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2019-10-01Ombudsman visits colleagues in Australia and New Zealand
From 30 August to 8 September 2019 Chief Ombudsman of Thailand and IOI Treasurer Mr. Viddhavat Rajatanun led a delegation consisting of Ombudsman Boon Tapanadul, Ombudsman Somsak Suwansujarit, Secretary-General Raksagecha Chaechai, and staff from the office of the Ombudsman Thailand (OMT), to Perth, Western Australia and Wellington New Zealand.
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2017-05-29
Public Defender appeals to Venice Commission
The Public Defender of Georgia, Mr Ucha Nanuashvili, has addressed the Venice Commission concerning the draft amendments to the Constitution of Georgia, which had not been taken into account within the framework of the State’s Constitutional Commission, during the evaluating period. In his letter the Public Defender focuses on the amendments aimed at weakening the standards of protection and implementation of fundamental human rights and freedoms enshrined in the current edition of the Constitution.
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2018-09-05
Ombudsman calls for Whanganui Prison to urgently address inmate violence and intimidation
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is calling on Whanganui Prison to take urgent steps to curb violence and intimidation among inmates at the facility. After an increase in the number incidents, Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is calling on Whanganui Prison to take urgent steps to curb violence and intimidation among inmates at the facility.
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2020-01-02
International Human Rights Conference took place in Moscow
On 17 December 2019 the third International Conference on “Human rights protection in Eurasia: exchange of best practices of ombudsmen” was organized by the Russian Human Rights Commissioner Ms Tatiana Moskalkova and took place in Moscow.
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2024-06-13
Awareness campaign carried out in Southern Region i.e. Karak, Bannu and Miranshah (Nearly Merged District)
The Provincial Ombudsman Khyber Pakhtunkhwa carried out an awareness raising campaign in the Southern Region of the Province in May 2024. This project was supported by the IOI's Regional Subsidy Programme.
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2015-03-27
Anti-Corruption training in Curaçao
Following the very successful anti-corruption training programme conducted by the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) in 2013, the IOI is pleased to inform you that a second and updated edition of the IOI’s anti-corruption training programme will be held in Curaçao on 27 and 28 May 2015 during the 8th Biennial Conference of Caribbean Ombudsman Association (CAROA).
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2014-09-17
Exemplary Public Servants and Institutions Feted
The first of its kind in Kenya, the Huduma Ombudsman Awards honoured public servants and institutions that have consistently stood out in their performance, demonstrated innovativeness, responsiveness, and accountability in public service.
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2021-01-28
Chief Ombudsman welcomes top transparency rating
New Zealand is again ranked first equal with Denmark in the Transparency International annual index of perceived levels of public sector corruption.
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2015-11-04
Guiding principles
The Ombudsman is a core institution of modern government with a role to promote and protect human rights, contribute to the maintenance of the rule of law and as a pathway to accessible, timely and effective administrative justice. As the Ombudsman has a significant role to keep the executive government to account, the Ombudsman and the Ombudsman’s office must act, and be seen to act, with a high degree of integrity and accountability.
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2018-05-25
Cooperation between Austrian and Azerbaijani Ombudsman contributes to solution in tragic case
The case of a young Austrian athlete who was severly injured in the Olympic village in Baku during the First European Games in 2015 has finally been resolved in part due to the successful international cooperation between Austrian Ombudsman Dr. Günther Kräuter and the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Azerbaijan Prof. Elmira Suleymanova.
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2020-01-16
Input requested on UN Resolution on the Role of the Ombudsman
UN Resolution 72/186 on the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions; input requested. **** Résulution 72/186 des Nations unies sur l'Ombudsman, le médiateur et d'autres institutions nationales des droits de l'homme; demande des commentaires. **** Resolución 72/186 de Naciones Unidas sobre el Ombudsman, el mediador y demás instituciones nacionales de derechos humanos; se solicita su aporte.
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2024-08-08
Ombudsman urges school boards to take parents’ concerns seriously
The Chief Ombudsman is concerned some school boards are failing to act fairly when children are facing disciplinary action, decisions on enrolment or other decisions that affect their education.
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2011-05-06
Ombudsman Board presents Annual Report 2010
"In 2010 the Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB) took care of the requests of more than 15 000 people, and 6 600 investigation procedures were initiated to control administrative decisions. In more than 17 percent of all investigation procedures the AOB confirmed a case of maladministration," AOB Chair Peter Kostelka summarised last year's activities on the occasion of the annual report presentation on 28 April in Vienna. An international version of the annual report in English highlighting human rights related cases will be published in June 2011.
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2014-06-25
Ombudsman to investigate how public hospitals handle complaints
Ombudsman Peter Tyndall has today, 13 June 2014, announced an investigation into how complaints are handled by public hospitals in Ireland and has asked members of the public for their assistance. The Ombudsman’s wide ranging investigation will look at how public hospitals across the State manage and investigate complaints from patients and their families.
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2021-07-07
The Ombudsman of Hong Kong publishes the 2020-21 Annual Report
The Office of The Ombudsman received a record-breaking 29,814 complaints in the year 2020-21, according to its Annual Report published on 7 July.
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2021-12-23
Proportion of Indigenous Women in Federal Custody Nears 50%: Correctional Investigator Issues Statement
Ottawa, December 17, 2021 – Today, the Correctional Investigator, Dr. Ivan Zinger, released new data that shows that the proportion of incarcerated Indigenous women has continued to increase unabated, and is nearing 50% of all federally-sentenced women. On January 21, 2020, the Office of the Correctional Investigator reported that the proportion of Indigenous men and women in federal custody had reached a new historic high, surpassing 30% of the overall incarcerated population. The combined men and women Indigenous proportion in federal corrections is now 32%, and climbing.
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2015-05-04
Workshop for NPMs
Due to the exceedingly high interest in the NPM-Training in Riga from 16-19 June, the workshop “Implementing a Preventive Mandate” is already fully booked.
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2011-02-02
Ombudsman becomes OHCHR Representative in Central Asia
On 2 February 2011, the Armenian Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan announced his resignation. He has accepted the post of Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Central Asia.
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2010-12-21
UN resolution on ombudsman institutions
On 11 November 2010 the United Nations General Assembly’s third commission adopted a resolution on "The role of the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights". In its resolution the UN welcomes the rapidly growing interest throughout the world in the creation and strengthening of the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights and recognizes the important role these institutions can play.
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2015-11-04
Core principles
This section of the Starter Kit provides information and resources relating to the core principles of what it means to be an Ombudsman. Guiding principles - principles for operating an office which acts, and is seen to act, with a high degree of integrity. How to build and maintain independence - the role of the Ombudsman as an independent officer, and characteristics of independence.
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