Following the election of Peter Tyndall (Ombudsman of Ireland) as 2^nd Vice-President of the IOI in Vienna in October 2014, the IOI’s European Region carried out an electronic ballot to elect his successor as Regional President of the IOI Europe.

A complainant approached the Provincial Ombudsman of Sindh stating that a cheque  issued by the management of Kulsoom Bai Valika Social Security Institution Hospital towards the supply of some material by her firm was dishonored.

On 19 December 2014 Commissioner Man Chong FONG completed his five-year term as Commissioner Against Corruption of Macau. His successor, Commissioner Weng Chon CHEONG assumed office on 20 December 2014.

At a Regional Board meeting in Vienna in October 2014, it was agreed that the a proposal should be put to all Voting members to amend the Rules of the European Region of the IOI to allow for the election of a Regional Vice-President.

Jorge Cardona, the Spanish member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child visited the headquarters of the Ombudsman.

Mr Wayne Lines has recently been appointed as the South Australian Ombudsman (effective from 18 December 2014). Mr Lines is just the sixth Ombudsman appointed since the establishment of the Office of the Ombudsman in 1972.

Acting upon the directions by the Federal Ombudsman (Wafaqi Mohtasib) of Pakistan, the Pakistan International Airline (PIA) reimbursed an amount of Rs. 80,820/- that was extra charged by the department from a passenger travelling from Pakistan to the United Kingdom.

On 29 December 2014 based on the results of examination of two years of activities of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights the Bureau of the International Coordination Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC NHRI) has granted to the Commissioner for Human Rights the “A” status - the highest status of compliance with the UN Paris Principles.