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| Author | : Caribbean Ombudsman Association |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 120 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Ombudspersons |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Tero Erkkilä |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 231 |
| Release | : 2020-02-27 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 3030326756 |
This book explores the ombudsman as a global institution. It has spread all over the world and its institutional development is increasingly being governed transnationally. Initially an institution of administrative law, the ombudsman has become a human rights institution and institution of good governance. These ideational shifts have influenced the global diffusion of the ombudsman but also the way in which this institution of accountability functions. The ombudsman is a peculiar institution of public accountability - both an institution and individual - that observes changes in the general political climate and engages in renegotiations of its intra-institutional position. The global models associated with the ombudsman are a source of organizational ideas, legitimacy, and sense of orientation, but they treat institutional actors differently, working also as mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion. The book tracks the global diffusion and institutional evolution of the ombudsman. Its chapters on institutional cases further explore the joint institutional history of the Parliamentary Ombudsman and the Chancellor of Justice in Finland, and the European Ombudsman.
| Author | : Linda C. Reif |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 433 |
| Release | : 2013-12-19 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 9401759324 |
This book uses comparative law and comparative international law approaches to explore the role of human rights ombuds, classic-based ombuds and other types of ombuds institutions in human rights protection and promotion, their methods of application of international and domestic human rights law and their roles in strengthening good governance. It highlights the increasing importance of national human rights ombuds institutions globally and their roles as national human rights institutions (NHRIs). Chapters address: ombuds institutions as mechanisms to strengthen democratic, horizontal and vertical accountability, the rule of law and good governance; national human rights ombuds institutions as NHRIs; the investigatory, litigation, promotional and other powers of human rights and classic-based ombuds and their methods for applying international and domestic human rights law; ombuds institutions and the protection and promotion of international children's rights; national human rights ombuds additional mandates as OPCAT national preventive mechanisms, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Article 33(2) framework mechanisms and EU national equality bodies; human rights ombuds and business and human rights; ombuds institutions, gender and women's rights; the European Ombudsman and human rights; national human rights ombuds and other ombuds models by region, accompanied by case studies on national human rights ombuds; and the legal and extra-legal factors affecting ombuds institutional effectiveness.
| Author | : Reif |
| Publisher | : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 783 |
| Release | : 2023-09-14 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 9004637230 |
This anthology brings together a selection of writings by ombudsman experts that explore various aspects of the contemporary public sector ombudsman. Originally published in International Ombudsman Institute publications, these articles illustrate the diversity of ombudsman offices around the world and underscore the elements and issues that are important to all ombudsman institutions. From its Scandinavian roots, the ombudsman model has been established worldwide and at all levels of government as a mechanism to monitor and improve government administration. The model has seen renewed interest in the past decade in democratizing countries which are reforming their governmental institutions, such as in Latin America, Central and East Europe, Africa and the Asia Pacific region. This anthology explores the essential elements of the public sector ombudsman and the emerging mandates of the ombudsman institution both in established and consolidating democracies. In particular, the role of the ombudsman in human rights protection is scrutinized from a variety of perspectives. The anthology also includes critical analyses of the extent of the jurisdiction of the public sector ombudsman, focusing on matters such as the relationship of the ombudsman with administrative tribunals and the courts. Issues surrounding the ombudsman process of investigation, recommendation and reporting are highlighted - such as administrative fairness in the ombudsman process, special investigations, public education about the office and media relations.
| Author | : Ephraim Kasuto |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 284 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Human rights |
| ISBN | : |
This book is the result of the conference on the Institution of the Ombudsman which was held at the Swakopmund, Namibia from 21 to 23 November 1995.The objectives of the conference were as follows: To assess the current role of Ombusman Institutions in Southern African countries; To secure the support of human rights movement for the work of Ombudsman Institutions; To exchange experiences; and To secure the understanding of, and backing by Southern African parliaments for Ombudsman Institutions.
| Author | : Richard Kirkham |
| Publisher | : Palgrave Pivot |
| Total Pages | : 154 |
| Release | : 2020-05-07 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 9783030406110 |
This book seeks to persuade policy-makers and legislators of the need for legislative reform of the ombudsman sector, and to evidence the ways in which such reformative legislation can be designed. In pursuing this goal, this edited collection represents an academic response to a challenge laid down by the current Parliamentary Ombudsman in February 2018, at a JUSTICE event. It draws on the original research of the authors and bases its proposals for reform on a fundamental re-assessment of the focus and purpose of ombudsman systems. A Manifesto for Ombudsman Reform deals with key, recurring controversies in ombudsman scholarship, including the role that the ombudsman should be fulfilling, the procedures it should employ, the powers that are necessary for effectiveness, and the means of ensuring both freedom of operation and accountability. It will inform academic and policy debates about the future of the ombudsman institution in the UK and its analysis should be of interest to academics and policy-makers in other jurisdictions.
| Author | : Linda C. Reif |
| Publisher | : International Studies in Human |
| Total Pages | : 810 |
| Release | : 2020 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 9789004273955 |
Introduction -- Variations on the Ombuds concept -- Ombuds institutions : democratic accountability, the Rule of Law and Good Governance -- National Human Rights Ombuds Institutions as National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) -- Ombuds institutions : methods for protection and promotion of International and Domestic Human Rights Law -- Ombuds institutions and the protection and promotion of International Children's Rights -- Ombuds institutions : Prohibition of Torture, Disability Rights and Business and Human Rights -- Ombuds institutions, good governance and Human Rights in Europe -- The European Ombudsman : strengthening good governance and Human Rights in the European Union -- Ombuds institutions, good governance and Human Rights in the Americas -- Ombuds institutions, good governance and Human Rights in Africa and Asia-Pacific -- Conclusion.
| Author | : Council of Europe. Directorate of Human Rights |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 20 |
| Release | : 1987 |
| Genre | : Civil rights |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Alberto Castro |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| Genre | : Ombudspersons |
| ISBN | : 9781780687803 |
The main purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which, through the performance of (indirect) normative functions and the application of principles of good governance as assessment standards, the ombudsman institution can contribute to improving the legal quality of the government while enhancing the legitimacy of the administration and the democratic system as a whole.The study is conducted from a comparative perspective, exploring the performance of the Dutch, UK, Spanish and Peruvian Ombudsmen. They are analysed with the aim to determine how far these ombudsmen, although of different types and belonging to different legal traditions, share the same values and apply similar normative standards that can be traced back to principles of good governance. The Peruvian ombudsman is examined as a case study of the institutions evolving role in new democracies in Latin America. This reflects the wider process of the ombudsman 's hybridisation worldwide, and how its functions and assessment standards have been adapted to the evolution of the constitutional state, not least through application of the principles of good governance, which operate at the constitutional level, as a new source of legitimacy.By primarily focusing on the steering function regarding the promotion of good administration rather than the protective function of the institution, the study concludes that the ombudsmans activities result in changed and improved public administration, which are often underappreciated in the legal literature. The legal approach to good governance provides the conceptual framework for evaluating the performance of the institution.
