From July 7 to 10, the Québec Ombudsman played host to two delegations from the Ombudsman of the Republic of Djibouti and the Office of the Ombudsman of Haiti.

The Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) published its annual report, calling for timely action against extremist organisations that promote racism to avoid an escalation of violence and related criminal activities.

The lives of members of a family were put at risk because the Home Office didn’t listen to their concerns about an overseas criminal and continually failed to put right their earlier mistakes, according to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.

The Spanish Ombudsman, Soledad Becerril, recalled that human rights know no borders, during her speech before the Turkish Parliament, on the occasion of the commencement of the twining project for support to the Turkish Ombudsman.

The former Ombudsman of Bermuda, Ms. Arlene Brock, was granted a Fulbright Scholarship on Thursday, July 3rd of 2014.

In Commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Ombudsman of Korea, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) hosted the Asian Global Ombudsman Conference in Seoul as well as the Board of Directors Meeting of the Asian Ombudsman Association (AOA) and the regular meeting of the IOI's Asian Region, between the 1st and 3rd of July this year.

The Ombudsman, Soledad Becerril, submitted to Parliament the fourth report by the Institution in its capacity as the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture (MNP).

The Catalan Ombudsman informed the President of the Parliament of Catalonia, Núria de Gispert, about his decision to give up his right to parliamentary immunity. Such a privilege is granted by Law 36/1985, of 6 November, by which the relations between the Spanish Ombudsman and other similar figures in the different regions are regulated.