Public Protector Adv. Thuli Madonsela on Thursday challenged women leaders to use, as a guide, the experiences of their revered counterparts of yesteryear to navigate through the challenges they face today.

The General Assembly and Conference of the IOI’s European Chapter will take place in Tallinn on 17-19 September 2014.  The conference will explore the contribution that Ombudsmen can make to the creation and working of a robust democracy. The online registration form will remain open for a short while longer!

On July 1 2014 the province of Newfoundland and Labrador proclaimed the Public Interest Disclosure and Whistleblower Protection Act in effect.

For the second year in a row, Ontario Ombudsman André Marin has been named one of the country's top lawyers in Canadian Lawyer magazine's annual "Top 25 Most Influential" list.

The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, has called on the Council of the European Union to publish the EU negotiating directives for the on-going Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations with the US.

The Short review of the Annual report of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights on state of observance of the rights and freedoms of the person and the citizen for 2013 is placed on the Ombudsman's official website.

The death of a child who was receiving government services highlights a "fragmented" government approach and "communications issues and in some instances vague standards," reported Nova Scotia's Ombudsman Office today, July 29.

The publisher “Thomson Reuters Aranzadi” released a new book on the topic of “Informative Transparency of Public Administrations“ by the Spanish author Miguel Ángel Blanes Climent.