Human Rights Cartoons
Cartoons by Chris Slane relating to ombudsman, inspector generals and other public advocates who are charged with 'representing the interests of the public by investigating and addressing complaints of maladministration or a violation of rights.'
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Minority Access To Assisted Reproduction
Cartoon depicts Mary and Joseph receiving reproductive assistance from the light of the Almighty "Yes minority group access to assisted reproduction technology"
Cave Of Official Information
The magic word was 'Ombudsman' says Ali Baba to his friend in the newly opened Cave of Official Information.
Tree Climber Problem Solved
"Does your test measure lateral thinking?" asks a seal of a human examiner, after the elephant knocks down the tree to allow access to all animals.
Algorithm Bias
Cartoon shows one woman saying to another whose face is blurred out "What makes you think algorithms are discriminating against you?"
Director Of Diversity
“Everybody - please welcome our new director of diversity” a female stands alone in a board room full of surprised male office executives.
Dragon Hoarder Of Files- FOI
Hobbit entering dragon cave announces: "I have an official information request."
Dragon Hoarder Of Files
Hobbit entering dragon cave annouces: "I'm from the Ombudsman's office."..ombudsman,office,data,privacy,information,access,official,government,public,freedom,FOI,request,records,code,dragon,cartoon,..
Elephant In The Classroom
"Please Miss - there's something in the way" notes an early school pupil among others in their classroom to the teacher while holding the tail of a large elephant labelled 'Poverty'.
FOI Request Bags
Cartoon depicts a man pulling large bags to an ombudsman's office "I've bought all my FOI requests for you"
Freedom For Us
Cartoon depicts a mob of black clothed protesters carrying signs 'Freedom For Us' 'Freedom Now' barging over and trampling others
Gender Pay Equity Solution
Cartoon shows boss behind a bid desk announcing to female assistant "I've solved the gender-pay gap - lower. male rates to female levels"
Good-Bad-Ombudsman
Cartoon depicts an hot lights police-style interview room with two peolple italking a third - a woman says - "I'm good ombudsman he's bad ombudsman" a big tough guy looks menacingly at a smaller man on the other side of a table.
Info-Request-Hoops
Cartoon depicts a series of increasingly perilous high hoops for a small person to jump through to make an information request.
Info Request Disinfectant
Info request disintectant now with extra sunshine. ( Transparency is the best disinfectant. )
Cattle Stop Access
"Come on over -everybody's welcome" calls a man in a wheelchair to a woman in high heels.
Need a Younger Face
"We need a fresh face on the board- Simpkins - get some botox injected" commands a chairman of the board consisting of aged white men and women to one surprised individual.
LOGIMA Ram
Cartoon depicts a long pole labelled LOGIMA used by the public to gain entry to a local council meeting closed to the public.
Love Conquers Hate - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND
A white supremacist gunman labelled 'Hate' flees from huge bouquets of flowers symbolising love and sympathy for his victims in Christchurch.
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
Cartoon depicts various fruits trying to gain entry to Club Fruit nightclub "Hey - Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit you know"
Egalitarian Pyramid
"He was considered the most egalitarian pharoah" notes a ancient Egyptian man to a woman" of a small pyramid on a flat base.
When To Raise A Family
"Wouldn't it be wiser to raise a family at a more convenient time -say after you've retired?" asks an excutive of a woman at the table.
Right To Know Day
Depicts protectors demonstrating and marching 'We have the right to know' 'Our Data'
Santa's bad-behaviour bias
"I'm afraid there's no law preventing discrimination on the basis of behavoiur" says Santa.
Xmas Present Database
Cartoon depicts a computer server rack labelled ‘Xmas Present Database’ an elf asks Santa “Shouldn’t we check if we need to notify with the ICO?”
Xmas Present Database
Cartoon depicts a computer server rack labelled ‘Xmas Present Database’ an elf asks Santa “Shouldn’t we check if we need to notify with the ICO?”
Treasure Chest of Official Information
Treasure Chest of Official Information is opened by a crowbar labelled ombudsman.