On 10 December 2013, Tanzania commemorated the sixth Human Rights day and Ethics anniversary through which The Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG) took a leading role.

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) of Korea conducted a survey on the foreign language services provided by Ombudsman offices around the world from November 5 to November 22 2013, with the support of the IOI Secretariat.

The Legislative Assembly approved a motion to make Ms. Mary McFadyen the new Ombudsman and Public Interest Disclosure Commissioner.

 

The Alberta Ombudsman’s 2012/2013 annual report is available for download.

Every year, the IOI publishes an annual report, to inform its membership about the developments and achievements of the past membership year. The IOI Annual Report 2012/2013 is now available in the three official languages of the IOI.

The Ombudsman Bureau of St. Maarten, headed by Nilda Arduin, has been elected Person of the Year 2013 by the Daily Herald newspaper. The Ombudsman Bureau presented several political decisions that were deemed not to conform with Constitutional Law.

Voice of the vulnerable: the role of ombudsman has traditionally been to speak for those who cannot, to give ordinary citizens access to justice through independent, impartial investigations of government services. With the help of his social media followers, the office selected the Ombudsman’s top 10 stories of 2013.

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