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.

The Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights released its Annual Report “On the observance of human and citizens’ rights and freedoms”.

The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, has opened an investigation into whether the EU administration is living up to its obligation to introduce internal whistleblowing rules.

On August 1, the Istanbul Convention, a landmark treaty of the Council of Europe dedicated to preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, will enter into force.