On 9 October 2025, the Ombudsman, Mr Jack Chan, announced the completion of a direct investigation operation into the respite services for supporting carers of elderly persons and persons with disabilities, with 25 major recommendations for improvement made to the Social Welfare Department (“SWD”).

Marie-France Pelletier, Ombud for New Brunswick, released a special investigation report on the use of restraints in psychiatric facilities in New Brunswick, calling for changes to address systemic issues in psychiatric and mental health care in the province.

L’Ombud du Nouveau-Brunswick, Marie-France Pelletier, a publié un rapport d'enquête spécial sur l'utilisation des mesures de contention dans les établissements psychiatriques du Nouveau-Brunswick réclamant des changements pour aborder les enjeux systémiques au niveau des soins psychiatriques et de santé mentale dans la province.

En un emotivo acto, lleno de conocimiento sobre el inicio de la era democrática en Guatemala, la Institución del Procurador de los Derechos Humanos (IPDH), rindió un merecido homenaje a los constituyentes que, de 1984 a1986, marcaron la historia para heredar a todos los guatemaltecos la actual Constitución Política de la República de Guatemala.

Denmark’s seven partly closed residential institutions for children and young people should do more to ensure that the institutions have sufficient knowledge of the special rules and legal safeguards that apply when force is used in these institutions. This appears from the Ombudsman’s new thematic report on institutions for children after carrying out monitoring visits to Denmark’s seven partly closed residential institutions and partly closed wards in residential institutions.

This year, the ombudsmen of the four countries that make up the Kingdom of the Netherlands gathered in The Hague for their annual meeting. Jurima Bryson, Ombudsman of Aruba, Keursly Concincion, Ombudsman of Curaçao, Gwendolien Mossel, Ombudsman of Sint Maarten; and Reinier van Zutphen, the National Ombudsman of the Netherlands, came together to share experiences and discuss the challenges they face in their work.

Kindly click here to read an introductory message from the new IOI President and Ombudsman of Montreal in Canada, Ms Nadine Mailloux.

El Defensor del Pueblo, Eduardo Leblanc González, presentó ante el Comité de Apoyo a la Aplicación y Cumplimiento del Acuerdo de Escazú (CAAC) los avances de la Defensoría del Pueblo en la promoción y defensa del derecho humano a un ambiente sano.