La síndica de greuges de Cataluña, Esther Giménez-Salinas, se ha reunido el 1 de abril de 2025 con el presidente de la Generalitat, Salvador Illa, para entregarle el Informe al Parlamento 2024.

Le 21 mars, à l’occasion de la journée internationale pour l'élimination de la discrimination raciale, la Défenseure des droits participait à une rencontre avec les organisations syndicales réunies à la Bourse du travail de Paris. L’après-midi, Claire Hédon intervenait pour présenter l’institution et sensibiliser les élèves de terminale de la maison d’éducation de la Légion d’honneur à l’égalité et à la lutte contre les discriminations.

The second day of the High-Level Conference for Ombudsperson Institutions and National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), organised under the auspices of the Luxembourg Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, focused on the critical role of Ombudspersons and NHRIs in upholding the rule of law.

Kindly click here to read more about the newly published book “The European Ombudsman Investigated: From Old Battles to New Challenges”. It is a seminal study of the European Ombudsman by leading expert commentators, focusing on current challenges and future developments.

In 2024, the Basque Ombudsman, Manuel Lezertua, together with the President of the IOI European Region, visited Strasbourg. The purpose of their visit was to revive the practice of organizing conferences for ombuds institutions, a tradition that had previously been upheld by the Commissioner for Human Rights. The Basque Ombudsman proposal played a crucial role in bringing into being the High-Level Conference in Strasbourg in March 2025 for National Human Rights and Ombuds Institutions. Kindly click here to read more about this year’s conference.

Kindly click here to read the latest Quarterly Newsletter by the Ombudsman Wales. This newsletter covers the period from November 2024 to March 2025.

Kindly click here to read the IOI European Region’s Quarterly Newsletter for the period from January 2025 to March 2025.

The Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary has successfully implemented the IOI-supported regional subsidy project “Connecting Ombudsman Procedures and Citizens”. The two-phase initiative aimed at strengthening public awareness of the Ombudsman’s work, particularly in the field of disability rights, and at familiarizing the public with the network of newly established regional offices.