The Ombudsperson Institution has published the Annual Report 2021 of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) which reflects the work undertaken based on the legal mandate pursuant to the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT).

Un miércoles 26 de mayo de 1999, la oficina de la Defensoría del Pueblo en Loreto inició su atención al público y, desde esa fecha, han sido 23 años de destacada y ardua labor.

Présente à Kaya dans la région du Centre-Nord dans le cadre d’une audience foraine qui se tient ce 25 mai 2022 à Kaya, Le Médiateur du Faso, Madame Fatimata Sanou/Touré a rendu une visite de courtoisie aux forces vives de la région.

Le Médiateur de la République SE M. Moumin Ahmed Cheik et deux de ses collaboratrices ont participes le Congrès de l’Association des Médiateurs et Ombudsmans de la Francophonie  qui s’est tenu du 16 au 19 mai 2022 à Marrakech (Maroc).

The current issue of Federal Tax Ombudsman’s newsletter (Vol. 4 / Issue 4) is now available for your kind perusal. The Ombudsman’s monthly newsletter includes various recent activities of the office and highlights of relief provided to the complainants during the month under report.

Complaints to the Ombudsman about public services, such as those provided by government departments, local authorities and the HSE, reached a record high in 2021. Recently-appointed Ombudsman Ger Deering said that 4,004 complaints were received by his Office - a 17% increase on 2020, and the highest ever in the 38-year history of the Ombudsman.

The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) is receiving applications for its master programmes, i.e. the Master in Anti-Corruption Studies (MACS), the International Master in Anti-Corruption Compliance and Collective Action (IMACC), the Master in Anti-Corruption and Diplomacy (MACD), and the Spanish programme of a Máster en Estudios Anticorrupción y Compliance (MACC). Applications for 2022 classes are still open.

In March 2022, the Office of the Ontario Ombudsman held a webinar on how to leverage the Venice Principles and the UN Resolution on the Ombudsman to promote, protect and strengthen Ombudsman institutions. The webinar has been recorded and the video is now available online.