On October 21-22 in Manchester, the UK National Ombudsman will be submitting itself to an IOI-led Ombudsman peer review. The UK National Ombudsman undertook its first peer review in 2018.  Since then, the Ombudsman has led the international effort to establish peer review as a critical tool to assess effectiveness more broadly, including against the Venice Principles. As a result, there are now IOI best practice papers and guidance on the subject. 

A retired Government Employee approached the Provincial Ombudsman Sindh, Mr. Ajaz Ali Khan, with the complaint that the Chief Municipal Officer, Municipal Committee, Khairpur was not paying pension and other service dues and delaying the matter on one pretext or the other.

The Solomon Islands Ombudsman and his executive successfully completed a two days’ Good Decision-Making Training Workshop with the Senior Management Team of the Correctional Service of Solomon Islands (CSSI). The workshop was based on the theme: “Cutting the Cost of Bad Decision Making in Public Offices” and was held at the St Barnabas Leaf Haus in Honiara, from 3^rd to 4^th of October, 2022.

The British Columbia (BC) Ombudsperson announced it is seeking public input that will provide key information for an investigation into how government programs supported people who were displaced from their homes and communities as a result of extreme weather in 2021. 

The office of the Public Defender of Georgia reports about the most important activities carried out in September 2022. You can find more details here.

A survey conducted by the Office of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) found that those most likely to have used the National Health Service (NHS) during the pandemic are least likely to have complained if they were unhappy with the service.

In a special report on returns of third country nationals in 2021, the Greek Ombudsman stresses the small number of forced returns and the constant detention of third country nationals in police detention cells instead of pre-removal centers.

El desajuste actual entre la oferta y la demanda provoca que muchos alumnos abandonen prematuramente los estudios. A más de 3.700 personas no se les ha asignado plaza en los ciclos hasta el 21 de septiembre, cuando el curso ya había empezado.