IOI Ombudsman News 20/2021

Date of article: 21/05/2021

Daily News of: 25/05/2021

Country:  WORLD

Author: International Ombudsman Institute

Article language: en

IOI | 12th General Assembly and World Conference

We would like to remind members that the International Ombudsman Institute’s 12th General Assembly and World Conference will take place as an online event from 25 - 27 May 2021.



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IOI | Virtual meeting of the outgoing Board of Directors

On 19 May 2021, the outgoing IOI Board of Directors held its annual meeting to take stock of last year’s achievements and to discuss upcoming projects and priorities. This meeting was the last Board meeting in the current composition, as the new Board of Directors under the newly elected IOI President, Mr. Chris Field, will take up its work next week.



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SPAIN | Spanish Ombudsman Report on Migration on the Canary Islands published

The Defensor del Pueblo in Spain has recently published a report on migration on the Canary Islands. The report is available in both English and Spanish.



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Este martes se llevó a cabo el último webinario del ciclo “Miradas desde la Economía Social y Solidaria en la lucha contra el hambre”

ARGENTINA | “Mujeres, Mutualismo y Cultura de Paz” fue el último webinario del ciclo de economía social y solidaria impulsado por la Defensoría del Pueblo de Santa Fe

Participaron mujeres mutualistas de Santa Fe, Chubut y San Juan, así como integrantes de la Asociación Casa de la Pax Cultura.



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EUROPE | European Ombudsman launches broad inquiry into Commission handling of staff ‘revolving doors’ cases

European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has launched a wide-ranging inquiry into how the Commission handles so-called ‘revolving doors’ cases among its staff. The inquiry is part of a reinforced monitoring of how the EU administration implements the ethics obligations on EU staff who move to the private sector.



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SPAIN | The Basque Ombudsman presented its Guidelines for responding to cases of child sexual abuse and exploitation in the Basque Country

The Guidelines aim at improving co-ordination between the different authorities and services intervening in cases of child sexual abuse and exploitation (health and social services, legal assistance, prosecution service and justice).



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Commissioner Against Corruption Chan Tsz King (left) submits CCAC's 2020 Annual Report to the Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng

CHINA | 2020 Annual Report of the CCAC of Macao published in Official Gazette

The 2020 Annual Report of the Commission Against Corruption of Macao was published in the Official Gazette of the Macao Special Administrative Region on 20 May 2021. In 2020, under the pandemic, the CCAC still carried out the actions in the areas of anti-corruption, ombudsman and promotion and education in a pragmatic and orderly way in accordance with its plan.



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CANADA | The Ombudsman de Montréal tabled her 2020 annual report

The Ombudsman de Montréal, Ms Nadine Mailloux, tabled her annual report for the year 2020 to City Council. Presented under the theme "Here for you", the report shows a record number of complaints with 2,150 files handled, including 498 new investigations, 20 of which were initiated by the OdM, compared with 1,966 files handled in 2019.



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CANADA | Ombudsman William A. Smith Reappointed for Five Years

Premier Iain Rankin announced today, 20 May 2021, that Nova Scotia’s ombudsman William A. Smith has been reappointed to a second five-year term effective June 1.



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SERBIA | The Protector of Citizens publishes its Annual Report for 2020

The Protector of Citizens of Serbia has published its annual report for the year 2020. The reporting year was marked by the pandemic of COVID-19 infective disease which altered the lives of all citizens in economic, social and existential sense, but also in the sense of the exercise of human rights.



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