The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary organised a workshop entitled “Good Practices for Tolerance. With Communication for Equal Dignity- Inclusive Speech contra Hate Speech” on 29th April, 2013.

The Quebec Ombudsman (Canada) has released two investigation reports – one on the organization of emergency response services for off-road accidents, and the other on the financial contribution of parents towards the cost of placing their child of minor age.

The Office of the Ombudsman of Catalunya published its electronic newsletter for the month of May 2013.

The 2012 Annual Report of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) of Korea contains all the efforts undertaken by the ACRC to fight corruption and protect the rights of the people over the last year.

From 1 May 2013 over 180 additional publicly funded organisations will be subject to independent oversight by the Ombudsman enabling the office to examine complaints about the administrative actions of public organisations including Universities, Vocational Education Committees and the Family Support Agency, among many others.

The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) will be hosting a seminar featuring the world’s most preeminent authorities on anti-corruption from 10 to 11 July 2013 in Austria.

On 26 April 2013 Austrian Ombudsman and Secretary General of the IOI Peter Kostelka met Debbie Kohner, the new director of the Permanent Secretariat of the European Group of NHRI at his office in Vienna.

The Health Service Ombudsman has published a report that analyses the failings of the hospital complaints system in the wake of the Mid Staffordshire hospitals crisis. The Ombudsman's report shows systemic problems with NHS Hospitals' failing to listen and learn from patients.