Ms. Irshad Begum, widow of government employee, approached Mr. Asad Ashraf Malik, Provincial Ombudsman Sindh for transfer of family pension.

An EU directive provides that third-country nationals who apply to be admitted for the purposes of study for more than three months must meet several general and specific conditions, including that of not posing a threat to public policy, public security or public health.

The conference of the European Chapter of the International Ombudsman Institute Ombudsman’s Role in a Democracy will be held on the initiative of Chancellor of Justice Indrek Teder at Tallinn Teachers House from 17-19 September.

One of the priorities of the Human Rights Defender is to monitor the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. As a consequence, the ombudsman’s office has asked every county and district in Poland to fill out a survey, which aims at collecting respective data on how local government implements the adherence to the convention.

On the occasion of the UN Human Rights Council's 27th session, representatives of governmental and non-governmental institutions met in Geneva to engage in a discussion on the topic of the protection of the human rights of persons deprived of their liberty.

To mark 30 years of the Office of the Ombudsman in Ireland President Michael D. Higgins hosted a reception for Ombudsman Peter Tyndall and the staff of the Office at the President's residence on 8 September.

Registration is now open for the next session of Ontario Ombudsman's training course for ombudsmen and administrative investigators, "Sharpening Your Teeth: Advanced Investigative Training for Administrative Watchdogs." The course is tailored for oversight agencies and will be held from 19 to 21 January 2015 in Toronto, Canada.

Preceding the European Parliament elections on 23 and 24 May 2014 employees of the Polish Human Rights Defender Office conducted 158 visits in polling stations, adapted to the needs of people with disabilities.