During 2012, the Office of the Ombudsman handled 615 cases, of which 435 were investigated by the Parliamentary Ombudsman; 92 by the Commissioner for Environment and Health; 56 by the University Ombudsman; and 32 by the Commissioner for Health.
It is inhumane that patients are used as pawns during indust...
As he had the occasion to report recently, the Commissioner for Health at the Office of the Ombudsman wants to show his preoccupation that...
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The word Ombudsman is of Swedish origin and the Ombudsman institution was in fact first established in Sweden in 1809. The term "Ombudsman" ...
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The International Ombudsman Institute gives this classical definition:- “The Ombudsman institution is an office established by constitu...
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Within the institutional framework of the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman, three commissioners targeting health, environment and plann...
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The Ombudsman is an independent Officer of Parliament, appointed by the President of the Republic acting in accordance with a resolution of ...
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