El Defensor del Pueblo de Navarra-Nafarroako Arartekoa, Patxi Vera, ha recomendado en una serie de resoluciones dirigidas al Departamento de Salud que los cuidados paliativos hospitalarios puedan prestarse en el Hospital Universitario de Navarra (HUN).
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In its quarterly newsletter, the European Region of the International Ombudsman Institute shares its activities for the period of July - September 2026. Kindly click here to access the newsletter.
The Office of the Ombudsperson for Children (OOC) launched its Annual Report 2025–2026 on 2 October 2026 at the Caudan Arts Centre, Port Louis. The Report, presented by the Ombudsperson for Children, Mrs Aneeta Ghoorah, reviews the period from September 2025 to August 2026 and examines key challenges affecting children in Mauritius.
At the Official Opening of the 2026 Academic Year at the University of Aruba, Ombudsman, Ms. Jurima Bryson, LL.M. delivered the keynote speech. The theme was “Knowledge, Justice, and Trust: Building Resilient Institutions for Future Generations.” In her speech, the central question was what institutions need to remain legitimate, trustworthy, and resilient in an increasingly complex world.
El Secretario Técnico de la Federación Iberoamericana del Ombudsperson, el Director de Enlace con Organismos de Control de la Defensoría del Pueblo de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (entidad anfitriona de la 30.ª Asamblea General de la FIO), y el Secretario General de la Asociación de Defensorías del Pueblo de la República Argentina visitaron Taiwán por invitación del Yuan de Control y el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores visitaron el Yuan de Control el 14 de septiembre de 2026, donde mantuvieron un encuentro destinado a profundizar el intercambio y la cooperación entre ambas partes.
The Ombudsman of the Republic of Indonesia (Ombudsman RI) uncovered an alleged “luxury cluster” housing inmates during an unannounced inspection at the Class IIA Cibinong Correctional Facility on Wednesday, 23 September 2026. The inspection met with physical obstruction from prison officers, who initially refused entry to the Ombudsman team.
The Barcelona Ombudsman’s Office (Sindicatura de Greuges de Barcelona) has participated in the 5th General Assembly of the Global Alliance of Local Ombudspersons (AGOL), held in Barranquilla, Colombia, where it shared its experience in promoting proximity-based ombudsmanship, reparative approaches and citizen participation as key tools for protecting rights at the local level.
The Ombudsman has begun an 'Own Initiative' investigation into how Northern Ireland's health trusts provide care to people with a learning disability. The system-wide investigation will examine how trusts record information about a person's learning disability and how the information is used to provide them with appropriate care
The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Judge Joseph Zammit McKeon, presented the Ombudsplan 2027 to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Carmelo Abela. The Ombudsplan sets out the priorities and activities of the Office of the Ombudsman for the coming year and will be tabled in Parliament in accordance with the Ombudsman Act.
To examine the effectiveness of Taiwan’s disaster assessment mechanisms for a similar earthquake, members of the 6th-term Control Yuan (CY) questioned officials from the relevant agencies and consulted experts and scholars in April 2026, subsequently completing an investigation report. The CY has sent its investigation opinions to the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), the Ministry of the Interior (MOI), and the Office of Disaster Management, Executive Yuan (ODMEY), requesting that they conduct a review and make improvements.