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Disarming armed groups, civilian protection crucial for Central African Republic – UN expert

Edit United Nations 22 Jun 2016
22 June 2016 – Concluding her seventh visit in the country, Marie-Thérèse Keita Bocoum, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic (CAR), expressed concern about the threats from armed groups and large-scale banditry to the protection of civilians, natural resources and to the crisis recovery process ... The Independent Expert will submit her final report to the Council in September 2016....

UN rights expert stresses urgency of disarming armed groups, protecting civilians in Central African Republic (UN - United Nations)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jun 2016
22 June 2016 - Concluding her seventh visit in the country, Marie-Thérèse Keita Bocoum, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic (CAR), expressed concern about the threats from armed groups and large-scale banditry to the protection of civilians, natural resources and to the crisis recovery process ... The Independent Expert will submit her final report to the Council in September 2016....

Law firm begins probe of Plum officials in wake of teacher sex scandal

Edit Pittsburgh Tribune Review 22 Jun 2016
The independent investigation of the Plum School District by Levin Law Group has begun. District Solicitor Lee Price confirmed Tuesday the investigation has commenced, but ... ....

For-profit college watchdog fighting to stay alive

Edit The Oklahoman 22 Jun 2016
The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, a group that oversees about 900 campuses, is under scrutiny for lax oversight of its schools ... On Thursday, an independent advisory committee to the Education Department will make a recommendation on whether to continue to grant federal recognition to the council as an accrediting agency....

Volkswagen Investors Gear Up for Showdown Over Emissions Damages

Edit Bloomberg 22 Jun 2016
“The corporate governance problem at VW starts with the supervisory board,” said Hans-Christoph Hirt, co-chief executive officer of shareholder advisory group Hermes Equity Ownership Services Ltd., citing a lack of independent members well-versed in the auto industry. “This is an exceptional situation, and we believe a special audit by external, independent investigators is needed to clarify what went wrong.”....

UN Human Rights Council: Item 4 General Debate (HRW - Human Rights Watch)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jun 2016
The authorities have engaged in mass arrests of opposition members - numbering in the thousands - and have cracked down on civil society groups, opposition media houses, editors, and journalists ... We call for an independent and impartial investigation into the use of excessive force and other serious abuses by security forces in Oromia....

Former LA Mayor Richard Riordan fined $11,250 for ethics violation

Edit LA Daily News 22 Jun 2016
Riordan did disclose the independent expenditures and submitted copies of the communications to the Ethics Commission, investigators said ... Riordan has a history of committing “substantially identical violations,” sending out six communications paid for by independent expenditures during city elections held in 2005, investigators said....

Anticorruption Council Holds Regular Meeting (Government of the Republic of Armenia)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jun 2016
The group included representatives from both the Ministry of Justice and civil society organizations, including the representatives of civil society organizations (CSO) anticorruption coalition ... investigation, prevention and education, or an independent anticorruption body, which will have a preventive and educational functions, as well as a specialized investigative body....

Former Group Insurance Commission Finance Director Indicted in Connection with Stealing More than $122,000 (Attorney General of Massachusetts)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jun 2016
BOSTON - The former Director of the Finance Division of the Group Insurance Commission has been indicted in connection with allegedly stealing more than $122,000 from the agency, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today ... The Group Insurance Commission (GIC) is a quasi-independent state agency that provides and administers health insurance and other benefits to the Commonwealth's employees and retirees....

UL Statement (University of Limerick)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jun 2016
An external independent expert was appointed to ... The two individuals have not cooperated with the external independent investigations to date. The same two members of UL staff are also the subject of disciplinary proceedings, as a result of a third external independent investigation finding that they made a malicious complaint against a colleague....

Matthias Müller: We have launched the biggest change process in Volkswagen's history (Volkswagen AG)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jun 2016
'We will successively equip the Group's new TSI and TFSI engines with gasoline particulate filters ... He said the Company's 'most important currency' was credibility and trust in the Group's brands, products and 'Volkswagen as a whole', adding that it was all about regaining the trust lost as a result of the diesel issue ... The external, independent investigation is receiving the wholehearted support of the Board of Management....

Matthias Müller: We have launched the biggest change process in Volkswagen’s history (Volkswagen AG)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jun 2016
'We will successively equip the Group's new TSI and TFSI engines with gasoline particulate filters ... He said the Company's 'most important currency' was credibility and trust in the Group's brands, products and 'Volkswagen as a whole', adding that it was all about regaining the trust lost as a result of the diesel issue ... The external, independent investigation is receiving the wholehearted support of the Board of Management....

WADA: Russian track athletes should be independent at Games

Edit Atlanta Journal 22 Jun 2016
The statement reiterated WADA's support of the IAAF recommendation to allow Stepanova to compete under an independent flag ... The IOC will allow a group of refugee athletes to compete under the Olympic flag in Rio ... He also pointed toward the July 15 release of an independent investigation looking into allegations the Russian government helped anti-doping authorities manipulate urine samples at the Sochi Olympics to avoid positive tests....
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