Mr. François Boileauis the third person appointed to the position of Canada’s Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson. Prior to this nomination, Mr. Boileau was the French Language Services Commissioner as an independent Officer of the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2019.

Adam Bodnar, the outgoing Human Rights Commissioner was one of the guests of the Verfassungsblog - a journalistic and academic forum of debate on topical events and developments in constitutional law and politics in Germany, the emerging common European constitutional space and beyond. 

Vendredi 2 octobre, le Conseil d’administration de l’Association des Ombudsmans et Médiateurs de la Francophonie (AOMF) s’est réuni en visioconférence. Il y a accueilli sa nouvelle secrétaire générale, Claire Hédon, Défenseure des droits de la République française et rendu hommage au travail de Baba Akhib HAÏDARA, Médiateur de la République du Mali et Trésorier de l’AOMF dont le mandat se termine prochainement.

On 28 September 2020, the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo elected Mr. Naim Qelaj as the new Ombudsperson of Kosovo for a five-year and non-renewable mandate. Mr Qelaj follows Hilmi Jashari, whose term as Ombudsman ended.

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has today published an interim report of the findings of a survey of members of the International Ombudsman Institute. "The Ombudsman, coronavirus and crisis management” highlights key findings about the challenges faced by Ombudsman organisations globally.

The Provincial Ombudsman Sindh has approved a research study with Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) entitled study on “Issues of Girls’ Education in Sindh”, funded by IOI through Regional Subsidy Programme 2018-2019.

The Office of the Queensland Ombudsman’s annual report for 2019-20 demonstrated how the work of the Office is improving public administration in Queensland. This year, the Office made 244 recommendations to public sector agencies to improve administrative practices and 100% of recommendations were accepted.

La Defensoría del Pueblo de la provincia de Santa Fe invita a la conferencia magistral “La pandemia: mirada global, medidas sanitarias y sociales”, que brindará este jueves 15 de octubre, a las 13 horas, el doctor Alejandro Roisentul, argentino nominado al Premio Nobel de la Paz por su labor humanitaria en Israel. La exposición se realizará a través de la plataforma Zoom y la inscripción es libre y gratuita.