Since its approval by the European Parliament in 2001, The European Code of Good Administrative Behaviour has become a vital instrument for putting the principle of good administration into practice.

Foreigners must not be expelled at Czech airports immediately, on the basis of the ombudsman's opinion. The ombudsman criticised the order on immediate expulsion and therefore the foreigner police must not apply it any longer. A decision on expulsion must be always issued in regular administrative proceedings.

Acting Manitoba Ombudsman Mel Holley has released the Ombudsman's Annual Report under The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and The Personal Health Information Act (PHIA) for the calendar year 2012. The report provides an overview of the activities, investigations, and audits of the office's Access and Privacy Division.

The Annual Report of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales reveals that once again there has been an increase in the volume of casework. The number of complaints about public service providers has continued to rise, up 12% on 2011/12. The greatest increase has again been in relation to health bodies, up 30% on the previous year.

Community employees have to wear a yellow visibility vest with the label “community employment”. Ombudsman Máté Szabó criticises that this practise violates the principle of human dignity and the requirement of equal treatment.

Provincial Ombudsperson Kim Carter released her 2012/13 annual report on 18 June 2013. Nearly 7,500 inquiries and complaints were responded to and 1,900 early resolutions or investigations were completed in 2012/13.

The June edition of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman reports on four investigation reports laid before the Scottish Parliament about four different health boards and gives more details on the case numbers received by the office in May 2013.

The Control Yuan (CY) held the 2013 workshop on protecting women’s rights on 7 June 2013. The workshop was attended by 320 participants from women’s groups, government organizations, and academia. Representatives of the relevant Executive Yuan ministries were also on hand to answer questions posed by the participants.