On 19 and 20 December 2023, the Commissioners of the Ombudsman of Indonesia and the National Ombudsman of the Netherlands met in Bogor, Indonesia, for a leadership retreat. The topics on the agenda of this meeting were the Venice Principles, institutional transformation, and other topics related to the Grand Design of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Indonesia for 2025-2045. 

El defensor del Pueblo a/c, Jorge Henn, recibió a un grupo de afiliadas que padecen diabetes del tipo 1 o progenitores de niños con esa patología, quienes le presentaron una nota en la cual describen los padeceres en pos de garantizarse sus tratamientos: largas esperas para acceder a los insumos, dilaciones burocráticas y presupuestos que quedan obsoletos como consecuencia de la aceleración de la inflación.

La síndica de greuges de Cataluña, Esther Giménez-Salinas, y la presidenta del Foro de Síndics, Síndicas, Defensores y Defensoras Locales de Cataluña, Dolors Vallejo, firmaron el 13 de diciembre de 2023 un convenio de colaboración con la voluntad de avanzar conjuntamente en la defensa decidida de los derechos de las personas.

CY Members Li-chiung SU and Jung-chang WANG conducted an annual local circuit supervision of Taichung City Government on 24 November 2023. In addition to receiving complaints from the public, they also expressed a particular interest in the investment status of the Taichung Popular Audiovisual Center and the maintenance of the facilities at Taichung Central Park.

On 13 December 2023, the National Ombudsman of New Zealand, Peter Boshier, published an ‘insights and observations’ report following his visits to regions and communities worst affected by the series of extreme weather events that ravaged the North Island at the start of the year.

On 13 May 2024 the 13th IOI World Conference starts in The Hague. The aim of the IOI conference is to focus on what we as Ombudsman can do for citizens to make a better future for all.

Representatives of the Gender Department and Regional Division of the Public Defender’s Office of Georgia held several dozens of meetings in different cities and villages of Georgia within the framework of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.

On 18 December 2022, 20 years had passed since the adoption, by the UN General Assembly, of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Thanks to the implementation of the OPCAT into the Polish legal system, the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture has been operating in Poland for nearly 15 years already as part of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights.