62nd E-NEWS LETTER OF ASIAN OMBUDSMAN ASSOCIATION (AOA) October 2022
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PAKISTAN Federal Ombudsman of Pakistan presides over the Board of Directors Meeting of the Asian Ombudsman Association (AOA) at Baku. Also, attends the General Assembly Meeting of the OIC Ombudsman Association (OICOA).The Federal Ombudsman of Pakistan, Mr. Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi presided over the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Ombudsman Association on 18 October 2022 at Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan. The meeting was attended by the heads of the respective institutions and representatives of Azerbaijan, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Japan and Turkey. |
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PAKISTAN Federal Ombudsman of Pakistan addresses Baku International Conference on the Role of Ombudsmen and the National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIS) at Baku City.The Federal Ombudsman of Pakistan, Mr. Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi addressed the Baku International Conference on the role of Ombudsmen and NHRIs held on 19 October 2022 at Baku city. The Conference marked the 20th Anniversary of the establishment of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Conference was attended by a large number of international delegations, representatives of international bodies, academia and the civil society. |
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Hong Kong Ombudsman probes Government’s regulation of occupational safety and health in construction industry.The Ombudsman, Ms Winnie Chiu, announced the launch of a direct investigation to examine the Government’s regulation of occupational safety and health (OSH) in the construction industry.The current legislation regulating OSH mainly includes the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance, the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, and their subsidiary regulations. On the enforcement front, the Labour Department (LD) inspects construction sites and takes regulatory actions to curb unsafe operations in the construction industry. |
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MACAU – CHINA Launch of a booklet about ombudsman’s functions on the theme of “Filing Rational Complaints & Improving the Systems”.The CCAClaunched a booklet about ombudsman’s functions on the theme of “Filing Rational Complaints & Improving the Systems”, where it introduces the ombudsman’s work in details to residents through a rich variety of pictures and text. |
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KOREA ACRC, Sharing “The Operation of E-People and Best Practices for Addressing Grievance Complaints” with Indonesia.On September 21, a policy briefing was held for the Indonesian delegation, including the Vice Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform and the Head of the Center for Information Services and Complaint of the Ministry of Home Affairs -A policy briefing was organized to share experiences of running “e-People,” a government-wide channel for complaints, and best practices for addressing grievance complaints with senior officials from Indonesia. |
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AZERBAIJAN AOA and OICOA Meetings were held in Baku.On the initiative of Sabina Aliyeva, the Human Rights Commissioner of Azerbaijan, meetings of the Asian Ombudsman Association (AOA) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ombudsmen Association (OICOA) were held in our country.The next meeting of the AOA Board of Directors was held in Baku on October 18. The event brought together ombudspersons and heads of human rights institutions from Azerbaijan, Japan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Iran, Pakistan, and Turkiye. Federal Ombudsman of Pakistan, Ejaz Ahmed Qureshi, the Ombudsman of Azerbaijan, Sabina Aliyeva, and AOA Executive Secretary Abdul Moiz Bukhari made speeches at the opening ceremony. |
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INDONESIA Reflection on 14 Years of Law Number 37 of 2008: need for Institutional Strengthening of the Indonesian Ombudsman.Efforts to strengthen the legal standing of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Indonesia, especially those related to the existence of institutions, both at the center and representatives, need to be carried out. This was conveyed by the Chairman of the Indonesian Ombudsman, Mokhammad Najih when opening the Public Discussion Reflection on 14 Years of Law Number 37 of 2008 concerning the Indonesian Ombudsman “Efforts to Strengthen the Legal Position and Role of the Indonesian Ombudsman”, on Thursday (6/10/2022) in a hybrid manner at the Ombudsman Office. RI, Jakarta. |
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TATARSTAN The Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Tatarstan restored the Housing Rights of a Citizen.The Human Rights Commissioners in the Republic of Tatarstan pay special attention to the problems of people with disabilities, the creation of conditions conducive to the integration of disabled people into society, as well as the adoption of measures aimed at ensuring equal access of disabled people to social facilities and services in priority areas of their life.So, at the beginning of August 2022, citizen F., a resident of the city of Kazan, addressed the Commissioner on the issue of long-term consideration of her application for recognition of the living quarters of a disabled person unfit for habitation. |
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MACAU – CHINA Professional Training for the CCAC’s Integrity Volunteer Team.The CCAC has planned to professionalise the members of its Integrity Volunteer Team and has therefore actively been providing professional training for them, including the pronunciation training session held earlier, which aimed to allow them to better support the dubbing work for the CCAC’s promotional videos and teaching materials in the future. |
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KOREA ACRC, Sharing the Development of Anti-Corruption System in Korea with the International Community.A forum was organized to introduce remarkable anti-corruption systems in Korea and share experiences on the development of such systems with the international community.The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (Chairperson Jeon Hyun-Heui, ACRC) gave a presentation on the development of Korea’s anti-corruption systems, including the implementation of the Prevention of Conflict of Interest Act at the 2nd Tashkent Anti-Corruption Forum online at 4 p.m. on September 23. |
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TATARSTAN Participation of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Tatarstan in the expanded meeting of commissioners for human rights in the Far Eastern Federal District.The commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Tatarstan visited Khabarovsk region on a working trip. After an eight-hour fly from Moscow, the Commissioner immediately went to an extended meeting of human rights commissioners in the Far Eastern Federal District. The meeting was attended by the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatiana NikolaevnaMoskalkova.Two issues were put on the agenda of the meeting: protection of the rights of citizens during a special military operation and protection of the rights of persons in places of forced detention. |
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AZERBAIJAN Staff of the Ombudsman office participated in the Global Conference feld in Uzbekistan.A global conference on “Artificial intelligence, e-governance and access to information” dedicated to the International Day for Universal Access to Information was held in Tashkent under the auspices of UNESCO and the Republic of Uzbekistan.Lamiya Zeynalova, the head of the Protection of the right to access to information Department of the Ombudsman Office, and Aynur Hamidova, the head of the right to access to information unit took part in the conference. |
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INDONESIA Community involvement is needed in achieving the target of fulfillment and Development of Clean and Inclusive Energy.Member of the Indonesian Ombudsman, Hery Susanto, conveyed the important role of community involvement in achieving the target of fulfilling and developing clean and inclusive energy. According to him, optimization can be done by socializing the transformation of energy from fossil energy to electrical energy into a lifestyle in society. |
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Georgia 2021 Report on the Situation of Human Rights and Freedoms in Georgia.On October 7, 2022, at the plenary sitting of the Parliament of Georgia, Public Defender Nino Lomjaria presented 2021 Report on the Situation of Human Rights and Freedoms in Georgia. The almost 400-page report is based on up to 5,000 applications and 11,100 phone notifications received by the Office, as well as the results of hundreds of monitoring visits made by the Office to prisons, psychiatric facilities, military units and other institutions over the past year. |
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AZERBAIJAN The Office of the Ombudsman held an Event on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons.The Office of the Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsman) of Azerbaijan organized a round table event for beneficiaries at the social service institution for the older persons of the Social Services Agency. The awareness-raising event held on the theme “Protecting the rights of the older persons and strengthening their social protection” was dedicated to October 1 – the International Day of the Older Persons. |