A new BC Ombudsperson report finds that too often key legal safeguards for involuntary patients under BC’s Mental Health Act are still not being applied across the province, despite improvement since the office’s 2019 Committed to Change investigation.

As the theme for his monitoring visits to institutions for children in 2026, the Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman will be looking into the social facilities that the municipalities use when there is a need for placing a child or young person in emergency care.

In 2025, the Parliamentary Ombudsman received a total of 7,321 complaints. This is the second largest number of complaints of all time. Case numbers rose in nearly all administrative branches. The largest numbers of complaints concerned social services, the administrative branch of the police and healthcare. The number of cases concerning foreign nationals more than tripled from the previous year. More than half of them concerned delays in processing at the Finnish Immigration Service.

L’Association des Ombudsmans et Médiateurs de la Francophonie (AOMF) s’est réunie le 19 janvier 2026 à Paris. Cette rencontre a permis de dresser le bilan des actions menées en 2025, de définir les grandes orientations pour la période 2026-2027.

The Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman has published the second in a series of Overview Reports which review issues that are creating potential barriers to accessing healthcare. The report ‘The Removal of Patients from their General Practice Service’ provides an overview assessment of GP Practice decisions to remove patients from their Practice list alongside the guidance; legislation; and processes currently in place to inform these decisions.

On 7 November 2025, the convener of the Control Yuan’s Domestic and Ethnic Committee, Ombudsman Tsai Chung-yi, accompanied by 14 committee members, visited the Ocean Conservation Administration under the Ocean Affairs Council for an inspection. The delegation conducted field visits to member companies of the Marine Debris Recycling Coalition and the Central Taiwan Marine Conservation Education Center, followed by operational briefings and a comprehensive discussion session with the OAC and OCA.

At its session on 3 February 2026, the members of the National Assembly elected Dr. Simona Drenik Bavdek as the new Human Rights Ombudswoman. She will also advocate for the establishment of a children's rights ombudsman in Slovenia, who would be able to operate autonomously within the Ombudsman's institution.

The Office of the Ombudsman Punjab organized a two-day capacity-building workshop for all Advisors on 12 and 13 January 2026, aimed at enhancing consistency, legal accuracy, and effectiveness in complaint adjudication and implementation processes. The workshop served as a platform for shared learning, experience exchange, and alignment on best practices across diverse administrative domains.

The NSW Ombudsman’s newly released Casebook January 2026: Investigations and complaint-handling case studies is providing a greater understanding of how independent oversight can address failures in public administration and deliver better outcomes for the people of NSW.

The Office of the Ombudsman Punjab under the direction of Ms. Ayesha Hamid, First Vice President of the IOI and Ombudsman of Punjab, has launched its International Internship Programme 2026. The one-week, in-person programme is designed to provide young professionals from IOI member institutions with practical exposure to ombudsmanship, digital complaint management systems, outreach mechanisms, and institutional best practices.