On 22 October 2024, the Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier published his 2023/2024 Annual Report which shows more and more people are turning to the Ombudsman for help. “In 2023/24 I completed the highest number of complaints and protected disclosures ever,” Mr Boshier says.

The Chief Ombudsman announces that the Ombudsman Appointments Committee (OAC) had, in accordance with the requirements under Section 217(1) and (2) of the Constitution and Sections 4(3) and 11(a) of the Organic Law on the Ombudsman Commission, appointed Tabitha Suwae as an Ombudsman and Kevin Kepore as Acting Ombudsman. Mr. Kepore’s term as Accounting Ombudsman expired on 9 October 2024. The position of Ombudsman Accounting will be advertised publicly as is the current practice to give an opportunity for potential candidates to apply, including the Ombudsman.

Con el fin de garantizar el ejercicio de los derechos de todas las personas que habitan y transitan en la Ciudad de México, así como a recibir información en su lengua materna, la Ombudsperson capitalina, Nashieli Ramírez Hernández; y la Secretaria de Pueblos y Barrios Originarios y Comunidades Indígenas Residentes en la Ciudad de México, Nelly Antonia Juárez Audelo; presentaron una serie de materiales digitales, impresos y en formato audiovisual, sobre derechos humanos en lenguas indígenas.

The European Ombudsman has criticised the Commission for not being transparent about the human rights information it relied on before signing an agreement with Tunisia that includes EU funds for border management. She also called on the Commission to set out explicit criteria for suspending EU funding.

On 21 October 2024, the Human Rights Ombudsman Peter Svetina and Dr. Simona Drenik Bavdek, assistant head of the Center for Human Rights, met with representatives of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), who were visiting Slovenia that week to prepare the sixth report on the state of human rights in the country.

La síndica de greuges de Cataluña, Esther Giménez-Salinas, acompañada por su adjunto general, Jaume Saura, ha comparecido ante la Comisión del Síndic del Parlamento de Cataluña para debatir el Informe al Parlamento 2023, que ya se presentó el pasado 20 de marzo.

Le 15 octobre 2024, le Protecteur du citoyen a transmis une lettre au ministre de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs, M. Benoît Charrette. Il y commente la mise à jour des règles visant à mieux protéger les biens et les personnes contre les inondations et la mobilité des cours d’eau.

The event was held on October 10th and included an opening speech by the Angolan Ombudsman, the representative of the National Assembly, the interim UN representative in Angola, the PNUD representative in Angola, followed by presentations of virtual speeches by Her Excellency the President of the International Ombudsman Institute, Dra. Nashieli Ramírez Hernández, the Executive Director of the International Ombudsman Association, Dra. Ellen Miller, the Secretary of the African Ombudsman and Mediators Association (AOMA), Dra Caroline Sokoni, and other representatives of Angolan state bodies.