Control Yuan's (CY) 2012 Annual Report has been published recently. The report, which summarizes the CY’s work, is now also available in English and Spanish.

The FRA Management Board, at its meeting of 22-24 May 2013, appointed the members of the agency's new Scientific Committee.

The Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman recently released a report on its own motion investigation to examine the incidence and nature of suicide and self-harm in Australia’s immigration detention network.

The Defensora del Pueblo (Ombudsman of Spain), Soledad Becerril, has presented before the Spanish Parliament the last report of the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (NPM).

The NSW Ombudsman, Bruce Barbour, tabled a report to Parliament today outlining his findings and recommendations following an investigation into the current system for making HSC disability provisions applications.

Ontario Ombudsman André Marin has been shortlisted as one of the nominees for Canadian Lawyer Magazine’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada. The list recognizes lawyers "who have power and influence the laws, justice system, and legal profession in Canada today."

Following several successful training programmes such as the “Sharpening Your Teeth” training course and the complaint handling seminar, it is our pleasure to announce this year’s IOI training session which will take place from 15 to 18 September 2013 in Laxenburg, a small town near Vienna, Austria.

The practical training seminar “Progress measurement in implementation of the legislation concerning ensuring equality and non-discrimination” took place in the Secretariat of the Commissioner for Human Rights of Ukraine.