Le 20 mai 2023 est une date clé pour l'AOMF, ainsi que pour l’ensemble de ses membres, puisqu'il célébre les 25 ans de l’AOMF ! À l’occasion de cet anniversaire, l'AOMF retrace l’historique de l’association, depuis l’idée de sa création aux actions menées aujourd’hui.

The Department for Communities has implemented a number of recommendations relating to how it uses further evidence in support of Personal Independence Payments, but must do more to improve the system for claimants. These are the conclusions of a report issued today by the Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman. 

The report assesses what NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) has done to improve the response to children who present alone to homelessness services since the Ombudsman’s Office first reported on this issue in 2018. The second report was in 2020; this is the third.

At the invitation of the Kosovo Ombudsman Naim Qelaj, the Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina participated at the meeting of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsmen (AOM) in Priština, Kosovo. This year, the main topics were the significance of integrity and the independence of national institutions for human rights.

The Control Yuan Educational and Cultural Committee conducted circuit supervision on 24 April 2023, led by convener Pasuya Poiconx, accompanied by CY Vice-President Lee Hung-chun and a delegation of Control Yuan members. They visited the Taipei Laboratory of the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE) and the Taiwan Volcano Observatory at Tatun as well as the Xiaoyoukeng Volcano Continuous Gas Monitoring Station.

On 16 May 2023, the first Hackathon of its kind was held at the Office of the State Comptroller and Ombudsman in Jerusalem. Students from institutions for higher education throughout the country, and from different disciplines, joined forces in work teams to brainstorm and find a solution to the challenge set before them: How to connect children and youth with the Office of the Ombudsman? How to acquaint them with the work of the Office and encourage them to use the services of the Office, for themselves and for those around them?

On 25 May 2023 the ombuds institutions of the Benelux met in The Hague. The ombuds institutions of the Benelux meet annually to discuss cross border challenges citizens in their respective countries face. 

The 12th General Assembly of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsman (AOM), which met in Kosovo, approved the Pristina Declaration. The declaration underscores the crucial role of Ombudsman institutions in upholding human rights and fundamental freedoms, urging State actors to adhere to international standards.