The second and concluding session of the Ambassador Program for students from the IBA University Karachi was held on 13 April 2026 at the Provincial Ombudsman Secretariat, followed by a certificate distribution ceremony.

Kelly Burke devient la huitième commissaire aux langues officielles du Canada le 30 mars 2026. Reconnue pour sa vision stratégique, son sens du dialogue et son engagement envers un Canada véritablement bilingue, Mme Burke aborde son mandat avec la volonté de moderniser le régime linguistique, de renforcer la confiance du public et de faire des langues officielles un levier d’unité, d’équité et de vitalité pour toutes les générations.

The Ombudsman of Aruba, Ms. Jurima Bryson LL.M. has published the report “Het Luisterend Oog, In kader brengen van instellingen” (Dutch for “The Listening Eye”) on March 9th, 2026. In this report 564 institutions on Aruba, that fall under the National Ombudsman Ordinance, have been identified.

The Commonwealth Ombudsman has released a report about its investigation into the use of financial remedies by Australian government agencies. The investigation found instances where the administration of financial remedies for government wrongs was defensive, passive, secretive, inconsistent and untimely.

Under the direction and guidance of the Honorable Ombudsman, a series of five hands-on training workshops were organized based on her observations on the earlier two webinars. This was aimed at improvement in disposal of Revenue related complaints at regional offices, with a focus on consistency and the correct application of relevant laws. The first capacity-building hands-on training workshop on “Disposal of Revenue Complaints” was held at the Office of the Ombudsman, Punjab, on 24th March 2026 in Lahore.

Mr. Il Yeon JUNG was appointed by the President as the 10^th Chairperson of the ACRC on 4 March this year.

In its quarterly newsletter, the European Region of the International Ombudsman Institute shares its activities for the period of January – March 2026. Kindly click here to access the newsletter.

The Office of the Ombudsman of the Lazio Region is pleased to provide an update on the III International Ombudsman Conference – Italian Edition, to be held in Rome at the Chamber of Deputies on 28–29 May 2026. Kindly click here to receive information on the programme and the participants.