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Australian government ombudsmen

Ombudsman.gov.au - 'Commonwealth Ombudsman Australia: Assisting the Australian community by resolving complaints and fostering good government administration'
Omb-HCSCC.nt.gov.au - 'Ombudsman for the Northern Territory'
ombudsman.vic.gov.au - Ombudsman Victoria
OmbO.nsw.gov.au - New South Wales Ombudsman
Ombudsman.sa.gov.au - The Ombudsman South Australia Office: '[to provide] free, impartial, informal and timely resolution of complaints to promote fairness, openness and good public administration in South Australia'
ombudsman/home.html - Tasmanian Ombudsman: investigates complaints regarding public authority administrative action and contravention of state privacy legislation, conducts Freedom of Information reviews in respect of government agencies and can accept public interest disclosures (ie. whistleblowing complaints)and other miscellaneous functions (eg. auditing of police telephone interception warrants).

The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman is a free and independent alternative dispute resolution scheme for small business and residential consumers in Australia who have a complaint about their telephone or Internet service. Established in 1993 by the Australian Federal Government, the TIO is independent of industry, the government and consumer organisations.
The TIO is authorised to investigate complaints about the provision or supply of telephone or Internet services. (information was supplied by the official website of the TIO)

Brazilian government ombudsmen

ouvidoria-policia.sp.gov.br - 'Ouvidoria da polícia do Estado de São Paulo'
ouvidoriasds.rn.gov.br - 'Ouvidoria da Secretaria de Defesa Social do estado do Rio Grande do Norte'

Canadian government ombudsmen

GNB.ca - 'The New Brunswick Ombudsman's Office': one central mission: to ensure that all New Brunswick citizens are treated with administrative fairness by government and its agencies.
HOA.gov.nl.ca - 'Newfoundland and Labrador Citizens' Representative'
Gov.ns.ca - 'Nova Scotia Office of the Ombudsman: If you feel you have been treated unfairly by a provincial or municipal government body, or you have a complaint about a Nova Scotia government service...'
Ombudsman.bc.ca - 'Ombudsman British Columbia: Promoting Fairness for British Columbians'
Ombudsman.mb.ca - 'Ombudsman Manitoba'
Ombudsman.on.ca - 'Ombudsman Ontario - Ontario's Watchdog. Mission: to support the need for accontability, transparency and oversight in the provision of government services'
ProtecteurduCitoyen.qc.ca - 'Le Protecteur du Citoyen' / 'The Québec's Ombudsman' (English language link)
Ombudsman.yk.ca - 'Office of the Yukon Ombudsman and Information & Privacy Commissioner'
LegAssembly.sk.ca - 'Ombudsman Saskatchewan'
Ombudsman.ab.ca - 'Alberta Ombudsman'
[8] - 'Ombudsman for the Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces'

Chilean ombudsman

ombudsman.cl - 'Capitulo Chileno Ombudsman' (in Spanish)

Czech government ombudsman

Ochrance.cz - 'The Office of the Ombudsman in the Czech Republic'

European Parliament ombudsman

Ombudsman.europa.eu - 'The European Ombudsman Homepage
EuroParl.org.uk - Constitution of the European Union Article III-335 (provisions establishing EU ombudsman)

Irish ombudsmen

Swedish government ombudsmen

JO - Justitieombudsmannen (Parliamentary Ombudsmen: The Ombudsmen of Justice)
BO - Barnombudsmannen (Ombudsman for Children)
DO - Diskrimineringsombudsmannen (Ethnic Discrimination Ombudsman)
HomO - Ombudsmannen mot diskriminering på grund av sexuell läggning (Ombudsman against Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation)
JämO - Jämställdhetsombudsmannen (Equal Opportunities Ombudsman)
Konsumentverket/KO - Konsumentverket/Konsumentombudsmannen (The Swedish Consumer Agency/Consumer Ombudsman)'
JK - Justitiekanslern (The Chancellor of Justice)

