The Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland received unexpected publicity when the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE featured the results of an extensive survey on working conditions conducted by the labour protection authorities in 2002-09.

Depuis 1997, les médiateurs et ombudsmans belges sont réunis en réseau, appelé Concertation Permanente des Médiateurs et Ombudsmans (CPMO) / Permanent Overleg Ombudslui (POOL).

La oficina del Defensor del Pueblo recibió a finales de 2009 la tarea de actuar como Mecanismo Nacional de Prevención de la Tortura. En 2010 comenzaron las visitas a todos los lugares de privación de libertad.

El moderno hospital de Ventanilla era abastecido por camión cisterna desde el año 2007 en que fue inaugurado. A diario atiende a 200 pacientes en sus distintas especialidades y tras la intervención de la Defensoría del Pueblo finalmente cuenta con servicio de agua potable.

The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia backed a declaration on ethnic communities from the former Yugoslavia living in Slovenia which the National Assembly endorsed on 1 February.

After delivering the Ombudsman’s 2010 Annual Report to Parliament, the Catalan Ombudsman, Rafael Ribó, stated that the complaints taken up in the Annual Report on education, the Dependency Act and housing are evidence of this infringement.

The Slovene Intelligence and Security Agency (Sova) has requested the opinion of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (Ombudsman) regarding the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in connection to the disclosure of archived materials.

The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames failed in its duty to a pregnant young woman who applied for assistance as a homeless person.