Former Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman Michael King has been awarded a CBE in His Majesty the King’s Birthday Honours, announced 19 June 2023. Mr King served as the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman from 2017 to March 2023, having previously been the organisation’s Chief Executive and serving more than 30 years in the public sector including as a trading standards officer.

The group of political party chairpersons of the City Council of the City of Copenhagen have determined that politicians cannot accept annual cards from the amusement park Tivoli Gardens. The City of Copenhagen says so in a reply to the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

The NSW Ombudsman has released a short paper looking at some ways of how the social media conduct of agencies and individual public servants could lead to concerns about possible misconduct or maladministration.

El 22 de junio de 2023, la Defensoría del Pueblo de la provincia de Santa Fe firmó en Rosario un convenio marco de cooperación institucional con el Club Policial de Rosario y su Centro de Resolución de Conflictos, con el objetivo promover y proteger los derechos fundamentales e intercambiar experiencias y conocimientos sobre la resolución alternativa de conflictos.

In the wake of concerns raised in a recently released report commissioned by UPEI which reviewed the University’s practices and processes with respect to harassment, discrimination and fair treatment, the Legislative Assembly has amended the Ombudsperson Act to grant jurisdiction to the Ombudsperson over post-secondary institutions.

On the 25th April 2023, State Comptroller and Ombudsman, Mr. Matanyahu Englman, met with Ontario Ombudsman, Mr. Paul Dubé, at the office of the Ontario Ombudsman in Toronto.

The implementation of the mission of the Seimas Ombudspersons continued successfully in 2022, with the three main objectives assigned to the Ombudspersons: investigating citizens‘ complaints of abuse and bureaucracy by state and municipal officials (except judges), the prevention of torture and the functions of the national human rights institution. These objectives were presented in the recently published annual report 2022.

The Office of the Ombudsperson for Children invites Ombudsman and Mediator Institutions affiliated with the International Ombudsman Institute to participate in a 2-day Workshop on the theme “The role of Ombudsman and Mediators in monitoring the situation of children in conflict with the law and deprived of their liberty” to be held in the Republic of Mauritius on 5 and 6 September 2023. This workshop is mainly financed by the International Ombudsman Institute under the IOI Regional Subsidy Programme.