On December 13 the Ombudsman for Bermuda, Arlene Brock, issued her report into governance generally at the CoH and the Waterfront Development in particular.

The Control Yuan (CY) recently finished the English translation of six laws and regulations relevant to the exercise of the control power.

On January 7^th, 2014, Ryszard Czerniawski, Deputy Human Rights Defender, held a meeting with a Chinese delegation from the Zhejiang Provincial Bureau for Letters and Calls.

On 10 December 2013, Tanzania commemorated the sixth Human Rights day and Ethics anniversary through which The Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG) took a leading role.

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) of Korea conducted a survey on the foreign language services provided by Ombudsman offices around the world from November 5 to November 22 2013, with the support of the IOI Secretariat.

Every year, the IOI publishes an annual report, to inform its membership about the developments and achievements of the past membership year. The IOI Annual Report 2012/2013 is now available in the three official languages of the IOI.

The Ombudsman Bureau of St. Maarten, headed by Nilda Arduin, has been elected Person of the Year 2013 by the Daily Herald newspaper. The Ombudsman Bureau presented several political decisions that were deemed not to conform with Constitutional Law.

The Legislative Assembly approved a motion to make Ms. Mary McFadyen the new Ombudsman and Public Interest Disclosure Commissioner.