Le 17 mai 2018, le Médiateur de la République, Baba Akhib HAÏDARA a remis officiellement son Rapport annuel 2017 à S.E.M. le Président de la République, Ibrahim Boubacar KEÏTA. C’était à la faveur d’une cérémonie solennelle qui a regroupé le Premier Ministre, le Président de la Cour Constitutionnelle, les membres du Gouvernement, les membres du Cabinet du Président de la République et les collaborateurs du Médiateur de la République.

In April 2018, the Office of the Ombudsman in the Kingdom of Tonga published its first report. Although the Office had been established in 2001 (formerly as the Office of the Commissioner for Public Relations), the respective Act did not allow for reports to be published. An amendment to the Act effective in December 2016 now allows for the Ombudsman to publish reports.

The case of a young Austrian athlete who was severly injured in the Olympic village in Baku during the First European Games in 2015 has finally been resolved in part due to the successful international cooperation between Austrian Ombudsman Dr. Günther Kräuter and the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Azerbaijan Prof. Elmira Suleymanova.