Author: Office of the Ombudsman

In line with Paragraph 6 (6) of the Schedule 5 of the Constitution, which requires the Office of the ombudsman to make a general Annual Report on the exercise of the Ombudsman’s functions during the previous year. The Ombudsman of the republic of Seychelles, Honorable...

The Seychelles Human Rights Commission, the Ombudsman and the Bar Association of Seychelles The Petition of the Seychelles Human Rights Commission, Ombudsman and Bar Association of Seychelles challenging the Tenth Constitutional Amendment was mentioned again before the Constitutional Court on Tuesday 8th November 2022. In compliance with...

Resilience, Respect, Resolve – the Avenue to Good Governance Why did the drafters of our Constitution have in mind when they included the Ombudsman as a constitutional institution? Having adopted the doctrine of separation of powers of the elected executive and legislature and the more permanent judiciary,...

United Nations Public Service Day – 23 June 2022 Public administration remains the cornerstone of any government’s work. It plays an essential and critical role in improving the lives of the administered through the daily services delivered by battalions of foot soldiers who serve the public...

Safeguarding our Constitution is safeguarding our liberties Almost three decades ago to the day, on 18th June 1993, ‘We, the People’ of Seychelles adopted the Constitution of a multiparty democratic Third Republic. Yet, it is only since 2015 that we commemorate 18th June as Constitution Day...

A Fourth Arm of the State Our ambition in setting up this website is to open a window into the complex role of this constitutional office which can be likened to a fourth arm of the State, charged with keeping a watchful eye on the public...

Democratic society is established on the principle of rule by the people. Democracy is defined simply as a system in which government is given the right to rule because the people say it may and the same people can change their administrators in a peaceful...

The term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements. Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and architecture. In addition, the work of De Stijl artists is...

The term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements. Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and architecture. In addition, the work of De Stijl artists is...