Catalan Ombudsman Rafael Ribó delivered the first report of the Catalan Authority for the Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment to the Office of the President of Parliament on 10 January 2011.

The Estonian Chancellor of Justice has, as of 1 January 2011, formed a new division in his office dealing only with children's rights. This is done in the framework of preparatory activities for becoming Children's Ombudsman.

Transport Malta “systematically ignored” the Ombudsman investigating a serious complaint by a Qawra resident, a damning report reveals.

In December 2009 Copenhagen was host city for the UN climate summit, attended by the world’s political leaders and a very large number of NGOs. A large number of demonstrations was registered with the police. Some organisations had indicated through the press that they might not use only legal methods in connection with the demonstrations – a promise which some of them later fulfilled.

Following the successful first I.O.I. edition of the “Sharpening Your Teeth”-Training that was attended by 38 participants from 17 different states, the I.O.I. is organising a second SYT training which will be held from 5 to 8 June 2011 at the I.O.I. General Secretariat in Vienna, Austria. This three-day training on systemic investigations for staff members of Ombudsman institutions is based on the format “Sharpening Your Teeth” that was successfully invented by the Ontario Ombudsman.

Kim Young Ran is now the new third Chairperson of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission Korea.  She has been working as a judge for 30 years, including six years as the first female Justice of the Supreme Court in Korea.

In a new report published on 12 January 2011, Parliamentary Ombudsman Ann Abraham criticises three government agencies for collectively failing to put things right when a data sharing mistake led to a woman’s personal and financial information being wrongfully disclosed to her former partner and her child support payments being reduced without her knowledge.

An active member of the military complained to the Ombudsman regarding the fact that he had made a request to the military unit where he was employed, requiring the concluding of the leasing contract for the apartment that had been assigned to him, but had not received any response by the date on which he turned to the Ombudsman.