Michael DeSilva, the Ombudsman for Bermuda, has submitted his Annual Report for 2025 to the Speaker of the House of Assembly in accordance with his statutory duty under the Ombudsman Act 2004. The report was tabled in the House of Assembly on 26 June 2026, and it is now available to the public.

La Presidenta de la Asociación de Defensores y Defensoras del Pueblo de la República Argentina (ADPRA) y Defensora del Pueblo de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, María Rosa Muiños, suscribió un Convenio Marco de Colaboración y Asistencia Técnica con la Federación Nacional de Personerías de Colombia (FENALPER), representada por su presidente Luis Gabriel Degiovanni Behaine, Personero de la ciudad de Montería.

The Ombudsman, Mr Jack Chan, attended an annual meeting with Legislative Council Members on 14 July 2026 to brief them on the progress and results of the Office of The Ombudsman’s work in 2025/26, with an overview of its work strategies and objectives. At the meeting, Mr Chan also exchanged views with LegCo Members on issues of mutual concern and thanked them for their support of the Office’s work.

A family is a step closer to getting answers to why a father from Nottingham died while in hospital after an Ombudsman investigation compelled a coroner to carry out an inquest into his death.

During nine monitoring visits in 2025 to institutions with children, the Parliamentary Ombudsman focused on conditions for 15-17-year-olds in state and local prisons. Kindly click here to access the Ombudsman's thematic report.

The Provincial Ombudsman Sindh Secretariat hosted the final follow-up session and certificate distribution ceremony for the Ambassadors from Ziauddin University on 30th June 2026, marking the successful conclusion of the Ambassador Program.

On 30 June 2026, the Office of the Ombudsman Punjab, in collaboration with the African Ombudsman Research Centre (AORC) and the African Ombudsman and Mediators Association (AOMA), hosted an international webinar titled "Evidence-Based Capacity Building: Strengthening African Ombudsman Practice Through Data, Learning and Institutional Innovation." The event brought together 165 participants from 35 countries and was conducted with simultaneous interpretation in French, Portuguese, and Arabic.

In 2025, the Ararteko introduced a change to improve the way it organises its public services, through a three-tier model of public service delivery (initial assistance; citizen guidance; and specialist advice/processing). This model ensures personalised and accessible support for members of the public who visit the Ararteko and its citizen advice bureaus.