La Asociación para la Prevención de la Tortura (APT) y la Comisión Canadiense de Derechos Humanos (CCDH) invitan a un diálogo global en línea sobre Pueblos Indígenas y Privación de Libertad, que se celebrará el miércoles 25 de marzo de 2026. Haga clic aquí para obtener más información e inscribirse al evento.

The Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) and the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) co-host an online dialogue among NPMs and NHRIs on 25 March 2026, which will focus on the topic of Indigenous Peoples and Deprivation of Liberty. Click here to learn more and register for the event.

The Office of the Tax Ombudsman of Australia has issued its first Quarterly Newsletter 2026, as tax administration remains a hot topic and the ombudsman office is preparing for a busy year. Kindly click here to access the newsletter.

Under the leadership of Ms. Ayesha Hamid, Ombudsman Punjab and First Vice President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI), the Office of the Ombudsman Punjab launched the Student Ambassador Programme to strengthen youth engagement and public awareness regarding administrative justice and citizens’ rights. The programme was inaugurated on 11 and 13 February 2026 at the Regional Office Multan, bringing together university students to serve as ambassadors of awareness within their academic institutions and communities.

In the report ‘The progress of NSW’s inmate discipline system reform’, which was tabled on 2 March 2026, the NSW Ombudsman has called on the Minister for Corrections to respond to concerns that insufficient steps have been taken in due time to reform the inmate discipline system in response to the Ombudsman’s 2024 investigation.

In the run-up to International Women's Day, the Austrian Ombudsman Board and the Stiftung Forum Verfassung launched a follow-up format to the lecture series "One in Five", which was organised by MedUni Vienna in previous years. Students of social work and people in training for other social professions as well as representatives of civil society organisations came to the event centre of the Constitutional Court for an expert event on preventing violence against women.

El 4 de marzo de 2026, el Defensor del Pueblo, Ángel Gabilondo, ha instado en un acto organizado con motivo del Día Internacional de la Mujer, “a no claudicar ante las trabas a la igualdad entre hombres y mujeres”. La institución ha conmemorado el Día de la Mujer que se celebra el próximo 8 de marzo con un `Un diálogo entre generaciones´ en el que tres mujeres, de tres generaciones diferentes, han debatido sobre los retos y dificultades a los que se han enfrentado a lo largo de su vida por el hecho de ser mujeres, y los obstáculos que, a su juicio, siguen existiendo a día de hoy.

The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Judge Joseph Zammit McKeon, presented the first Parliamentary Ombudsman Prize in Law to Ms Jodie Mary Farrugia in recognition of her dissertation titled ‘Guardian of Good Governance: Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Parliamentary Ombudsman in Malta’, submitted in April 2025.

The reason for this is dozens of complaints from parents about the proposed amendments to the Ordinance on the Admission of Children to Municipal Nurseries and Kindergartens. The Ombudsman expresses concern about the repeal of the additional point under General Criterion 5 for children who have attended a municipal stand-alone nursery or a private nursery registered with the Sofia Regional Health Inspectorate.

La plataforma recoge los datos presentados en la Mesa Institucional para el Abordaje del Sinhogarismo y permite consultar información detallada por municipios.