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2022-09-12Public Defender’s Office held information meetings on equality
In the period from May to August 2022, employees of the Equality Department of the Public Defender’s Office held meetings with employees of the city halls and councils of the municipalities of Zemo Adjara, Kakheti, Shida Kartli and Mtskheta Mtianeti, as well as representatives of local religious and ethnic minority groups.
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2022-09-02
OCR releases Annual Report 2022
The Office of the Citizens' Representative for Newfoundland & Labrador (OCR) released its Annual Report for 2021- 2022 in July, 2022. This report highlights the progress and activities in carrying out our mandate under the Public Interest Disclosure and Whistleblower Protection Act (the Act) for the fiscal year, including statistics and compliance results.
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2022-10-10
Ombudsman publishes special report on returns of third country nationals
In a special report on returns of third country nationals in 2021, the Greek Ombudsman stresses the small number of forced returns and the constant detention of third country nationals in police detention cells instead of pre-removal centers.
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2023-02-03
Virgílio da Silva Guterres takes office as Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice
On 5 January 2023, Mr. Virgílio da Silva Guterres was appointed as the new Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice (Provedor dos Direitos Humanos e Justiçe, PDHJ) of Timor-Leste for a five-year term.
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2022-09-28
Ombudsman publishes Annual Report
The South Australian Ombudsman’s 2021-22 Annual Report was tabled in parliament on 27 september 2022. The Ombudsman, Mr Wayne Lines, reported that for the first time in the office’s history, his office received over 5,000 complaints about state and local government, of which 4,948 were responded to during 2021-22.
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2022-10-04
Police failures in responding to complaints of abuse at Kincora Boys’ Home
The Police Ombudsman, Mrs Marie Anderson, has written to the former residents of Kincora Boys’ Home who had made complaints to her Office about failures by police to adequately respond to complaints of sexual abuse which occurred within the Home.
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2022-11-15
Ombudsman defends investment on training of staff belonging to Portuguese Language Countries Community
Ombudsman Antónia Florbela Rocha Araújo defended training and technical capacity building of staff belonging to the Portuguese Language Countries Community (CPLP) as a priority, to ensure that institutions, such as the Ombudsman's office can provide a better quality service to citizens.
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2022-08-02
African 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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2022-09-15
Queensland Ombudsman - making a difference for vulnerable people
The office of the Queensland Ombudsman continues to promote awareness and accessibility for communities in regional and remote areas, Indigenous, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, the homeless and prisoners.
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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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2022-12-16
IOI President and IOI Vice President Europe attend conference in Ukraine
IOI President Chris Field and Vice President Europe Rob Behrens CBE attended the International Conference “Human Rights in Dark Hours” in Ukraine.
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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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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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2025-07-04PPN - Informe anual - 2023 - ES
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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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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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2022-08-01
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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2022-07-12
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.