The Ombudsman New Zealand celebrated its 60th anniversary at a Parliamentary event on 12 October 2022. With its establishment on 1 October 1962, the Ombudsman New Zealand was the first office established outside of Scandinavia.

Luego de que el caso fuera resuelto el 6 de agosto de este año por el Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Córdoba, el JEP Nº1 instrumentó una serie de audiencias públicas con mujeres que tuvieron a sus hijos/as en condiciones que vulneran la dignidad humana y no respetan los derechos establecidos por la normativa internacional y nacional en relación con la condición de los cuerpos gestantes en situación de privación de la libertad.

Chris Field, President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) and Western Australian Ombudsman, attended a meeting with Mr Bruce Edwards, Australian Ambassador to Ukraine, as part of the Ambassador’s official visit to Western Australia.

The Office of the Ombudsman of Latvia published a news summary for September 2022. This month’s discussed topics include the Civic Engagement Month, the Call for Support for all households regardless of the type of heating used, the Submission for the 8th "Annual Award for Supporting People with Disabilities" and many more.

El Defensor del Pueblo, Ángel Gabilondo, viaja este jueves a la isla de La Palma para supervisar el estado de ejecución de las medidas adoptadas y la labor de las administraciones, tras la erupción del volcán Cumbre Vieja el pasado 19 de septiembre.

En el Día Internacional de la Niña, la Defensoría del Pueblo remarcó que el Estado en todos sus niveles, especialmente las nuevas autoridades elegidas, deben promover medidas para proteger a las niñas y adolescentes, especialmente, sus derechos a la igualdad, participación política y a una vida libre de violencia.

On October 21-22 in Manchester, the UK National Ombudsman will be submitting itself to an IOI-led Ombudsman peer review. The UK National Ombudsman undertook its first peer review in 2018.  Since then, the Ombudsman has led the international effort to establish peer review as a critical tool to assess effectiveness more broadly, including against the Venice Principles. As a result, there are now IOI best practice papers and guidance on the subject. 

A retired Government Employee approached the Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, Mr. Ajaz Ali Khan, with the complaint that the Chief Municipal Officer, Municipal Committee, Khairpur was not paying pension and other service dues and delaying the matter on one pretext or the other.