IOI President Chris Feld participated in a live panel discussion at the International Mediation Congress, An approach to Conflict in the Global Agenda, held in Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, on 7 July 2022.

IOI President Chris Field provided a Welcome Address to the International Mediation Congress, An approach to Conflict in the Global Agenda, held in Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, from 5 to 7 July 2022.

Este jueves culminó el Congreso Internacional de Mediación que organizó la Defensoría del Pueblo de la provincia de Santa Fe y se desarrolló durante los días 5, 6 y 7 de julio en el auditorio de la Bolsa de Comercio de la ciudad Rosario bajo la consigna “El abordaje del conflicto en la agenda global”.

On 5 July 2022, Mr. Werner Amon resigned from his posts as Ombudsman of the Republic of Austria and consequently, as IOI Secretary General due to a new professional opportunity in his home State of Styria, where he took on the position of Minister for European and International Affairs, Education, and Human Resources of the State of Styria.

Social housing plays a vital role for Victorians unable to afford private rents. About 150,000 people live in either public housing provided by the government or community housing run by registered community housing organisations.

A Suffolk girl did not receive vital Occupational Therapy for nearly two years because of council confusion, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found.

In 2021, a record volume of 12,219 new cases were processed, as a result of a 6% annual increase in the number of complaints admitted. Based on 2017, the beginning of the first mandate of the current Ombudsman, Maria Lúcia Amaral, the accumulated growth in the number of new complaints processed is 57%.

La Défenseure des droits, Claire Hédon, rend public ce jour le deuxième rapport annuel de l’institution depuis sa nomination. Elle y fait à nouveau le constat de l’ampleur des entraves dans l’accès aux droits, qu’il s’agisse de défaillances systémiques, de difficultés matérielles ou de manquements plus ponctuels.