<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Thank you. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">On the ombuds office issue, I don't think the recommendations for maintaining the independence of ombuds are sufficient. I think the report equates independence and neutrality, but they are not the same thing and I don't see recommendations for maintaining neutrality. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">One of the recommendations is to have a 5-year fixed term contract with one year probation. I think this recommendation is inspired by how judges receive remuneration (give them a life long contract), and the rationale behind it might be that by giving ombuds a fixed contract of five years, they are put in a vacuum isolated from any economic incentive to affect their decision. I don't think that can work here with the ombuds office. I believe the ombuds office should be an external office and should not consist of just one person to resolve disputes but there should be multiple ombuds available. The source of revenue of one person should not be reliant on the ombuds contract. Moreover, mingling and hanging out with the community members can certainly affect the neutrality of the ombuds, or it might appear to the community as such. I don't see any recommendations about how to avoid that in this document. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I won't be in Johannesburg, so would be grateful if you could take my comments into consideration when discussing the ombuds office.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Farzaneh </font></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 11:34 PM, Chris LaHatte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris@lahatte.co.nz" target="_blank">chris@lahatte.co.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-NZ" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_6290714352159118161WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">I have read the ombudsman external evaluation report, and consider it a valuable, well considered and important study. I support the adoption of their recommendations. I would also like to note the recognition of Dr Frank Fowlie in some of the initial establishment of the office. While he was not necessarily a figure popular with some members of the community, his academic work and research was critical to the establishment of the office and has, in my view, been under recognised.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Enjoy the meeting in Johannesburg! I will follow you from Oslo.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Regards<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Chris LaHatte LLB MMgt (Dip Res) FAMINZ (Mediation/Arbitration) FCIArb<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Barrister/Mediator/Arbitrator<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Phone <a href="tel:+64%204-472%200777" value="+6444720777" target="_blank">+6444720777</a> Cell <a href="tel:+64%20210%20705%20236" value="+64210705236" target="_blank">+64210705236</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">Wellington<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">New Zealand<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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