4. Office of the Federation Ombudsmen

36. Recently, the Federation Ombudsmen were criticized in the Federation House of Representatives by some members of SDA, who demanded that each of the three Ombudsmen deal only with complaints from persons of their own ethnic background and that they not censure officials of their own ethnicity.

The Federal Ombudsman's office also does not keep gender disaggregated records.

The Federation Ombudsmen have been conducting remarkable work despite major obstacles.

The Secretary General of the Commonwealth appoints election observers and monitors to support elections in member States.

9.00 Meeting with Mr. Schelter, State Secretary, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Mr. Rupprecht, Director and Mr. Morié, Inspector of Police Forces of the Federal States

The Special Rapporteur has also expressed her support for the Ombudsmen of the Federation and has on a regular basis shared information and conducted successful joint missions with them.

The author's attempt to have the HREOC decision reviewed by the Commonwealth Ombudsman was rejected on the same basis.

The investigation was being monitored by the Office of the Procurator General of the Russian Federation.

The Government also made reference to the circulars issued by the Attorney General of the Republic to prevent illegal detentions by federal agents of his Office, of the Federal Investigating Agency or of the Federal Investigating Police.

Office of the United Nations Ombudsman

Networking with organizational ombudsmen

(b) Private video operators obtain licences from video business supervisory committees which will be formed in all States and Divisions composing the Union of Myanmar

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179. The Human Rights Ombudsperson, the Human Rights Chamber, the Commission for Real Property Claims and the Federation Ombudsmen play key roles in addressing violations of human rights and furthering the rule of law in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Fiscal inspector in charge of the negotiation of agreements to avoid double taxation, Ministry of Finance Secretariat of Federal Income Tax.

In meetings with competent authorities during her missions, the Special Rapporteur has always expressed her unequivocal support for the work of the Federation Ombudsmen.

On the Government side there also exist numerous mechanisms, which the citizens can avail to claim their rights. These are The Office of the Federal Ombudsman.

All three Dayton institutions, as well as the Federation Ombudsmen, have been hampered in their work by a low level of cooperation from the authorities.

PROGRAMME OF THE VISIT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

Other legislative measures, such as the Ombudsman Act 1976, assist people when challenging a wide range of decisions made under federal laws.

36. The observer for the Commonwealth Secretariat referred to workshops held at Colombo and Port Vila, Vanuatu, in 1995 that had discussed, inter alia, the establishment of a network of agreements between financial supervisors and law enforcement officials in Commonwealth countries aimed at facilitating the monitoring of suspicious transactions.

The CDH had requested the Federal District Government Procurator apos s Office to take measures to guarantee his safety.

In the Brazilian federal system, the federal police are responsible for investigating federal and international crimes.

The Conference, in response to the application by the Russian Federation for observer status in the OIC, decided unanimously and on an exceptional basis to grant observer status to the Russian Federation.

The Central Board of Film Censors, Censor Board for Private Productions, the Advertising Censor Board, the Drama Censor Board all have representation of women.

(c) The Federal Republic and each component of the Federation shall have a police force.

Training was given to the members of the Federal Preventive Police.

Office of the Ombudsman appointment and terms of reference of the Ombudsman

Look, I lied to the Feds. I lost a year of my life from it.

Since its inception, the Office has maintained a close relationship with The Ombudsman Association, the main professional association for organizational ombudsmen from corporations, Governments, international organizations and universities worldwide.

The observer for the Russian Federation mentioned that a bilateral treaty would be signed by the relevant ministries of the Russian Federation and Ukraine.

Administration of justice at the United Nations report on the activities of the Ombudsman

In their annual report for 1997, the Federation Ombudsmen deplored a quot low level of cooperation quot , stressing that quot due to the lack of implementation of the Constitution and the absence of true federal bodies on all levels, the office of the Ombudsmen was not able to fully exercise its constitutional powers quot . They also deplored general ignorance of the existence of their institution, even among certain authorities.

Access to the Ombudsman. All staff members have voluntary access to the Ombudsman.

Future movements will be monitored by United Nations military observers.

India has an independent constitutional body, the Election Commission of India, to supervise elections both at the Federal and state levels.

The Ombudsman also works with the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman.

1. The Ombudsman

Ombudsman function

MONUC police officers are now co located with the Inspector General of Police and 10 of the 11 provincial inspectors, to whom they provide technical advice on various aspects of policing.

The Office was launched in conjunction with the creation of a website in all six official languages and a desk to desk distribution of material with information on the Office and how to contact it.

In accordance with the terms of reference of the Ombudsman, the Office of the Ombudsman is guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Staff Regulations and the Staff Rules, as well as by the principles of justice and fairness.

With regard to the case of Julián and Ricardo Andrade Jardí, the Special Rapporteur was informed that the victims were under the protection of the Directorate General of the Judicial Police and had the support of the Office of the General Supervisor for Human Rights (Federal District Government Procurator apos s Office).

The Committee met with the Ombudsman of the United Nations and with representatives of the Secretary General.