The Austrian National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) published the English version of its Annual Report 2025. In the year under review, the NPM carried out 423 visits, which provides an insight into the human rights situation in Austria. In addition to positive observations, numerous deficits were identified again in 2025.
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Le Rapport annuel 2025-2026 du Bureau, publié le 25 juin 2026, met en lumière les résultats obtenus dans le traitement de 35 023 plaintes et demandes de renseignements dans tous les secteurs relevant de sa compétence.
The Office’s 2025-2026 Annual Report, released on 25 June 2026, highlights the results it achieved in handling 35,023 complaints and inquiries across all areas of its jurisdiction.
The Hong Kong International Ombudsman Academy under the Office of the Ombudsman held its first international webinar on 24 June 2026 under the theme "From Grievance to Governance: Ombudsmanship as Pillars of the Global Community". The webinar opened with a speech by the Ombudsman of Hong Kong, China, Mr Jack Chan, and featured the Chief Ombudsman of Thailand, Mr Songsak Saicheua, and the Provincial Ombudsman for the Province of Sindh, Pakistan, Mr Muhammad Sohail Rajput, as keynote speakers.
European Ombudswoman Teresa Anjinho has concluded that the European Commission’s response to her findings related to the preparation of urgent legislative proposals is overall constructive, but remains too general to allow her to determine whether future urgent law-making will be sufficiently transparent, evidence-based, and inclusive. The Ombudswoman will therefore continue to monitor the situation through future complaints.
Ms. Ayesha Hamid, Ombudsman Punjab/First Vice President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) and Asian Regional Director and her team attended the 2026 SEAOF Full Members Meeting in Manila, Philippines from June 16-18, 2026.
Join the African Ombudsman Research Centre, the research and training arm of the African Ombudsman and Mediators' Association, for their webinar "Evidence-Based Capacity Building: Strengthening African Ombudsman Practice Through Data, Learning and Institutional Innovation". This webinar, organized in collaboration with the Office of the Ombudsman Punjab, Pakistan, will take place on Tuesday, 30 June 2026 at 10 am (GMT+2).
In 2025, the Ombudsman visited detention facilities and correctional institutions in Greenland. After the monitoring visits, the Ombudsman gives a number of recommendations to the Prison and Probation Service in Greenland and to Greenland Police. He also starts follow-up investigations of several matters.
The Ombudsman of Aruba, Ms. Jurima Bryson, LL.M., has sent a letter of concern to the Minister of Education and Sports, Gerlien Croes LL.M. regarding the manner in which examination results in secondary education are publicly announced in Aruba.
El Defensor del Pueblo, Ángel Gabilondo, acaba de solicitar al Ayuntamiento de Madrid información sobre los protocolos de actuación seguidos para proceder a la retirada de enseres a personas sin hogar, y si previamente se avisan tanto a las personas afectadas como a los equipos de calle que trabajan con ellas.