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.
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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.
Le 4 juin 2026, le protecteur du citoyen, Marc André Dowd, a publié le deuxième rapport de suivi des appels à l’action de la Commission d’enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics au Québec.
The Ombudsman for Children and Adolescents in Luxembourg (OKAJU) is continuing its successful cooperation with EMN Luxembourg by co-organizing their third thematic yearly meeting on the subject of “Children in Migration” on 25 June 2026. This edition will bring together ombudspersons for children and youth, as well as child welfare agencies, around the topic of the best interests of the child in the context of the implementation of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. To register for in person or online attendance of the event, please click here.
El Defensor del Pueblo, Ángel Gabilondo, ha formulado una recomendación a la Dirección General de la Policía (DGP) para que se evite la expulsión de personas extranjeras que estén en proceso de regularizar su situación en España. La institución ha pedido que durante el período de vigencia del proceso de regularización de personas extranjeras -iniciado el 16 de abril y que finaliza el próximo 30 de junio- no se den órdenes de expulsión de ciudadanos y ciudadanas extranjeras que carezcan de antecedentes penales, cuando la expulsión se fundamente en su situación de estancia irregular.
A NSW Ombudsman investigation has identified failures within Insurance and iCare NSW’s (icare’s) management of workers compensation premiums between 2017 and 2023. Tabled in NSW Parliament on 29 May 2026, the Investigation into icare’s processing of actual wage declarations and hindsight adjustments to workers compensation premiums found that icare engaged in unreasonable conduct by failing to exercise its statutory functions within a reasonable timeframe.
El 18 de mayo de 2026, la Presidenta de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, la Sra. Annalena Baerbock, convocó un panel de alto nivel en la sede de la ONU en Nueva York sobre la importancia de que las instituciones de Ombudsman cumplan con los Principios de Venecia, de conformidad con la resolución 79/177 de la Asamblea General. El panel de debate contó con la participación de la Sra. Nadine Mailloux, Presidenta del IIO y Ombudsman de Montreal; la Sra. Angie Cruickshank Lambert, Defensora de los Habitantes de la República de Costa Rica; y el Sr. Rafael Bustos Gisbert, miembro español de la Comisión de Venecia del Consejo de Europa. Haga clic aquí para leer la intervención de la Presidenta del IIO y para consultar la grabación de este importante evento.