70th E-News Letter of Asian Ombudsman Association June 2023
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PAKISTAN PRESIDENT COMMENDS OMBUDSMAN INSITITUTIONS FOR PLAYING PIVITOL ROLE IN ENSURING JUSTICE TO LOWER STRATA OF THE SOCIETY.Federal Ombudsman Mr. Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi visited Quetta from 30th May 2023 to 2nd June 2023. He participated in a seminar on “The Role of Ombudsman in safeguarding Public Rights and Good Governance” held under Fourm of Pakistan Ombudsman (FPO) on 31st May 2023, which was chaired by the President of Pakistan, Dr. Arif Alvi. |
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KOREA KOREA SHARED EXPERIENCE IN CONDUCTING INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT WITH SRI LANKA.The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) of the Republic of Korea organized a training course to share Korea’s experience in implementing Integrity Assessment and Corruption Risk Assessment with Sri Lanka. |
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MACAU RELEASE OF THE 2022 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION OF MACAO.On 16th June, the 2022 Annual Report of the Commission Against Corruption of Macao was published in the Official Gazette of the Macao Special Administrative Region. |
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PAKISTAN WAFAQI MOHTASIB OPENS WEBINAR ON INFORMAL RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES (IRD)Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat organized a Webinar on Informal Resolution of Disputes (IRD): Pakistan’s Experience from the platform of Asian Ombudsman Association (AOA) on 14th June 2023. |
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THAILAND AN EDUCATIONAL OFFICE HAD HELD PAYMENT FOR SPECIAL NEEDS NANNIES. THE OMBUDSMAN SUGGESTED A PAYMENT SHOULD BE COMPENSATORY MADEFOLLOWING THEIR PRIMARY ENTITLEMENT.The amount of 70 complainants – working as special needs nannies – had been affected by overdue payment from Songkla educational service area office during October – November 2018, which had caused them grievance. The fact was discovered by the Ombudsman that they complained educational office had employed a special needs nanny as a monthly temporary worker, starting 1 April 2018 and ending 30 September 2018. |
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PROVINCIAL OMBUDSMAN SINDH THE OMBUDSMAN OF LAZIO VISITED PAKISTAN UPON INVITATION FROM PROVINCIAL OMBUDSMAN.On Special invitation Mr. Ajaz Ali Khan, Honorable Ombudsman Sindh invited the Honorable Ombudsman of Lazio, Italy Mr. Marino Fardelli, who is also the President of the National Coordination council of Italian Civic Ombudsman and Mr. Danilo Giurdanella, Consul General of Italy in Karachi visit the office of Provincial Ombudsman Secretariat in Karachi on 12 th June, 2023. The honorable guest planted a sapling at Ombudsman office and was given a comprehensive briefing about the working of Provincial Ombudsman Secretariat by Mr. Ajaz Ali Khan. |
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KOREA GLOBAL SHARING OF KOREAN OMBUDSMAN EXPERIENCES.Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) attended the Board of Directors’ meeting of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) in her capacity as the Asian regional director, which was held on May 9 in Vienna, Austria, and engaged in discussions on major issues. |
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AZERBAIJAN THE OMBUDSPERSON RECEIVED THE CO-RAPPORTEURS OF THE PACE MONITORING COMMITTEE.The Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsperson) of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ms. Sabina Aliyeva, received Mr. Ian Liddell-Grainger and Ms. Liz Kristoffersen, the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Monitoring Committee. Mr. Kamal Jafarov, a member of the Parliament and the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE, also participated in the meeting. |
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UZBEKISTAN COOPERATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT BODIES AND CIVIL SOCIETY INSTITUTIONS IN ENSURING HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS: PROBLEMS AND WAYS TO SOLVE THEM.On June 16, 2023, another open dialogue took place between government bodies and civil society institutions. This round table on the topic “Cooperation between government bodies and civil society institutions in ensuring human rights and freedoms: problems and ways to solve them” was organized jointly with the UNDP Office in Uzbekistan. |
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GEORGIA INFORMATION MEETINGS OF PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE ON EQUALITY ISSUES.In the period from March to June 2023, representatives of the Equality Department of the Public Defender’s Office held meetings with representatives of the city halls and city councils of the municipalities of Imereti, Guria, Samegrelo and Adjara, as well as teachers of public schools, private employers, representatives of civil society and members of the LGBT+ community. |
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AZERBAIJAN TRAINING WAS ORGANIZED BY THE OMBUDSMAN OFFICE IN NAKHCHIVANThe Ombudsman of Azerbaijan, Sabina Aliyeva, participated in the training on the topic “The Protection of Rights of Migrants in Vulnerable Situations. Migration and Asylum Administration Monitoring Mechanism,” dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the National Leader Heydar Aliyev and June 18- Human Rights Day in Azerbaijan, held in Nakhchivan as a part of the “Support for the Implementation of the Mobility Partnership with Azerbaijan-MOBILAZE-2” Project. |
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UZBEKISTAN AN EVENT WAS HELD IN THE REPUBLIC OF KARAKALPAKSTAN WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE OMBUDSMAN’S SCHOOL PROJECT AND THE OMBUDSMAN’S FIELD RECEPTION.Note 2 of Article 20 of the Law “On the Authorized Person of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights (Ombudsman)” states that the Authorized Person takes measures to increase awareness of citizens about laws, other regulatory legal acts and international treaties of the Republic of Uzbekistan, generally recognized principles and norms of international rights in the field of human rights and freedoms. |
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GEORGIA PERFORMANCE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION SERVICE IN GEORGIA.On June 27, 2023, First Deputy Public Defender Tamar Gvaramadze participated in the joint conference of the Special Investigation Service and the Council of Europe – “Ensuring the protection of victims’ rights and effective investigation of ill-treatment: the role of the Special Investigation Service”. |