For the first time in the history of the Prison and Penitentiary of Sopronkőhida, built in 1886, the Ombudsman conducted an investigation which revealed that inmates spend their lengthy imprisonment in cramped cells and fewer psychologists than needed are available.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published a joint Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and immigration on 11 June.

Enquiries after a filed complaint proved that detention of consignment by the Wildlife and Customs Departments was illegal. Ombudsman issued directives to the authorities concerned.

Birmingham City Council failed to deal with a homeless family properly meaning a woman and her four children had to live in a one-room Bed & Breakfast for over 4 months.

The Forum of Canadian Ombudsman (FCO) in cooperation with Osgoode Hall Law School is offering an Ombudsman course, which explores the theory and practice of the Ombudsman’s role in an in-depth manner, in Toronto in September 2013.

The Office of the Catalan Ombudsman published the English version of the e-Newsletter for June 2013.

The Report on the Activities of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and His Deputies in the Year 2012 was officially presented to the public on the 4th June, 2013.

Kent County Council failed to provide proper support to a boy when he became homeless after his parents had abandoned him, a report by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) finds.