The office of Provincial Ombudsman Sindh and HANDS Welfare Foundation have formalized a strategic partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding at the Ombudsman’s Headquarters, aimed at enhancing citizens’ access to free and fair justice. Under this agreement, a joint action plan will be developed to strengthen public service delivery and ensure efficient, transparent, and citizen-focused grievance redressal across Sindh.

Dans son Rapport annuel 2024-2025, publié le 4 décembre 2025, le Commissaire aux services en français, Carl Bouchard, souligne les résultats obtenus par l’Unité des services en français du Bureau de l’Ombudsman, en faveur du respect des droits linguistiques en Ontario.

Veterans Ombud Colonel (Ret’d) Nishika Jardine released a report identifying systemic unfairness in the Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) Internal Review Process. Veterans use this process to appeal decisions for a wide range of benefits under the Veterans Health Care Regulations and parts of the Veterans Well-being Act.  

L’ombud des vétérans, colonel (à la retraite) Nishika Jardine, a publié un rapport faisant état d’une injustice systémique qui a été décelée dans le processus de révision interne d’Anciens Combattants Canada (ACC). Les vétérans utilisent ce processus pour porter en appel des décisions concernant une vaste gamme d’avantages en vertu du Règlement sur les soins de santé pour anciens combattants et de la Loi sur le bien-être des vétérans. 

On 25 and 26 November 2025, the Austrian Ombudsman Board took part in the UPR pre-session in Geneva. Among other things, it called for improvements for unaccompanied minor refugees (UMF) and criticised staff and budget shortages in the execution of sentences and measures.

La institución Defensor del Pueblo ha conmemorado el miércoles 10 de diciembre, Día de los Derechos Humanos, con un acto celebrado en su sede con alumnos del instituto público IES Fortuny de Madrid. El evento se ha iniciado con la intervención de la adjunta primera, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril, que ha afirmado que “los derechos humanos no son ideas abstractas, sino que se materializan en cosas muy concretas que nos afectan y os afectan cada día”.

The NSW Ombudsman tabled the Public Interest Disclosures (PID) Act 2022: Agency self-assessment audit report 2025 in the Parliament of NSW on 11 December 2025. Following commencement of the PID Act in 2023, the institution conducted self-assessment audits in both 2024 and 2025 to test agency compliance with certain key requirements of the PID Act. This report details important findings from these audits.  

The Public Protector of South Africa, Adv. Kholeka Gcaleka, is the new Second Vice-President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI). In an electronic ballot, carried out by the IOI General Secretariat recently, the candidacy of Adv. Gcaleka received the clear and solid support from IOI members.