The
Síndic de Greuges (Catalan Ombudsman) presents the first report on
Prevention of Torture in Catalonia |
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Catalan
Ombudsman Rafael Ribó delivered the first report of the Catalan
Authority for the Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment to the Office of the President of Parliament on
January 10. With the Catalan Ombudsman Act, of December 2009, the
Ombudsman has taken on, by virtue of the Optional Protocol of the
United Nations Convention, the competencies of acting in Catalonia
for the Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment.
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The
President of Parliament grants the Catalan Ombudsman an
audience |
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The
President of Parliament, Núria de Gispert, gave Catalan Ombudsman
Rafael Ribó an audience last January 10. It was the first meeting
between the heads of the two institutions following Gispert's
election as President of Parliament last December 16. Ribó and de
Gispert discussed matters of common interest, and relations between
the two institutions. Ribó also disclosed the first report of the
Catalan Authority for the Prevention of Torture.
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The
Catalan Ombudsman's office received visits in Tarragona on January
19. |
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The
Catalan Ombudsman's office travelled to Tarragona on Wednesday,
January 19th to field complaints and queries on public
administrations, and also companies that provide services of public
interest (utilities and telephony). Visitors, which were received in
the historic university building, at Plaça Imperial Tarraco 1, field
41 complaints and 39 queries.
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The
Catalan Ombudsman's recommendations on the elimination of
pre-university secondary education at some schools. |
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The
Ombudsman recommends that the Department of Education prepare a
specific report for each affected school, systematically analyzing
the impact that such an elimination could have on the effective
exercise of the right to equal educational opportunities. If the
analysis of these areas reveals a negative impact, the Catalan
Ombudsman suggests that the Department of Education reassess the
application of this measure, or otherwise compensate the effects it
could have on educational equality.
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Establishment
of different water rates for those registered in the municipal
census and those who are not |
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The
Catalan Ombudsman has sent recommendations to the local councils of
Tossa de Mar and Figaró-Montmany for them to modify their rates
regulations to do away with the distinction between users registered
in the municipal census and those who are not, as such a measure is
contrary to the principle of equality before the law, as is
established by numerous judicial rulings.
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A
collaboration agreement has been signed with the Ombudswoman of
Barcelona |
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Ma.
Assumpció Vila and Rafael Ribó signed a collaboration agreement
between the two institutions last December 13. It aims to offer
better service to the people in the defense of their rights,
expedite the filing and resolution of complaints in the two
institutions and avoid redundancies.
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