The Central Administrative Appeals Commission under the ACRC launched a service on 6 March 2026 that delivers written decisions of administrative appeals in audio format. Since it can be used by all 90 administrative appeal agencies operating within the Online Administrative Appeals System, it is expected to significantly enhance convenience for citizens filing administrative appeals.

Tabled in Parliament on 28 April 2026, the NSW Ombudsman's report Investigation into the compliance audit program for COVID grants identifies unfairness in outcomes for audited grant recipients and highlights the importance of having clear and comprehensive frameworks in place prior to the commencement of audit programs.

The Ombudsman of Aruba recently announced that she will organize an information session for the institutions that fall under the National Ombudsman Ordinance on May 5th and 7th. The institutions have shown great interest and both sessions were fully booked within a few days. Therefore, registration is currently closed. The Ombudsman will continue offering these sessions to institutions.

On 18 May 2026 from 3pm to 6pm (GMT-4), the President of the UN General Assembly will convene a high-level panel at the UN Headquarters in New York on “The importance of complying with the Venice Principles for Ombudsman institutions to strengthen the institutions’ independence and autonomy and create an enabling environment to perform their mandate nationally and internationally”. The IOI will be represented by IOI President Nadine Mailloux. The event will be live streamed in all 6 official UN languages on the UN Web TV Website and a recorded video will be available in English and original language after the event. Kindly click here for more information on the event and to consult the programme, which will be available early next week.

The Yukon Ombudsman has just released their 2025 Annual Report. There were even busier this year with a court case regarding budgetary interference from the government, 47% more files, and new communications and outreach developments.

The Commonwealth National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) and Australian Capital Territory (ACT) NPM have released a report following a joint program of visits to ACT police stations under the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT).

The Blue House, the Prime Minister’s Secretariat Office and the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission jointly held a pan-government innovation forum on March 31 at the Korea Press Center to address collective grievances and unusual public petitions. They declared their commitment to resolving chronic conflicts and comprehensively innovating the public petition handling system.

During a press conference held on Friday, 27 March 2026, at Casa ONU Brasil in Brasília, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Gehad Madi, presented the results of his official visit to Brazil and highlighted the work of the Federal Public Defenders’ Office.