained while trying to obtain asylum and did not get an explanation for what reasons my freedom was restricted”. According to the person, the compulsory isolation procedure was more reminiscent of detention, since he was not provided with information in the language he could understand and his requests to isolate in a chosen place of residence were not taken into account.
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2024-09-19
Ombudsperson welcomes delivery of compensation payments to Sons of Freedom Doukhobors, expresses concern over poor communication, unclear criteria
Seven months after the Premier’s historic apology to the Sons of Freedom Doukhobor survivors and their families in the BC legislature, the BC Ombudsperson is pleased to learn survivors of detention at New Denver in the 1950s are finally being compensated for government’s actions.
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2016-08-23
Ombudsman raises awareness and accessibility about its services for children and young people
After providing an opportunity for young people to be heard, the office of the Western Australia Ombudsman has over the last 12 months been significantly enhancing systems to improve access to the office for children and young people.
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2017-06-16
Applications for the positions of the Cayman Islands Deputy Ombudsman and two investigators
Cayman Islands recently introduced a new law, which will will come into effect on the 1st October 2017, combining the various oversight entities under one entity: the newly established Ombudsman Office. A call for applications for the positions of the Cayman Islands Deputy Ombudsman and two investigators are now open.
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2018-10-15
Overly long wait times for contesting confinement for people unwillingly kept in a health institution
In a report released on October 10, 2018, the Québec Ombudsman looked into Tribunal administratif du Québec (TAQ) recourse for people kept in a health institution against their will. The investigation revealed that overly long wait times for contesting confinement jeopardize access to such recourse.
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2019-01-31
New Study addresses access to sport for people with disabilities
The Commission has published a study that seeks to promote best practice for providing enhanced opportunities for individuals with disabilities to be involved in organised sports.There are an estimated 80m people with a disability in the European Union (EU), equivalent to approximately 15% of the EU population. Disabled people are less likely to take part in organised sport than non-disabled individuals, this despite the many positive benefits of participation.
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2020-07-01
The preventive powers of the police should be assessed
The Ministry of the Interior should take the preventive powers of the police under review for further development, according to the proposal of Parliamentary Ombudsman Petri Jääskeläinen. The current regulatory framework apparently does not fully cover all necessary eventualities.
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2020-09-21
Administrative fines for not wearing face mask or failure to wear it properly are acquiring a punitive nature
The conduct of the police with regard to fining persons for not wearing a mask or failure to wear it properly and their apprehension to police departments become concerning and, from a systemic point of view, result in incorrect developments.
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