On 13 October 2022, AORC and the IOI organized a webinar on the “UN Resolution on Ombudsman and Mediators, the Venice Principles and the OR Tambo Declaration”, to discuss how these instruments are used as tools to strengthen, protect, and promote the institution of the Ombudsman. You can now re-watch the webinar online and access the speaker presentations.

The IOI’s Australasian & Pacific Region (APOR) held a conference on 13 October 2022 and its 34^th annual members’ meeting on 14 October 2022 in Wellington, New Zealand. The conference, on remaining relevant and getting government to listen, was co-hosted by Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass OBE as Regional President and New Zealand Chief Ombudsman and IOI 2^nd Vice President Peter Boshier.

Chris Field, President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) and Western Australian Ombudsman, provided an address at a ceremony held on the occasion of the 60^th Anniversary of the Office of the Ombudsman of New Zealand.

Chris Field, President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) and Western Australian Ombudsman, presented two Golden Orders of Merit during his official visit to New Zealand.

Chris Field, President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) and Western Australian Ombudsman, attended the annual conference of the Australasian and Pacific Ombudsman Region, in Wellington, New Zealand.

The Office of the Ombudsman of Kenya recently published their Newsletter for July – September 2022.

The BC Ombudsperson’s 2021/22 Annual Report, released 18 October, highlights that complaints about health care from British Columbians were the highest in a decade. The office received almost 1,300 complaints and enquiries focused on programs and services provided by the Ministry of Health and B.C.’s health authorities.

Les hacemos llegar el 42. Reporte Semanal de “Derechos Humanos en Perspectiva Internacional” elaborado por el Programa de Observación y Asistencia para el Fortalecimiento de las Defensorías del Pueblo, que forma parte de la Unidad de Política Institucional de la Defensoría del Pueblo de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Argentina).