In accordance with provisions of the Minor Offences Act, a court may force an offender who fails to pay a fine partially or entirely within the specified time limit to pay said fine by imposing on him or her fine enforcement by imprisonment. The Ombudsman has been concerned about the issue of fine enforcement by imprisonment.

The Irish Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall, has published the office's second edition of "The Ombudsman's Casebook". The Casebook is a digest of summaries of cases closed by the office in the last quarter.

After seven years of “patchwork” enforcement and widespread confusion about the rules requiring them to hold open meetings, there is good news for Ontario municipalities and the citizens seeking to hold them accountable, Ontario Ombudsman André Marin says in his latest report.

More than a third of NHS investigations regarding allegations of avoidable harm or avoidable death were inadequate and failed to identify when something had gone wrong, according to a review carried out by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.

The IOI is pleased to inform you that a 2^nd IOI/AOA joint training workshop will be held in Thailand from 31 March to 3 April 2015 commemorating the 15^th Anniversary of the establishment of the Thai Ombudsman. Registration is still open until 9 March 2014!

On Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 10 am (Eastern Standard Time) a webinar co-sponsored by the World Bank Governance Global Practice, the Open Government Partnership and the IOI will be held. The Webinare will deal with “Ombudsman Innovations for advancing Open Government” and presenters will include Toronto Ombudsman Fiona Crean and Scottish Ombudsman Jim Martin.

The Ombudsman, Soledad Becerril, has called for promoting the abolishment of visits to their children by individuals charged with gender violence in order to avoid possible risks.

A vulnerable patient with suicidal thoughts was found dead in a river after being let down by two trusts in East Anglia, an investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman found.