The Ombudsperson released a report with a cautionary message for public organizations – don’t develop policies that are too narrow to serve the public fairly. In his report, Making Amends, Ombudsperson Jay Chalke highlights the case of a woman in her 70s who ran into bureaucratic roadblocks when she applied to the Vital Statistics Agency to amend her name on her B.C. birth certificate. 

Education and Health, being basic human rights and ensuring improved service delivery to the people, fall within the domain of Ombudsman Sindh. The Provincial Ombudsman Sindh initiated a research study on “Assessment of Malnutrition (Stunting) in District Tharparkar”. The study is funded by the IOI under the Regional Subsidy Programme 2021/2022.

The Honorable Ombudsman of the Republic of Angola, Dra Florbela Araújo, on the 1st of December of the current year, held a meeting with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway, accredited in Angola, HE Bjornar Dahl Hotvdt, focusing on cooperation and exchange of experience in matters related to human rights and the crime of torture.

A report tabled by the NSW Ombudsman on 9th December 2022 links perinatal (birth) records with the records of children who have died to better understand risk factors for early childhood mortality.

The Alberta Ombudsman published the Annual Report for 2021-22. In 2021-22, written complaints about provincial government agencies, boards, commissions, and departments comprised 75% of the total jurisdictional complaints received.

El Defensor del Pueblo, tras analizar la documentación y los datos recibidos de las administraciones, las quejas recibidas y la información recogida en la visita a la isla el pasado mes de octubre considera adecuada la respuesta administrativa ante la catástrofe provocada por el volcán Cumbre Vieja y, al tiempo, formula varias recomendaciones que ha hecho llegar el 9 de diciembre, a las administraciones.

For its new report ‘Bias in algorithms – Artificial intelligence and discrimination’, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) developed two case studies to test for potential bias in algorithms.