The City of Toronto’s Ombudsman Kwame Addo says the City’s Employment and Social Services division made multiple errors in how it responded to a Toronto mother who’d received overpayments in social assistance. Addo says City staff did not give the client a clear explanation of what she owed, neglected information that supported her case, didn’t speak to her to understand the facts and kept her waiting for hours when she tried to speak to a supervisor.

El encuentro, organizado por el Instituto Latinoamericano del Ombudsman-Defensorías del Pueblo (ILO), reunió a representantes de Chile, Argentina, Brasil, El Salvador y Angola para debatir los desafíos de las instituciones defensoras de derechos humanos.

A new report by the NSW Ombudsman has concluded that the state’s Intensive Therapeutic Care program for children in Out-of-Home Care with high and complex needs is not operating as intended and is not achieving its key objectives.

This quarterly newsletter of the Office of the Ombudsman Punjab highlights significant initiatives and milestones achieved between July and September 2025. Kindly click here to access the Ombudsman Punjab’s Newsletter.

The IOI publishes its Annual Report every year, to inform about membership matters, as well as the most important projects, services and developments of the past membership year. The Annual Report 2024/2025 is now available online. Click here to read our report and learn more about the main activities of the past membership year.

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.