The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has published its Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, welcoming the resilience of its staff in a challenging year for everyone. Roughly covering the first year of COVID-19 (April 2020 – March 2021), the report shows the impact of the pandemic on the Ombudsman’s work particularly in the first quarter of the year.

Les hacemos llegar el 48. 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).

The Inspector-General of Taxation and Taxation Ombudsman (IGTO), Ms Karen Payne, has announced three new review investigations that her office will be progressing throughout 2022. A brief summary of the three review investigations is set out here.

The Parliamentary Ombudsman directs criticism towards Kalmar Regional Council for charging patients that have declined the covid-19 vaccine for not arriving to their scheduled appointment. If a patient, that has a booked appointment to receive vaccination against covid-19 has refused the vaccine that has been offered, Kalmar Regional Council has charged a fee for missed visits pursuant to chapter 17, section 1 of the Health and Medical Services Act.

Fue elegida hoy por la Legislatura porteña para ocupar el cargo que había dejado vacante Alejandro Amor en julio, cuando renunció para postularse como primer candidato a legislador por el Frente de Todos. La flamante Defensora del Pueblo aseguró que trabajará para lograr "el bien común y para representar a quienes viven y transitan cotidianamente por la Ciudad".

The Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia is happy to announce that the Annual Report for 2020 and the Report on Implementation of the Tasks of the National Preventive Mechanism under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment for 2020, are now available also in English language.

We are pleased to announce that on November 15, 2021, the Public Defender of Georgia, for the first time in the history of the Public Defender’s Office, has started fulfilling the duties of a member of the Board of Directors of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI). The Public Defender’s Office will represent the European region in the Board. The Office was elected a member of the European region in 2019. The Board of Directors oversees the organization's activities and makes decisions about its future activities.

Victoria – In the wake of a vulnerable 60-year-old woman losing her home, Ombudsperson Jay Chalke calls for significant changes to the way municipalities use tax sales to collect outstanding property taxes.