Ukrainian government ombudsman

Ombudsman.kiev.ua - Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights

United Kingdom government ombudsmen

Financial-Ombudsman.org.uk - 'The Financial Ombudsman Service: provides consumers with a free, independent service for resolving disputes with financial firms'
IHOS.org.uk - 'Housing Ombudsman Service': An independent service dealing with complaints against landlords & agents, and other housing disputes'
IPCC.gov.uk - 'Independent Police Complaints Commission'
LGO.org.uk - 'Commissioner for Local Administration in England: Local Government Ombudsmen's Home Page'
NI-Ombudsman.org.uk - Northern Ireland Ombudsman's Office
OLSO.org - 'Office of the Legal Services Ombudsman'
Ombudsman.org.uk - 'Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: Making complaints a positive experience
Ombudsman.gov.ie - '(Irish) Office of the Ombudsman'
Ombudsmanwatch.org 'Local Government Ombudsman complaints body'
Ombudsman-Wales.org - 'Public Services Ombudsman for Wales'
Pensions-Ombudsman.org.uk - 'The Pensions Ombudsman: investigates and decides complaints and disputes about the way that pension schemes are run'
OTelO.org.uk - 'Office of the Telecommunications Ombudsman: We are an Ombudsman Service for public communication providers and their customers'
ScottishOmbudsman.org.uk - 'Scottish Public Services Ombudsman'

United States government ombudsmen

http://www.dhs.gov/cisombudsman - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CIS Ombudsman) provides recommendations for resolving individual and employer problems with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
pubadvocate.nyc.gov Although carrying a different official title, the New York Public Advocate is the ombudsman for residents of New York City
Ombudmhmr.state.mn.us - 'State of Minnesota Office of the Ombudsman for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities'
Ombudsman.state.hi.us - 'State of Hawaii Office of the Ombudsman: independently and impartially investigates complaints against state and county agencies and employees'
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Ombudsman/ - 'Office of Citizens' Aide Ombudsman, Des Moines, Iowa'
azleg.state.az.us/ombudsman/default.htm - 'Arizona's Ombudsman Citizen's Aide'
http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/LEGISLATURE/ombud/home.htm - 'State of Alaska Ombudsman'
http://www.tennessee.gov/tccy/ombuds.html - The Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth's (TCCY) Ombudsman Program was established in 1996. The juvenile justice program serves children who are in the foster care system and kinship care or relative caregiver placement. TCCY has statutory authority to review children in state custody and make recommendations for improvement.

Non-governmental (organizational) ombudsmen

Trent Stamp's Take - Commentary on the Red Cross selection for Ombudsman
OEA.co.uk - 'Ombudsman for Estate Agents Scheme: A free, fair and independent service for buyers and sellers of residential property in the UK'
ESPN - Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber is the public's representative to ESPN, offering independent examination and analysis of ESPN's media outlets. The former New York Times sports editor and author will critique decision-making, coverage and presentation of news, issues and events on ESPN television and other media. Schreiber will have a two-year tenure and succeeds George Solomon, ESPN's initial Ombudsman.

Ombudsman associations

BIOA.org.uk - 'British and Irish Ombudsman Association' (BIOA)
NewsOmbudsman.org - 'Organization of News Ombudsmen' (ONO)
OmbudsAssociation.org - 'The International Ombudsman Association (IOA)
USOmbudsman.org - 'The United States Ombudsman Association: Promoting and supporting fairness, accountability, and equity in government through the public sector ombudsman'
UVA.nl - 'The European Network of Ombudsmen in Higher Education' (ENOHE), Universiteit van Amsterdam
IOI - International Ombudsman Institute (IOI)
EOI - European Ombudsman Institute (EOI)
AOA- Asian Ombudsman Association (AOA): Promoting and developing the concepts of Ombudsmanship in Asia'
CFO - Coalition of Federal Ombudsman (CFO) - Promoting and Assisting Ombudsman in the United States Government

Ombudsman directories

UAlberta.ca - International Ombudsman Institute (international directory of ombudsmen)
Ombuds Blog - 'Info re Organizational Ombuds (includes lists of corporate, academic, governmental, and non-governmental ombuds offices; ombuds job postings; critical ombuds documents; and resources for creating an ombuds office)'

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