The Barcelona Ombudsman’s Office has highlighted the work of its pioneering Reparation Commission, an independent body created to address the needs of survivors of sexual abuse and institutional violence linked to historic cases at the “Barcelona School”. Kindly click here for more information on the newest publication of the IOI Best Practice Paper series.
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After a successful organization of awareness sessions at District headquarter, Malakand, another two sessions were organized by the Provincial Ombudsman of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in district Haripur. In order to inform the locals of the area about the role and responsibilities of the Ombudsman Institution, TMA Hall Haripur and University of Haripur were selected for the purpose. This project was supported by the IOI's Regional Subsidies Programme.
Son Excellence Monsieur Kassim Haroun Ali a été nommé Médiateur de la République de Djibouti par Décret Présidentiel n°2026-99/PRE du 25 mai 2026 pour un mandat de 5 ans.
On May 27, 2026, Ombudsperson Marc-André Dowd released an investigation report on the management of complex cases in Québec’s detention facilities.
Le 27 mai 2026, le protecteur du citoyen, Marc-André Dowd, a rendu public un rapport sur la gestion des cas complexes dans les établissements de détention du Québec.
On 26 May 2026, the African Ombudsman Research Centre held the Africa Month 2026 webinar on Sectoral Ombudsman. Kindly click here to access the recording and presentations.
After the success of Session I of the International Internship Programme 2026, the Office of the Ombudsman Punjab, hosted the second cohort from 11 – 15 May 2026. Ms. Sheila Caroline Sempa, Supervisor of the Complaint Management Desk at the Inspectorate of Government (IG) in Uganda, attended.
On May 18, 2026 the State Comptroller and Ombudsman of Israel Mr. Matanyahu Englman presented to the Speaker of the Knesset (Israeli parliament) Ombudsman Annual Report 52 for the year 2025. Over 30,000 complaints were received in 2025 - double the number received seven years earlier.
The Greek Ombudsman in collaboration with the Dutch counterpart institution and with the support of the Dutch Embassy in Greece, is organizing the 4th educational meeting of the Ombudsman Learning Academy, on Thursday 4 and Friday 5 June 2026 in Athens.
On June 4, 2026, Québec Ombudsperson Marc-André Dowd published the second follow-up report on the calls for action issued by the Public Inquiry Commission on relations between Indigenous Peoples and certain public services in Québec.