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Parliamentary Affairs 2008 61(4):681-693; doi:10.1093/pa/gsn031
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The Future in International Perspective: The Ombudsman as Agent of Rights, Justice and Democracy

Ann Abraham

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IN the first of this series of four articles (Vol. 61 No. 1, 2008, 206–215) I referred to the ‘venerable and international pedigree’ of the Ombudsman institution and to its origin in Sweden in the first decade of the nineteenth century. I want in this final article to return to that international scene, to set the main themes of previous articles in that wider context and to use that international dimension as a pointer towards possibilities and limitations domestically in the UK.

To begin, let me recount the main themes that have emerged so far. I have tried to suggest that the role of Ombudsman is of constitutional importance in the UK and that due recognition of that constitutional role is especially salient at a time when the Government, through its The Governance of Britain White Paper, its draft Constitutional Renewal Bill and its proposed Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Ombudsman typology: the international scene
 
EUROPE
...AND BEYOND

   The Ombudsman institution at the heart of European identity: the quest for core values
 

   The Ombudsman as part of a global network: rights, justice and democracy
 
RIGHTS
JUSTICE
DEMOCRACY

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