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2024-06-05Extension of deadline: Tender for IOI regional subsidies 2024/2025
The IOI Board of Directors decided at their Board meeting held in The Hague in May 2024 to continue the regional subsidy programme for the membership year 2024/2025. Members wishing to apply for regional subsidies can submit project proposals until 19 August 2024.
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2024-07-31
Extension of deadline: Tender for IOI regional subsidies 2024/2025
The IOI Board of Directors decided at their Board meeting held in The Hague in May 2024 to continue the regional subsidy programme for the membership year 2024/2025. Members wishing to apply for regional subsidies can submit project proposals until 19 August 2024.
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2024-09-12
Police must apologise
Ombudsman Grace Tikambenji Malera has ordered the Malawi Police Service (MPS) to issue a written apology to its former employee for failing to give reasons for discharging him of duties.
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2024-09-25
Visit of the Venice Commission in the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights
On 13 September 2024, Deputy Commissioner for Human Rights Wojciech Brzozowski spoke with representatives of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) at the CHR Office. The main topic of conversation was a draft law separating the positions of the Minister of Justice and the Prosecutor General.
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2024-10-02
PDHJ and AIM kick off Perception Survey Techniques Training
The Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice (PDHJ), in collaboration with the Accountability and Integrity Mechanism Activity (AIM) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Timor-Leste, recently held a training session focused on Perception Survey Tools from September 25 to 27, 2024.
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2011-02-16
Ombudsman entrusted with National Preventive Mechanism for Prevention of Torture
On 28 January 2011, the Croatian Parliament adopted the Law on the Preventive Mechanism for Suppression of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, by which the Republic of Croatia has fulfilled its obligation after signing the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment (OPCAT).
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2011-02-22
Ombudsman criticises visa process
A refusal to grant a partner visa by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship has been overturned following an Ombudsman investigation.
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2013-02-26
Round-table on the protection of housing and property rights of children
The Secretariat of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights took part in a round-table on the protection of housing and property rights of children discussing the problems of observing the rights of children during foreclosure of the debtor's property.
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2013-06-20
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales publishes Annual Report
The Annual Report of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales reveals that once again there has been an increase in the volume of casework. The number of complaints about public service providers has continued to rise, up 12% on 2011/12. The greatest increase has again been in relation to health bodies, up 30% on the previous year.
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2013-07-11
Commission should improve accuracy of the "Transparency Register"
The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, has called on the European Commission to follow the OECD principles for transparency and integrity in lobbying when revising the "Transparency Register".
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2013-08-21
Commissioner for Human Rights addressed the issue of child labour
According to Nils Muižnieks, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, there are strong indications that child labour remains a serious problem in Europe and that it might be growing in the wake of the economic crisis.
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2013-10-15
FRA conference "Strengthening fundamental rights protection together in a changing human rights landscape"
On 7 and 8 October 2013, Representatives from the various human rights bodies across the EU came together to discuss how to work together to enhance human rights protection at the national and European and international level.
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2014-02-26
Delegation from Tunisia visits the Austrian Ombudsman Board
The Austrian Ombudsman Board welcomed a delegation from Tunisia with the main objective of assisting Tunisia with the establishment of a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) for the protection and promotion of human rights.
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2014-05-02
Recommendations to improve monitoring of potentially unsafe drivers
On 30 April 2014 Ontario Ombudsman André Marin today urged the province to ensure safer roads by fixing numerous flaws in its systems for monitoring drivers with potentially dangerous medical conditions.
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2014-06-25
The Seimas Ombudsman encourages respecting human rights in Foreigners Registration Center
“The respect for the human being and his/her rights should not depend on his / her nationality or origin”- this view was shared by the Seimas Ombudsman Augustinas Normantas on the World Refugee Day drawing attention to the acute problems in Foreigners Registration Center.
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2015-02-26
Workshop for NPMs "Implementing a preventive mandate"
The IOI is pleased to inform its members about a new training cooperation established with the Association for the Prevention of Torture, which will result in a first IOI workshop with a substantive focus on the topic of National Preventive Mechanisms under the OPCAT.
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2016-01-18
Ombudsman probes criteria and procedures for procuring and withdrawing library materials
On January 12, the Ombudsman, Ms Connie Lau, announced a direct investigation into the criteria and procedures adopted by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) for procuring and withdrawing library materials to examine whether there are any inadequacies.
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2016-03-11
Ombudsman Hong Kong probes mechanism for handling smoking offences
The Ombudsman, Ms Connie Lau, announced a direct investigation into the mechanism of the Food and Health Bureau (FHB) and the Department of Health (DH) for handling smoking offences to examine whether there are any inadequacies.
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2016-09-01
Ombudsman criticizes authority after visit to Alytus Correction House
Having assessed the human rights situation in Alytus Correction House, the Seimas Ombudsman Mr. A. Normantas noted that there is not enough space for inmates in wheelchairs to move freely within the cells. The bathrooms are too narrow, and the stairs leading to a canteen and library as well as the odontologist, family doctor and psychologist are not adjusted for the use of people with disabilities.
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2017-06-29
Last call for IOI regional subsidies 2017/18
In its efforts to further increase the regional impact of the IOI, the members of the IOI Board of Directors decided at their recent Board meeting in Vienna to continue the regional subsidy programme for the membership year 2017/2018. Institutional members wishing to apply for a regional subsidy can submit project proposal until 1 September 2017.
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