The Forum of Canadian Ombudsman (FCO) and the Professional Development Program at Osgoode Hall Law School will once again offer the popular course on "Essentials for Ombuds" from 26 – 30 September 2016 in Ontario, Canada.

Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights released a report on migrant integration with the view to provide guidance to governments and parliaments to design and implement successful integration policies. It highlights the European standards which govern this field and sets forth a number of concrete recommendations to ease migrants’ integration.

The Czech Ombudsman's Office has looked into 142 complaints against the bodies for social and legal protection of children (OSPOD) in the past two years and has found mistakes in 77 cases (54 percent).

The Constitutional Court of Ukraine officially published the adopted decision following the constitutional submission of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights concerning compliance of the Constitution of Ukraine of part one of article 13 of the Law of Ukraine "On mental health services".

The Bahrain Independent Ombudsman has released his third Annual Report.

The Starter kit for new ombudsmen and developing or expanding offices (Starter Kit) was funded by the IOI through a regional subvention, and jointly undertaken by the offices of the Western Australian Ombudsman and New South Wales Ombudsman.

Le 07 juin 2016, M. Baba Akhib HAIDARA, Médiateur de la République du Mali, a présenté et remis officiellement son rapport annuel 2015 au Président de la République Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA.

Veterans Ombudsman Guy Parent released a review on Supporting Ill and Injured RCMP Members and their Families.