On 28 January 2011, the Croatian Parliament adopted the Law on the Preventive Mechanism for Suppression of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, by which the Republic of Croatia has fulfilled its obligation after signing the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment (OPCAT).

In a new report Health Service Ombudsman Ann Abraham says the NHS is failing to treat older people with care, compassion, dignity and respect. The report, Care and compassion?, is based on the findings of ten independent investigations into complaints about NHS care for people over the age of 65 across England.

The first comprehensive I.O.I. annual report is out now and provides the opportunity to review the first full operational year of the I.O.I. it its new structure and location in Vienna. The Annual Report details a comprehensive work programme that will ensure that the I.O.I. continues to respond to the needs and interests of its members.

On the publication of her report on young people in St Patrick’s Institution on 9 February, Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, has called on the next Government to commit to ceasing the practice of detaining children in prison as a matter of priority.

Ce jeudi 3 février 2011, Frédéric BOVESSE, Médiateur de la Région wallonne, a remis officiellement le 15ème rapport annuel de l’Institution au Parlement wallon.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has cleared itself of every complaint about excessive use of force made by a member of the public since the Commonwealth Ombudsman became responsible in January 2007 for reviewing the AFP’s complaint-handling activities.

Mr Lars Lindström, born 1949, has been elected Parliamentary Ombudsman by the Swedish Parliament as from 1 June 2011.

Parliamentary Ombudsman Petri Jääskeläinen has given the Ministry of Justice a reprimand on the ground that telephone advice services are still not provided free of charge by all of the authorities belonging to the Ministry's sector of administration.