The National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces Ombudsman, Mario Baril, presented his first Annual Report as Ombudsman.

The Office of the Ombudsman Punjab achieved a significant institutional milestone by attaining ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Information Security Management System (ISMS) certification from SGS United Kingdom Limited and United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) through Certification No. PK26/00000111, strengthening its framework for information security, data/information protection, and cyber security.

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has officially changed its name to the Public Service Ombudsman, marking a new chapter for the organisation and reflecting its role in improving public services.

To examine the effectiveness of Taiwan’s disaster assessment mechanisms for a similar earthquake, members of the 6th-term Control Yuan (CY) questioned officials from the relevant agencies and consulted experts and scholars in April 2026, subsequently completing an investigation report. The CY has sent its investigation opinions to the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), the Ministry of the Interior (MOI), and the Office of Disaster Management, Executive Yuan (ODMEY), requesting that they conduct a review and make improvements.

The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Judge Joseph Zammit McKeon, presented the Ombudsplan 2027 to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Carmelo Abela. The Ombudsplan sets out the priorities and activities of the Office of the Ombudsman for the coming year and will be tabled in Parliament in accordance with the Ombudsman Act.

Sous la présidence de Claudine Konsbruck, Ombudsman du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, les Ombudsmans et Médiateurs du Benelux se sont réunis le 21  septembre 2026 à Bruxelles, au siège du Secrétariat général de l'Union Benelux, afin d’échanger sur plusieurs enjeux d’actualité liés à la protection des droits des citoyens et à l’amélioration des relations entre les administrations publiques et les usagers.

The Ombudsman, Ms. Jurima Bryson LL.M. recently submitted the Annual Report of the year 2024 to the President of the Parliament of Aruba. The Annual Report provides insight into the development of the Ombudsman Bureau during the institution’s first year. 

On 20 September 2026, the Ombudsman, Mr Jack Chan, led a delegation from the Office of The Ombudsman to visit Shanghai and attend a specialised national studies programme. Further, Mr Chan attended the opening ceremony of the Office’s first specialised training programme on the National 15th Five-Year Plan at the Shanghai Administration Institute.