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2022-08-02African Ombudsman Today – Issue 14
Issue 14 of the “African Ombudsman Today”, the newsletter of the African Ombudsman and Mediators Association (AOMA), is now available. The newsletter covers the period until March 2022 and puts a special focus on Africa Day, the celebration of the Ombudsman month and countries' feedback on the fight against COVID-19.
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2023-02-03
New Zealand Chief Ombudsman farewells Tonga Ombudsman
Chief Ombudsman for New Zealand and 2nd Vice President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) Peter Boshier visited Tonga this week (30 January to 2 February) to officially farewell Tonga Ombudsman ‘Aisea Taumoepeau, who is retiring this month after nine years of service.
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2022-08-12
Tender for IOI regional subsidies 2022/2023
In their efforts to further increase the regional impact of the IOI, the members of the IOI Board of Directors decided at their Board meeting held in New York City in May 2022 to continue the regional subsidy programme for the membership year 2022/2023.
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2022-08-26
Ombudsman publishes Strategy 2025
The Office of the Ombudsman has published "Strategy 2025" - its strategic plan covering the years 2022 to 2025. It follows a record year for the Ombudsman with over 4,000 complaints received in 2021 about public services provided by government departments, local authorities, the HSE and others.
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2023-01-27
Federal Ombudsman extends services to merged districts of former tribal agencies
The Federal Ombudsman Office has extended its services to merged districts of former Tribal Agencies and opened its two offices, one in Sadda district Kurrum and another at Wana South Waziristan, to provide speedy relief and justice in those areas.
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2024-10-24
La síndica de greuges ha debatido en el Parlamento de Cataluña el informe anual de 2023
La síndica de greuges de Cataluña, Esther Giménez-Salinas, acompañada por su adjunto general, Jaume Saura, ha comparecido ante la Comisión del Síndic del Parlamento de Cataluña para debatir el Informe al Parlamento 2023, que ya se presentó el pasado 20 de marzo.
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2022-08-18
ENNHRI publishes Armenia’s Rule of Law Report 2022
The European Network of National Human Rights Institutions’ (ENNHRI) Regional Report on the state of the rule of law in Europe, as well as the Report on Armenia were published․
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2022-10-17
Ombudsman publishes Special Report
The report “National Mechanism for the Investigation of Arbitrary Incidents” for 2021 aims to enhance transparency and focuses on groups of cases or independent incidents that have raised public concern.
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2022-11-14
Launch of new video portal
In our increasingly digitalized and connected world, electronic content has become available on a more frequent basis. The International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) is therefore proud to launch the IOI Video Portal; a new tool to share Ombudsman-related video content with members and interested third parties.
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2022-08-31International Conference - Rights of Older Persons and Role of Ombudsman and Mediator Institutions (Tbilisi, 27 September 2022) - Draft Agenda
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2022-08-01
Effectiveness of 1823 in handling complaints and enquiries
The Ombudsman, Ms Winnie Chiu, announced the launch of a direct investigation to examine the effectiveness of 1823, managed by the Efficiency Office (EO), in handling complaints and enquiries.
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2022-10-14
President attends meeting with Mr Bruce Edwards, Australian Ambassador to Ukraine
Chris Field, President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) and Western Australian Ombudsman, attended a meeting with Mr Bruce Edwards, Australian Ambassador to Ukraine, as part of the Ambassador’s official visit to Western Australia.
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2022-09-15
Public Protector partners with Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital
In an effort to promote and ensure compliance to laid down administrative procedures, practices and ethical conduct, the Office of the Public Protector is currently working with Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital orienting the newly recruited health workers and other members of staff.
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2022-07-12
Findings and Recommendations of CPT Report on Ad Hoc Monitoring Carried out in Georgian Penitentiary Establishments
On July 11, 2022, the Public Defender of Georgia organized a public discussion of the findings and recommendations of the report on the ad hoc monitoring carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) in the penitentiary establishments of Georgia.
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2022-12-09
President meets with His Excellency Mr Vasyl Zvarych, Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland, during official visit to Poland
Chris Field, President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI), met with His Excellency Mr Vasyl Zvarych, Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland, during his official visit to Poland.
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2022-07-22
Ombudsman presents Newsletter for April-June 2022
The Office of the Ombudsman of Kenya has published Issue 5 of its newsletter, which covers the most important activities, achievements and developments in the period of April-June 2022. The Newsletter is available here.
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2023-01-18
Child at risk of gang violence because of council failings
A four-year-old child was placed at risk of gang violence because Croydon council did not do enough to check on them and their mother when their uncle was released from prison and allowed to live with them, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found.
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2022-08-25
Public Complaints Commission hosts 2022 national anti-corruption marathon race
The Honourable Chief Commissioner of the Public Complaints Commission, Hon. Abimbola Ayo-Yusuf, said during a Press briefing on Wednesday that the choice of sports by Anti-Corruption bodies as tools to fight corruption among the youths is because of its ability to bring together a large number of people together.
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2022-09-28
Victorian Ombudsman delivers fourth biennial report card
Ms Glass has tabled in the Victorian Parliament her fourth biennial report on the implementation of her recommendations. Her report covers 51 recommendations made to state and local government bodies between May 2020 and December 2021. All except one of her recommendations were accepted by the relevant body, with 31 implemented in full and 16 in progress.
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2022-12-13
FRA Report on artificial intelligence and discrimination
For its new report ‘Bias in algorithms – Artificial intelligence and discrimination’, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) developed two case studies to test for potential bias in algorithms.