The International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) Asian Regional Meeting and International Conference 2025 were successfully held in Lahore, marking a historic milestone as Pakistan hosted this prestigious global gathering for the first time.

Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé invites the ombudsman community to join him for a virtual symposium featuring two exemplary ombudsman panels, as they mark Ombudsman Ontario's 50th anniversary. The symposium takes place on Wednesday, 12 November 2025. Kindly click here for more information.

The positions of the two IOI Vice-Presidents became vacant earlier this year and the IOI General Secretariat held an electronic ballot to fill these vacancies. The deadline for voting ended on 19 August 2025 and the newly elected Vice-Presidents are Ms. Nadine Mailloux, Ombudsman of Montreal (Canada) and Ms. Ayesha Hamid, Ombudsman of the Province of Punjab (Pakistan).