This month’s edition of news of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman shed light on the Scottish Government’s intended policy calling for a revised role of the SPSO’s in reviewing SWF decisions.

The Office of The Ombudsman held a press conference on Thursday, 26 June at 10:00 am to announce the OmbudsNews Issue No. 1 of the Reporting Year 2014/15, which includes the results of two direct investigation reports.

The Office of the Ombudsman for Bermuda released its ninth Annual Report covering the period from 1st of January to 31st of December 2013.

The Ombudsman team distributed copies of the Ombudsman's 14th Annual Report pertaining to the year 2013 on the 16th July 2014.

Mr. Sultan Ahmed S/o Foujdar approached Mr. Asad Ashraf Malik, Provincial Ombudsman Sindh stating that he was retired from Sindh Police on 03.12.1999.

Jacques Toubon has been elected as the new Ombudman of the French Ombudsman-Institution «Le Défenseur des droits» for a six year- and non-renewable term on 16th of July 2014. .His nomination follows an approval by the National Assembly and the Senate.

For the first time the report provides complaint statistics for each English local authority, all in one place. The LGO provides this information to councils each year in a set of annual letters.

In its 2013 Annual Report, the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) is pleased to inform that States continued to abide by their legal obligation to protect persons deprived of their liberty and that the APT continued to pave the way towards a world without torture, without degrading treatment, a world in which the dignity and rights of persons deprived of their liberty are respected. The English, French and Spanish versions of the report are available here.