The Autumn 2023 Ombudsman Quarterly Review has been released by the Office of the Ombudsman of New Zealand.

La Defensoría del Pueblo de la provincia y la Defensoría Provincial de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes expresaron su satisfacción por la decisión del Tribunal Electoral de Santa Fe de habilitar para los próximos comicios el voto joven, es decir de los y las jóvenes de 16 y 17 años.

The Office of the Ombudsman in Malawi was successful in advocating for the reinstatement of a woman, who was unfairly dismissed from her position while on Study Leave.

Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada Raymond Théberge tabled his 2022–2023 annual report in Parliament on 30 May 2023. 

Le commissaire aux langues officielles du Canada, Raymond Théberge, a déposé son rapport annuel 2022-2023 au Parlement le 30 mai 2023. 

The Provincial Ombudsman Sindh recently published its latest quarterly newsletter covering the period from January to March 2023. The newsletter features the visit of the IOI President, Mr Chris Field, who was invited to Karachi by the Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, Honourable Ajaz Ali Khan. Among others, they gave speeches at the launching ceremony of the research study on “Assessment on Malnutrition (Stunting) in District Tharparkar”, which was undertaken in collaboration with the IOI under its Regional Subsidy Program.

On 18 May 2023, the Ombudsman, Ms Winnie Chiu, announced the launch of a direct investigation to examine the driving test arrangements of the Transport Department (“TD”). The Office has received 40 complaints related to driving tests, involving such issues as candidates’ discontent about the waiting time for driving tests, TD’s early test appointment booking system, the scheduling of driving tests, as well as appeals and arrangements for video recording of driving tests.

The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Judge Emeritus Joseph Zammit McKeon, the Maltese Ombudsman, attended the Executive and Governing Board meeting of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsman (AOM) in Kosovo. This meeting was part of a three-day conference organised by the Ombudsman Institution of Kosovo in partnership with the AOM discussing ‘Integrity and Independence of Ombudsman Institutions: resilience amidst Challenges.’