The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the ICC, the Serbian Ombudsman and the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia organized an international expert seminar on the relationship between National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and Parliaments on 22-23 February 2012.

The Catalan Ombudsman recently published its newsletter.

The Québec Ombudsman just released an Investigation Report about the accessibility to home support services for people with significant and persistent disabilities.

The European Ombudsman P. Nikiforos Diamandouros has convened a high‐level public seminar to explore what concrete measures European and national institutions can take to (re)gain EU citizensʹ trust. The seminar "Europe in crisis: the challenge of winning citizens' trust" takes place on 24^th April 2012 .

The tenure of present Ombudsman Asad Ashraf Malik was extended by a period of four years.

Ontario Ombudsman André Marin will be presented with the Ontario Bar Association’s 2012 Award for Distinguished Service at an award ceremony to be held in Toronto on April 26.  

The Federal Ombudsman of Belgium presented its Annual Report 2011. The Annual Report in French language is now also available on the IOI website.

In March a man died after being tasered by the Police in the Sydney. The NSW Police Force set up a critical incident investigation team to investigate the death and announced that the NSW Ombudsman will provide independent oversight of the investigation.