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.
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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.
Rejoignez le Centre de Recherche des Ombudsman Africains (CROA), organe de recherche et de formation de l’Association des Ombudsman et Médiateurs Africains (AOMA), dans un webinaire sur l’intégration de la médiation (ADR) pour un traitement efficace des plaintes dans les institutions d’Ombudsman, en collaboration avec l’Institut International de l'Ombudsman (IIO). Ce webinaire aura lieu le mardi 3 mars 2026 à 10h00, (GMT +2). Cliquez ici pour obtenir l'invitation finale et plus d'informations sur les intercenants principaux.
Únase al Centro Africano de Investigación sobre el Ombudsman (CAIO), órgano de investigación y formación de la Asociación de Ombudsman y Mediadores Africanos (AOMA), en un seminario web estratégico sobre la integración de ADR para la resolución eficaz de casos en instituciones de Ombudsman, en colaboración con el Instituto Internacional del Ombudsman (IIO). Este seminario web tendrá lugar el martes 3 de marzo de 2026 a las 10:00 (GMT +2). Haga clic aquí para obtener la invitación definitiva y más información sobre los ponentes.