The IOI is pleased to continue the successful training series for Ombudsman with NPM mandate. The next NPM training will be hosted by the Office of the Parliamentary Ombud of Norway and held in Oslo from 9 – 11 February 2026. It will be delivered by the APT and deal with preventive monitoring in mental health institutions, as well as creating change for NPMs who have been monitoring for years. 

Del 20 al 22 de octubre de 2025, el IIO organizó la primera formación en medios de comunicación para sus miembros francófonos en colaboración con la reconocida agencia de comunicación británica Media First. Los participantes, procedentes de África, Europa y América del Norte, aprendieron diferentes técnicas para desenvolverse con éxito en una entrevista televisiva o escrita y tuvieron la oportunidad de poner en práctica sus conocimientos teóricos con un periodista y un entrenador de IA desarrollado por Media First.

The Catalan deputy for the defence of children's and adolescents' rights, Aida C. Rodríguez, has been elected president-elect of the European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC) for the 2025/2026 term. The election and assumption of office took place during the 29th General Assembly in Bucharest, Romania. Next year, the deputy will assume the presidency of the Bureau and Catalonia will organise and host the 30th ENOC General Assembly.

On 9 October 2025, the Ombudsman, Mr Jack Chan, announced the completion of a direct investigation operation into the respite services for supporting carers of elderly persons and persons with disabilities, with 25 major recommendations for improvement made to the Social Welfare Department (“SWD”).

Marie-France Pelletier, Ombud for New Brunswick, released a special investigation report on the use of restraints in psychiatric facilities in New Brunswick, calling for changes to address systemic issues in psychiatric and mental health care in the province.

L’Ombud du Nouveau-Brunswick, Marie-France Pelletier, a publié un rapport d'enquête spécial sur l'utilisation des mesures de contention dans les établissements psychiatriques du Nouveau-Brunswick réclamant des changements pour aborder les enjeux systémiques au niveau des soins psychiatriques et de santé mentale dans la province.

En un emotivo acto, lleno de conocimiento sobre el inicio de la era democrática en Guatemala, la Institución del Procurador de los Derechos Humanos (IPDH), rindió un merecido homenaje a los constituyentes que, de 1984 a1986, marcaron la historia para heredar a todos los guatemaltecos la actual Constitución Política de la República de Guatemala.

Denmark’s seven partly closed residential institutions for children and young people should do more to ensure that the institutions have sufficient knowledge of the special rules and legal safeguards that apply when force is used in these institutions. This appears from the Ombudsman’s new thematic report on institutions for children after carrying out monitoring visits to Denmark’s seven partly closed residential institutions and partly closed wards in residential institutions.