A Control Yuan (CY) joint committee recently issued its investigation report on the Kanjin aboriginal community located on the banks of the Dahan River in Taoyuan County. The community moved to the area several decades ago in search of work, building makeshift homes on the river’s shores. It is located in a flood zone where housing is technically prohibited, so residents have long been denied household registration.

The Commonwealth Ombudsman published its State of the Health Funds Report for 2017. The purpose of this report is to provide consumers with additional information to assist them to make decisions about private health insurance.

The Irish Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall, has published the first edition of "The Ombudsman's Casebook" for 2018. The Casebook is a digest of summaries of cases closed by the office in the last quarter.

In a special report released on March 21, 2018, the Québec Ombudsman spoke out against the detention conditions of people serving intermittent sentences in Québec correctional facilities. The increase in intermittent sentences has exacerbated the problem of overcrowding in many facilities, especially on Saturdays and Sundays. 

Dans un rapport d’enquête spéciale publié le 21 mars 2018, le Protecteur du citoyen du Québec dénonce les conditions de détention des personnes incarcérées avec une peine discontinue (peine purgée de façon intermittente) dans les établissements de détention québécois. La hausse des peines discontinues amplifie le problème de surpopulation qui affecte plusieurs de ces établissements, particulièrement les samedis et dimanches.

La Defensora de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes de la provincia de Santa Fe, Analía Colombo, fue designada como coordinadora general de la Red de Niñez y Adolescencia de la Federación Iberoamericana del Ombudsman. El nombramiento fue realizado el pasado 14 de marzo en el marco de la XII Sesión de la Red de Niñez y Adolescencia de la Federación Iberoamericana del Ombudsman en la ciudad de Panamá.

A l’occasion de la Journée internationale pour l'élimination de la discrimination raciale, le Défenseur des droits fait le point sur la Mobilisation Egalité Contre Racisme lancée par l’institution en septembre 2015. Ce 21 mars, le Défenseur des droits diffuse également six affiches pédagogiques qui illustrent six mots autour du racisme.

Ms Glass tabled her report into a matter referred to her by the Legislative Council in November 2015 this week. The Legislative Council asked the Ombudsman to investigate allegations of ALP MPs’ misuse of staff budget entitlements before the 2014 state election. She found 21 ALP Members of Victorian Parliament - including 11 serving and 10 former MPs - breached Parliament’s Members’ Guide by certifying payments to electorate officers used for party political campaigning.