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.

On 24 January the adviser of the Chancellor of Justice performed an unannounced inspection visit to the centre of contagious diseases of the West Tallinn Central Hospital.

A refusal to grant a partner visa by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship has been overturned following an Ombudsman investigation.

There are too many people being detained at the Christmas Island immigration detention facilities. This is the underlying message in the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s report based on observations during two years of periodic inspection visits.

The Victorian Ombudsman, Mr George Brouwer, tabled in Parliament a report titled "Whistleblowers Protection Act 2001 – Investigation into the failure of agencies to manage registered sex offenders " on 9 February 2011.

After Senegal and Mali, the new Ombudsman of the Republic of Guinea, General Facinet Toure, visited the Office of the Ombudsman in Burkina Faso for three days from 8 to 10 February 2011.

Homelessness represents a very severe form of poverty and social exclusion and is a violation of fundamental human rights. The report of the European Consensus Conference on Homelessness taking place in Brussels in December 2010 contains the findings of an independent jury.