The Austrian National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) published the English version of its Annual Report 2024. In the year under review, the NPM carried out a large number of visits, providing a good picture of the human rights situation in Austria.

Due to a public holiday next Friday, the next issue of the IOI’s weekly newsletter will be published on Friday, 22 August 2025.

En raison d'un jour férié vendredi prochain, le prochain numéro de la lettre d'information hebdomadaire de l'IIO sera publié le vendredi 22 août 2025.

Debido a un día festivo el próximo viernes, el próximo número del boletín semanal del IIO se publicará el viernes 22 de agosto de 2025.

El 15 de julio de 2025, la Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos (por las siglas en inglés, la NHRC) del Yuan de Control y la Fundación de Intercambio Asia-Taiwán organizaron conjuntamente el “Foro de Diálogo Intergeneracional sobre Derechos Humanos en Asia 2025”, presidido por la vicepresidenta de la NHRC, Yu-ling Wang.

Kindly click here to read the progress report on the 4th phase of the Provincial Ombudsman, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's awareness raising campaign subsidized by the IOI's Regional Subsidy Programme.

On 6 August 2025, the Commonwealth Ombudsman released an investigation report into the cancellation of income support payments to welfare recipients involving automatic decisions to cancel income support - without consideration of the job seeker’s circumstances.

In a significant step toward enhancing legal empowerment and public grievance redressal, the Office of the Provincial Ombudsman Sindh and the Legal Aid Society entered into a Memorandum of Understanding at a formal ceremony held on 30th July, 2025 at the Ombudsman Sindh Office. The agreement outlines mutual cooperation in key areas such as complaint referral systems, legal assistance for underserved communities, joint public awareness campaigns, and capacity-building programs aimed at strengthening institutional outreach.

 

Join the African Ombudsman Research Centre, the research and training arm of the African Ombudsman and Mediators' Association, for their webinar on Gender-Inclusive Policies. This event, organised in partnership with the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI), will take place on Tuesday, 26 August 2025 at 10 am (GMT+2). Kindly click here to see the Save-the-Date note.

Rejoignez le Centre de Recherche des Ombudsman Africains (CROA), organe de recherche et de formation de l’Association des Ombudsman et Médiateurs Africains (AOMA), dans un webinaire sur les politiques inclusives en matière de genre, en collaboration avec l’Institut International de l'Ombudsman (IIO). Ce webinaire aura lieu le mardi 26 août 2025 à 10h00, (GMT +2). Cliquez ici pour consulter le Notez - la - Date.