H.M. Government of Gibraltar announces the retirement of Mr Mario Hook as Public Services Ombudsman by placing on record its gratitude and admiration for his 14 years of dedicated service to good practice and administration.

The Ombudsman, Advocate John Walters secured the release of 46 alleged illegal immigrants detained in Windhoek police holding cells.

‘Sorry’ seems to be the hardest word: The Victorian Government should consider amending the law to allow public agencies to apologise for mistakes without fear of legal repercussions, according to a new report by the Victorian Ombudsman.

Rob Behrens began his new role as Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman and Chair of the organisation on Thursday 06 April 2017.

On the 22^nd of March the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights hosted Equinet’s kick off project meeting on combating violence against women which was followed by the Working Group meeting on Gender Equality on 23^rd of March.

El Ombudsman nacional, Luis Raúl González Pérez, presentó el Informe de Actividades de la Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CNDH) ante el Presidente Enrique Peña Nieto en el Salón “Adolfo López Mateos” de Los Pinos y afirmó que 2016 no fue buen año para los derechos humanos.

Cayman Islands recently introduced a new law, combining the various oversight entities under one entity: the newly established Ombudsman Office. A call for applications for the position of the Cayman Islands Ombudsman is now open.

"It is not just about populism as a political method, but about the use of populism to destroy constitutional courts. In such circumstances, the ombudsman must be a guardian of values ​​such as human rights. It must be reliable in terms of legal solutions but also creative in terms of communication methods", said Adam Bodnar, the Commissioner for Human Rights at the workshop for ombudspersons organized on April 3-4 in Barcelona.