The African Ombudsman Research Centre (AORC) announced the appointment of Advocate Arlene Brock as the new Centre Director. Adv. Brock, who was awarded IOI Honorary Life Membership in 2013, brings years of valuable experience to this position.

The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales published its quarterly Casebook and Code of Conduct Casebook.

The Irish Ombudsman has published the office’s spring edition 2016 of “The Ombudsman’s Casebook”.

Ces 26 et 27 avril à Barcelone, l’Institut international de l’Ombudsman (IIO) – section Europe, organisait un séminaire sur le thème « Les défis actuels des droits de l’homme – L’Ombudsman face à des menaces ».

Mary McFadyen, Saskatchewan’s Ombudsman and Public Interest Disclosure Commissioner, released the Ombudsman Saskatchewan Annual Report 2015 and the Public Interest Disclosure Commissioner Annual Report 2015 today. The Ombudsman received 22% more complaints in 2015 than in 2014. In addition, the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction was expanded in November to include municipalities.

The Offices of the Commonwealth and NSW Ombudsman recently worked in partnership to develop and present a three-day training program in Vanuatu in April 2016 on “Strengthening Skills in Administrative Investigations”.

An IOI Workshop on “Human rights challenges now: the Ombudsman facing threats”, was hosted by the Office of the Ombudsman of Catalonia and held in Barcelona from 26 – 27 April 2016.

Austrian Ombudswoman Gertrude Brinek welcomed Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the premises of the Austrian Ombudsman Board (AOB) in Vienna on 29 April 2016.