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Neurodivergent Patients in Forensic Mental Health Wards: Practice Pointers From a Scoping Study

open access: yesKōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Volume 21, Issue 1, March 2026.
This scoping study aims to identify patient‐centered care recommendations for neurodivergent forensic mental health in‐patients. The offending neurodivergent population is currently understudied and over‐represented in forensic mental health services. This is causing individuals to receive inadequate care and increasing staff harm.
Beth Foster, Anita Gibbs
wiley   +1 more source

The Romanian Ombudsman and It's Interraction with the Courts- An Exploratory Research

open access: yesTransylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, 2010
The article focuses on the institution of the Ombudsman and its relations with other institutions/ powers of the state. The least explored interaction, at least in the Romanian literature, is the interaction between the Ombudsman and the courts (both the
Dacian DRAGOŞ   +2 more
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Papua New Guinea's Public Services Commission since independence: Sidelined or strengthened?

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, Volume 85, Issue 1, Page 146-166, March 2026.
Abstract This paper investigates reforms to the Public Services Commission (PSC) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) since independence in 1975. It looks at the original role of the PSC and then the various reforms it has been subject to: in 1986, 2003, and 2013, by constitutional and legislative change, and in 2019, by court ruling.
Nematullah Bizhan, Stephen Howes
wiley   +1 more source

Ombudsman as a body protecting human rights

open access: yesZeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Finansów i Prawa w Bielsku-Białej, 2016
The paper begins with an outline of history of the institution of ombudsman and its place in the Polish legal system. The main body of the paper contains the description of the scope of activities of the Polish Ombudsman (in Polish nomenclature ‘the ...
Agata Tarnacka
doaj   +2 more sources

His Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons for England and Wales, the UK National Preventive Mechanism and the UN Optional Protocol for the Prevention of Torture. Prospects for Prison Reform and the Treatment of Prisoners

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 42-51, March 2026.
ABSTRACT HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales is mandated under domestic law to visit and report on prison conditions and the treatment of prisoners. The Inspectorate's detailed monitoring work provides valuable and authoritative insights into individual prison establishments as well as the overall conditions in prisons and the treatment
Isobel Renzulli
wiley   +1 more source

RIGHT TO SUBMIT COMPLAINTS TO THE EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Bio-Based Marketing
This paper will explore the right to file complaints with the European Ombudsman as a fundamental right of European Union citizens. It will present the establishment of the European Ombudsman institution, the selection process, and the Ombudsman’s ...
Sead Mehovic
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Do Human Rights Work? Evidence From Prison Death Investigations in Scotland

open access: yesThe Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 64-76, March 2026.
ABSTRACT It seems self‐evident that countries which have embraced human rights would have better human rights compliance. This article examines this assumption in prison death investigations in Scotland (called fatal accident inquiries or FAIs). The right to life (Article 2 ECHR) includes a procedural right to an effective investigation of deaths ...
Sarah Armstrong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nurturing Digital Government Reform: Nuggets of Wisdom From a Global Frontrunner

open access: yesInformation Systems Journal, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 214-229, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Government reform initiatives increasingly incorporate significant digital elements. This article builds on successful, long‐term Danish experiences with digital government reform and offers “nuggets of wisdom” to policymakers, organisations, and countries wishing to advance such reform. In international surveys, Denmark is consistently ranked
Ulrik B. U. Roehl, Andreas Berggreen
wiley   +1 more source

Policymaking for Emigrants in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Mixed‐Methods Study

open access: yesLatin American Policy, Volume 17, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT While scholars have identified models of political emigrant policies across countries, we still lack an understanding of how these models come about and persist. Using a sequential mixed‐methods approach—including quantitative analysis of policy mixes in 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries and a comparative case study of Colombia and ...
Luicy Pedroza, Pau Palop‐García
wiley   +1 more source

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