The Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman published his annual report 2015 and the annual report 2015 for the national preventive mechanism (NPM), a mandate that the Ombudsman has exercised since Norway ratified the OPCAT in 2013.  

Alejandro Amor, el Defensor del Pueblo de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, presentó ante la Legislatura porteña una iniciativa para ampliar el derecho al voto y promover el debate de candidatos, la igualdad de género, la inclusión de la observación electoral, un registro de autoridades de mesa y la creación de un Tribunal Electoral.

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has today published a set of quality standards, which are commitments to people who use the service about what they can expect from it.

The Control Yuan (CY) recently published a report on its activity in 2015.

On 14 July 2016 the Director of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) Mr Michael O’Flaherty met with IOI Secretary General Mr Günther Kräuter in Vienna.

On behalf of IOI community, IOI Secretary General Kräuter and IOI President Walters issued a statement of solidarity with France.

From 18 – 20 July 2016 an IOI delegation visited Poland to analyse the impact of the current constitutional situation on the office of the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights.

During 17 – 21 July 2016 Adv. John R. Walters, the President of the IOI and Ombudsman of Namibia, was invited and hosted by the President of General Inspection Organization (GIO) of Iran, Justice Naser Seraj.